The Spirit of the Lord has spoken to me to teach you daily during the eight days before Easter, Resurrection Sunday.
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The Season of Resurrection Miracles – beginning Palm Sunday and leading into Easter Resurrection Morning! I want to
flood your spirit with faith as you discover the miracle that was the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and what it
can accomplish in your life TODAY!
DAY SIX:
Friday, April 18th - Royal communion
Dear Friend,
Today is Good Friday, the day we commemorate the Lord Jesus Christ, and the sacrifice He made at Calvary. Earlier this week, we also
commemorated the beginning of
Passover – the first of three commanded feast-celebration seasons on God’s calendar.
Deuteronomy 16:16 declares that three times in a year, everyone is to appear before the Lord:
right now:
- During this Passover and unleavened bread season of miracles
- About 50 days from now at Pentecost.
- In the fall, in the atonement season of Tabernacles.
That verse also declares, “
No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed.” Tonight and throughout this weekend, our ministry
family sows our Resurrection Seed and Passover offerings, in honor the Lord and all He has done.
In Genesis 2, it is outlined that God made Eve from a rib taken out of Adam’s side. Having made Eve, God presented her to Adam and established
the first marriage covenant.
Several millennia later, another side was opened: that of our Canaan King, as He hung lifeless on His cross. The scriptures record that when Jesus
had committed His spirit into His Father's hands, "
one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and
water" (John 19:34).
In that moment, Christ paid the price to restore our
relationships … our
marriages … the
togetherness that He established in our lives.
Whether you’ve been abused or rejected … cast down, cast aside, or cast away … whether the people you thought were your
very best friends turned against you, God is releasing an anointing to mend those broken, torn, and jagged relationships by the blood of
Jesus!
After this final bleeding, the atoning work of Christ on Calvary’s cross was complete. A great exchange took place: His strength for our
weakness – His life for our death. No longer was mankind bound to sin. Through Jesus' final breath and the blood that He shed, every sin,
stronghold, yoke, curse, burden, and chain that had man bound was broken!
In the original Passover, in Egypt, the blood of the Passover lamb redeemed the family on whose doorposts and lentils it was painted. On Passover
through Christ, by His Blood, Jesus redeems all who place their faith in Him.
In Exodus 6:6-7, God makes 4 distinct promises:
“Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm and with great
judgments. And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”
In the Jewish tradition of Passover Seder, there are 4 cups of wine that each represent one of the 4 promises in Exodus 6.
- The Cup of Consecration: “I will bring you out”
- The Cup of Deliverance: “I will deliver you”
- The Cup of Redemption: “I will redeem you”
- The Cup of Praise: “I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God”
In Luke 22:20, we are told that as Jesus sat at the table, He took the third cup in His hand and said, “
This cup is the new covenant in my
blood which is shed for you.” That third cup, the Cup of Redemption, that Jesus offered up to His disciples in that upper room, was
actually the cup of the new covenant, about to be purchased with His precious blood and given graciously by a loving heavenly Father for each one
of us.
I cannot write these words without weeping at this glorious truth that echoes down through the ages! Jesus is the Passover! He is the Lamb of God!
His blood is the once and for all sacrifice that makes all other sacrifices obsolete! His blood redeems! His blood cleanses! His blood makes right
what has been destroyed through sin! And He invites each one of us to drink the cup of His blood and be liberated by the living God!
“Do this in remembrance of me.” - Luke 22:19
When Jesus wanted His people to remember Him and what He was about to do, He did not request a special service or dictate a book. Instead, He
commanded a meal and a cup that would be shared by His people together.
And it’s
that meal and the Lord of Passover that we have in memory every time we receive Holy Communion, allowing the power of the Lamb
of God, our risen King – the Lord Jesus Chris – to wash over and through us and our loved ones by faith.
We’ll be receiving Holy Communion and sowing in faith and obedience tonight during our Good Friday service at 7pm ET. Please
join us. Don’t miss it. The Lord Jesus asked us to do this in remembrance of Him, as often as we join together. Join in remembering, in honoring,
in worshiping Him tonight.
If you are near a World Harvest Church campus in Columbus, Ohio or Elkhart Indiana, we hope to see you in-person. If you can’t be with us
physically, be sure to join us online on
YouTube Live,
Facebook Live, or
RODPARSLEY.TV!
Be sure to send me any last-minute prayer needs and sow your Resurrection Seed immediately. I want to make sure they’re here before our Good
Friday Service … just a few short hours away.
Yours for the Harvest,
Pastor Rod Parsley
DAY ONE:
Sunday, April 13th - Day 1: Miracles are in motion
DAY TWO:
Monday, April 14th - Day 2: God’s love on open display
DAY THREE:
Tuesday, April 15th - Day 3: Is it worth the exchange?
DAY FOUR:
Wednesday, April 16th - Day 4: Your season for victory
DAY FIVE:
Thursday, April 17th - Day 5: Give me a song at midnight!
DAY SIX:
Friday, April 18th - Day 6: Royal communion
DAY SEVEN:
Saturday, April 19th - Day 7: Your new season is about to begin!
