A Muslim Questions the Alpha and Omega

I was recently asked by a Muslim whether Jesus would use the Greek words "Alpha" and "Omega" when He was speaking to the Jews. My response was basically "how about First and Last in Hebrew?

The only uses of the word Alpha that I am aware of is in the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ reveals to the Apostle John, a Jew, that He is the Alpha and Omega.

As the answer here is obvious, I approached the question from the standpoint that the Eternal had already told the Jews He was Alpha and Omega by declaring in Isaiah He is the First and Last. I believe these references to be powerful testaments to the Eternal Nature of Our Savior, Jesus.

The question posed to me is below, and it is followed by my response.

- Lou


QUESTION FROM MUSLIM ON GOOGLE+
Yesterday 11:22 PM

+BlueMan Lou Alpha and omega was a greeks words, did Jesus Christ spoke greeks to the jews his followers because he was sent only to the house of isreal.

'God' getting circumcise ?? At least you know why I call Christians PAGAN !
'God' became man, circumcise, ate and drank .!? Lol .

MY REPLY:

First and the Last works well too... You can find that in the Hebrew... in Isaiah... If you can't get along with the Greek in Revelation....

Isaiah 41:4
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Isaiah 44:6
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Isaiah 48:12
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

You see, those who deny Jesus Christ are denying God Almighty. The Word clearly tells those who have ears to hear, that they are One in the same ("I and My Father are One" - John 10:30)


The Holy Scripture is the Word of God, and the Word was in the beginning with God. The Eternal God is The Word...

John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

And Immanuel / Jesus, was born a man: The Eternal Almighty became a lowly man, and became flesh....

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

And in becoming flesh, he became a man, and for a little while, became a little lower then the angels. We are told this by the Word of God, in both Hebrew and Greek:

Psalm 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Hebrews 2:7
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.?

Go and Sin No More?

Can we truly obey Jesus when He commands us, as He did the harlot after her accusers dropped their stones, "go and sin no more"?

We can earnestly try, and make heartfelt, valiant attempts because we want to please Our Redeemer, but can we be completely successful?


It is not possible for the corrupt flesh of man to "sin no more"

The flesh is to be stifled while we pursue righteousness, and conform more to being Christ like, until the one day we will see Him as He is, because we will be like Him.

The book of John also says that if one says he has no sin, or does not sin, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. If we had the capability within us to "stop" sinning, then Christ's sacrifice would not have been required. The Eternal God would not have had to leave His Throne in Heaven and become flesh as Jesus Christ, to save man from the sin and corruption that came upon him as a result of the Fall while in the Garden of Eden.

God's Plan for the salvation of man would be nothing but a lesson in futility if man could "stop sinning" whenever he wanted.

The Ten Commandments were given to mankind as God's Standard. If I may be permitted to paraphrase God: "You want to be Holy like me? Do these..".

He knew man was incapable of keeping them and thus, would sin, because man is not perfect, and he cannot keep himself from breaking at least one of the commandments. Thus, as the wages of sin is death, man was condemned.

The problem was, and still is... that man believes he has the power to do as he pleases, there is no sin, no moral code, no eternity, no accountability and thus, does not need God.

All God asks is that we believe in Him and in Christ. Believing in Him that sent Him. To believe that Christ died to pay the penalty for the wages of sin, and that He conquered death by raising Himself from the grave.

"No man has power to take my life, I give it willingly and I have power to take it back again" - Jesus' words.

God does not change  but He also doesn't bind us to the law, or to any other commandments.
The law is dead... because it served its purpose of showing man he is worthy of death, and that he needs a Savior. Paul states this plainly in Roman's... We are dead to the law.

Christ: "If you love Me, you will keep my commandments"  

Yes He said this, but He stated it teaching His disciples Perfect Love, the Love which only He could give, and that which would become abundantly clear to the Apostles after His Death and Resurrection, as He relayed to them all that was written concerning Himself in Moses and the Prophets.

