Communion with 4 cup analogy

Communion

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

1St Cup

Cup of Sanctification

I will bring you out of Egypt

Messiah sanctifies us – “And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth” (John 17:19).

2nd Cup

Cup of Judgement

I will save you slavery and burdens

Messiah delivers us – “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).

John 14:6 Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father but through me.

3rd Cup

Cup of Redemption – Exodus 6:6 and I will redeem you with outstretched arms and with great judgements

I will redeem you

Messiah redeems us – “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons” (Galatians 4:4-5).

This is the cup that Jesus commanded us to drink from

4th Cup

Cup of Praise

I will Redeem you

Messiah is our joy – “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:11).

In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

—1 Corinthians 11:23-32