The Fourth Cup: Day IV

And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. St. Luke 22:17

How I giveth the praise, reverence, and glory to the Blessed Father and the Son of God for the blessedness of grace to be before Their holy presence and on Heaven’s Pen for the blessed privilege to teacheth the message, The Fourth Cup.

Continuing on with the final day of this teaching in reverence to the Third Person of the Godhead, let me pray:

Eternal Spirit of God, I beseech Thee to taketh delight in leading me to Thine treasures and eternal truth in the teaching of the most sacred Word. In Christ Name, Amen.

Now might it be well for today’s teaching if we entereth in with blessedness of our most Holy Christ’s presence with thanksgiving for the gift of Eternal life.

Going on, let us begin with reading together the first passage for today.

And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. St. Luke 22:17

Now I shall returneth for a moment to the most dramatic imagery of the Son of the Highest in the midst of feasting with His Disciples. As a matter of fact, might we remembereth the twelve privileged men were also our Lord’s Sons.

Let us behold for a moment the Good Shepherd’s training of these men, whom consequently He ordained as apostles on the mountain. Now I gather in remembrance of Christ’s labor and time spent with His apostles; we may say beyond question eleven were also the Son of God’s dearest friends on the Earth over two-thousand years ago.

Shall we move on, friends?

May it please our most Holy God, the Father, if I returneth to the sunset where the Eternal Son of God with His Disciples observed Passover. For on that occasion, the even of Passover, the very Son of God was betrayed by the Disciple, Judas Iscariot. Further even, the disciple-turned betrayer of Christ seemingly premeditated his betrayal of the Son of Man even before the disciple was at His Table.

Might we read the sacred texts describing this profound eternal truth together?

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him unto them. St. Luke 22:3-4

Notwithstanding the Son of God’s obvious knowledge of the betrayer’s earlier steps whereby Judas Iscariot astoundingly secretly departed from the blessed fellowship and ministry with Messiah, the Passover meal continued.

Let us now read the sacred passage of Christ Jesus blessing and breaking the bread:

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. Matthew 26:26

Might I now say, with this most holy imagery of the establishment of the Holy Communion in mind, there were four cups, wherefore were prepared by John and Simon Peter for the Son of God and the remaining apostles to drinketh from.

In awe of our most Holy God, I shall continueth on in rememberance of the Scriptures recording Messiah blessed the bread, and say He might hath recited grace and concluded the Passover meal with a hymn in the Hallel Psalm 113-118. Further, I shall say we may be comforted in the Spirit of God concluding the Son of God Spake in perhaps a Galilean dialect of Aramaic.

Now may I conclude this teaching, speaking specifically on the Fourth Cup? First, let us read this passage in Saint Luke most carefully. Might we?

For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. St. Luke 22:18

Continuing on now, I shall say it appeareth Messiah partook not in drinking of the wine with the Fourth Cup at the Passover and Last Supper before the Crucifixion.

In fact, the Fourth Cup, is principally known in Jewish tradition as the Cup of Praise. With this in mind, our Lord in observing the Passover declared that He would not partake in the drinking of the Cup; the fruit of the vine until the day He drinketh it new with them in His Father’s Kingdom. St. Matthew 26:29

Might I say further that the Eternal Son of God appeareth to have desired to again grant encouragement to His Disciples before His earthly Departure. In it, the Son of God principally granted the apostles the most blessed promises of what would be awaiting them in eternity as they would be eternally reunited with Christ. I may say, it was perhaps in part Christ’s reward for their loyalty and service unto Him.

In conclusion, the Son of God Spake that the Disciples shall eat and drink at His glorious Table in His Kingdom. Further, the Gospels of God record Christ Spake of a most marvelous promise for the first apostles; for they would even judge the twelve tribes of Israel in His Kingdom. St. Luke 22:30. Hallelujah!

By the grace and truth of the Lordship of Christ, I shall continueth on with the Fourth Cup teaching in services. Amen.

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