The scriptural revelations He was making to them revealed how God was working through out time to restore mankind back to the fellowship they had experienced with Him in the beginning, all the foreshadowing and prophesying of events which would lead to His Death on the Cross, and His subsequent Resurrection at His First Coming, and the future of His Return to complete His repossession of His creation from the current sovereignty of Lucifer. The Scroll with 7 Seals, the title dead to earth and creation to be served, and then consummated with the Word of His Power. The Ultimate Holy Expression of God's Love, the complete Redemption of man and all of creation. An Eternity of Fellowship with Him if we believe in Him and the One that sent Him.

And if, all of a sudden, you really do believe in the existence of God, and His Son, The Son's Death and Resurrection.... don't you think you would want to please Him? Knowing that He first loved us, before we loved Him? You would live to OBEY His commandments which He had given in the beginning, knowing that they reflect His Divine Nature, and that you are walking in the Spirit, LEARNING to be more like Him, everyday growing, conforming to His Nature? thus... "If you love Me, you will keep my commandments" takes on a little different appearance then that of a direct warning... "Do this or you will be condemned to eternal separation from Me"

Don't be legalistic, or try to make people conform to something which Christ had not commanded.

Love and Honor the Lord your God, and Love thy neighbor as thyself, all the other commandments are summarized in these two, as taught and relayed to us by the Eternal Creator, Alpha and Omega...

I think I will believe Jesus and not another set of man's false doctrines.

Maybe we all need to listen to God more, and grasp what He relayed to us in scripture when He said through Paul, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him as Righteousness. God said to Abraham: (paraphrased) "now I know that you love me because you did not spare your son, your only begotten son from Me"

"Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ"  - Romans 5:1

Perfect Love, Peace With God. His Grace is sufficient for me... thank you....

Jesus did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. With His death and resurrection paying the penalty for all of mankind's sin, and His resurrection, destroying the binds which death had upon us as sinners, His New Covenant was established with those who believe in Him and His Work. For those who do not, they are judged by the Law given to Moses by the Eternal, by Jesus, if you will, and He, as the Judge of the World, will judge all the non-believers by the Law, and all will be condemned, because none can stand up as fulfilling ALL of God's PERFECT Nature, as displayed by His Eternal Law.

Believers will NEVER be judged by this Perfect Law, as the PERFECT Sacrifice, God HIMSELF, Gave Himself as a RANSOM to pay the penalty outlined for breaking His Own Perfect Law. He redeemed those who believe in Him, and He places all of the their transgressions of the law, as far as the East is from the West, to be remembered, no more.

Hallelujah, What a Savior. Thank you Lord Jesus!

We Have Peace with God Through Our Faith in God the Father, and the Savior, Jesus Christ

We have Peace with God Through Our Faith in God the Father, and the Savior, Jesus Christ.

By having faith in God, The Creator of all things, as well as faith in the provision He has made for the payment of the debt we owe Him (we being sinful from birth), and acknowledging His Son, Jesus Christ, The Alpha and Omega, and the gift of redemption He has given us.

Jesus willingly giving Himself to a horrific death on the cross, to spill His blood, which would cover all the sins of the world.

"Christ died for the ungodly"

Believing in the Creator, in the Savior, and the work at the cross and His subsequent resurrection, which is the provision that God had made for sinners to be cleansed and redeemed through Christ, allows us to be justified in His sight.

As Abraham had believed God, and it was imputed to him as righteousness, so we too should believe and have faith that God is, and that what He says, is Truth.

Believing in Him, we are justified by Faith!  All Power, Praise, and Glory to the Lord on High, The Everlasting, Alpha and Omega, Ancient of Days... What A Savior!

Romans 5:1-8 (ESV)

"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

#Jesus #Savior  

There is a Light Burning in the Darkness

Below is a question I believe many in the world might ask considering the push for unity among the religions of the world. The quest to live in peace and harmony, freedom and safety, with our neighbors in the "Global Village".

