Luke 22:41-44 14 When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. 18 For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
 
Hebrews 9:14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
 
Luke 22:20 “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”
 
Sedar Meal Revolves Around 4 cups
 
Exodus 6:6-7 "I will bring you out...", "I will free you...", "I will redeem you...", "I will take you as my own people...".
 
Cup of Sanctification at beginning to sanctify festival.
 
Cup of Plagues/Judgment - after retelling story, remembering plagues
 
Cup of Redemption after meal, after Passover lamb-Symbolized blood of lamb that saved Israelites
 
Cup of Praise – at end, more on that in a minute
 
Which Cup Was Jesus holding?
 
What is a "Covenant?"
 
Jeremiah 31:31-34 "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
 
"In My Blood": Seal of the New Covenant
“This cup is new covenant in my blood,"
 
1 Corinthians 5:7 For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
 
Old: Relationship based on adherence to external Law;
New: Relationship based on grace through faith in Christ.
 
Old: Law written on stone tablets;
New: Law written on believers' hearts by the Spirit.
 
Old: Mediated access to God through priests and Temple rituals;
priests only entered holy Place and have access to God.
New: Direct access to God through Jesus Christ, our High Priest.
 
Old: Required repeated animal sacrifices for temporary covering of sin
New: Based on Christ's one-time, all-sufficient sacrifice for permanent forgiveness.
 
Old: Primarily focused on the nation of Israel
New: Open to all people, Jew and Gentile alike.
 
Old: Obedience relied heavily on human effort;
New: Obedience empowered by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
 
Old: Forgiveness was conditional and sins remembered annually (Day of Atonement); New: Forgiveness is complete, with sins remembered no more
 
Old: Sealed with the blood of animals;
New: Sealed with the blood of Jesus Christ.
 
Old: Covenant promises were conditional upon Israel's obedience;
New: Covenant promises are secured unconditionally by Christ's finished work.
 
Old: Emphasized an earthly inheritance (the Promised Land);
New: Emphasizes a spiritual and eternal inheritance in Christ.
 
Old: Righteousness was pursued through meticulous law-keeping;
New: Righteousness is imputed (credited) to believers as a free gift through faith.
 
Old: Often characterized the relationship as Master/Servant;
New: Characterizes the relationship through adoption as God's sons and daughters.
 
Hebrews 8:13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
 
Take and drink it
 
THEREFORE: Drinking cup becomes IS AN act of faith
 
The 4th Cup Was the Cup of Praise