It is obvious from the news headlines daily, that man continually fails to grasp peace and unity, but the quest is unending. The Word of God tells us that at some point in time, possibly the very near future, the masses will actually believe that a true period of peace has come, and that we will live in "Peace and Safety"

The Light of the World has revealed to us in His Word that this ultimate peace, safety, and freedom is actually a great deception spawned from the time of the earth's creation. It also states that the final perceived realization of it is in all actuality, the ultimate deception from the ruler of this world.

Lucifer (Satan), has temporary dominion over this earth and has bound it in spiritual darkness. Satan has blinded the whole world to the spiritual significance of the world events prevalent before our very eyes as he did with world events throughout history. We have been pawns in his ancient game of "tug-o-war", attempting to rest away supreme dominance from The Almighty Creator. The game continues to this day with the spiritual significance great, and the eternal ramifications greater, as we are moving closer, in this last days, to the return of Jesus Christ. The King of kings and Lord of lords. 

The question from a mid-eastern Muslim I would like to comment on is below. It is my response to him.

QUOTE: "In the other Pope Francis has invite both Israel & Palestinian for special prayer at the Vatican, What say you when the Pope allows these men walk in the holiest places for Christian?"

The answer to this lies in the spiritual realm, not in a secular impression. All are speaking of what you see and discern as "good" or "righteous" because they are together, uniting. So from your comment, I get the impression you think the Pope having them visit Rome for "group prayer" is a good thing? This is the brunt of the problem, in that the "whole world" will be deceived.

They that have the True Word, and the True discernment, which only comes from The Living God, through His Holy Spirit, know that this is a ruse, and that any "unity" brought about by man will be stained and tainted with the sin of man.

There will be no true peace until the Trump of God sounds and Jesus (Yeshua) returns to reclaim the earth. He will have the scroll with the 7 seals which He had broken open, (He is the ONLY ONE worthy to do so, because He Created, and later paid In blood for it at the cross..)

This scroll is the title deed to Earth, which Satan has been given reign over for a period of time until all the works of God which He has ordained are fulfilled, and He then returns to reclaim ownership of His Creation, which the Deceiver had corrupted since The Fall in the Garden of Eden.

 Lucifer or Satan is "the god of this world".

If we say we are "religious" and follow our faith truly, then we can not pick and choose what is true and what is not. You have to take the WHOLE revelation as God's Word or don't bother reading it or following it.

The Jews, Muslims and Christians all claim the Old Testament is the WORD of GOD.

That WORD, by the way, "became flesh and dwelt among us" John 1:14

Back to our "Prayer Party in Rome":

How can these three pray together lest they pray to the same god?

It is my stand that they do pray to the same god. They either do so unknowingly, because they are deceived, or, they do so willingly, because of a greater plan to unite all under the religion of the "god of this world".

Think I lie???  Just take a look on YouTube at the 2014 New Year's celebrations around the world at all the major cites, or maybe the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Olympics in Russia, or maybe the halftime show at this last Super Bowl... and I can go on and on....

Do you see any symbolism in those that might let you believe somebody is trying to propagate something???

Now look on the left side of a US one dollar bill. You are looking at the symbol of a goal: "One World United in Illumination". " Out of Chaos, Order" In Roman numerals: 1776... not the birth year of the US, but the birth year of "The Illuminati", which is affiliated with  Freemasonry.  READ: Adam Weishaupt Bavaria 1776 -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt

Of course, that world will be ruled by the "Illuminated Ones" and the rest of us will be its pawns, peons, serfs, slaves.... you call it.

But that is a secular goal, and the goal of Satan. It has been Lucifer's goal since the beginning... (Read Genesis in the OT)

Their "high positions"  in their respective governments or religions, is bought and paid for by the affiliates (supporters, donors, victims of extortion, etc.) who are mobilized and directed by "illuminated" secret societies,  which manipulate world events, working from both sides of a conflict in order to further their short term goals which would eventually lead to their ultimate goal of world domination (NWO if you will).

And we wonder why our politicians do the things they do???  We have been so spiritually deceived...

Jesus came to make those who are bound in darkness, see, and those who say they see... blind... because they reject The Almighty and follow, knowingly or unwittingly, the Deceiver...

How does this relate to these religious leaders wanting to pray together?

If they are working toward the same ends, then this is necessary to maintain the ruse of belligerents seeking peace. The answer is obvious.

Consider reports of the US funding Al Qaeda and ISIS, and then reports of the US fighting against Al Qaeda and ISIS, its OWN weapons being shot back at them?

Russia China, US, UK France, the nations of the whole world; they all have members in the Jesuits, The Masons, The Knights of Malta, The Knights of Columbus, Skull and Bones, and numerous other groups, all the "illuminated ones" who will reign on earth.

The ends justify the means... millions can die to reach the ultimate goal, which is what Satan wants.

Does any of this sound like headline news????

We are being SPIRITUALLY DECEIVED. It is not a conspiracy theory when the SPIRITUAL Realm is the battleground....

It is called FAITH...

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The Black Stone in Mecca fell from the heavens.... Does anyone ask a Muslim:

  "If Allah is God and Mohammed is his prophet, then why do Muslims have to make a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lifetime to go and bow before a stone and kiss it?  Doesn't the Ten Commandments state that you should have no other gods, worship or create any graven images to worship?"

The stone it is a meteorite.... and was moved from Ephesus to Mecca. It was worshiped in Ephesus by the pagan religions of Greece and Rome:

Acts 19:35:
 And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?

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The POPE is in Rome. It is not just a church, it is a POLITICAL STATE. Does any one ask a Catholic:

Why do you go to Rome and visit the Pope, and when you see him, bow down kiss his hands and his feet, and call him  "His Holiness"  when there is "none righteous, no, not one" ?
Why do you pray to the "saints and Mary?"

Doesn't the Ten Commandments state that you should have no other gods, worship or create any graven images to worship?"

Doesn't Jesus say, call no one "father" because your Father is in Heaven?

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The world is being deceived and has been deceived since the beginning,

Nimrod wanted to build his tower to heaven so that he could hang out where the gods hang out, and rule over his one world kingdom... all the people united. His Tower of Babel to the heavens.

God confused their languages and dispersed them into the ancient nations which were the forerunners of the ones we live in today. The human nations, the descendents all from the Tower of Babel...The original Babylon.... and its original mystery religions.

The pantheistic religion of Babylon dispersed into all the world to create all kinds of new religions based on the original Luciferian inspired mystery religions of Babylon...

The world is so very deceived, and we take it, hook line and sinker....

That is why TRUTH becomes apparent as a result of having a real relationship to God, the Creator of All,  through His Son, the Savior of the World, Jesus Christ

Knowledge of the Truth does not come from man or from following a specific religion, but from God and from His Word, who created all things, and became flesh.

He brought Light to the World so that all could see. "The Life was the Light of Men"

John1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

And more:

John1:1-5
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Hopefully, with all of this in mind, the next time you read the "Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ" (not "Revelations") and see in Chapter 17 the references  to the "Woman on the Beast"  lights will turn on in your head:

Rev 17: 3 -6
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

AND AGAIN:

Rev 17:18
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

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Grace and Peace to all in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

       Lou

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Daniel's End Times

Study Notes on the topic of Daniel's End Times

Dan 12:1  And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.  

Dan 12:2  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.  

Dan 12:3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.  

Dan 12:4  But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Dan 12:5  Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.  

Dan 12:6  And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?  

Dan 12:7  And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.  

Dan 12:8  And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?  

Dan 12:9  And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.  

Dan 12:10  Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.  

Dan 12:11  And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.  

Dan 12:12  Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.  

Dan 12:13  But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

A Treasure in Earthen Vessels

Bob Hoekstra daily devotional. May 22 :  "An Attitude Carried About by Earthen Vessels"

Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.  (2 Cor 4:10)

As earthen vessels, we are to live by trusting in the treasure (the Lord Jesus) who dwells within us: "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels." (2 Cor 4:7) Also, we are to give Him all honor and glory as He sustains us day by day through the trials of life: "that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us." In addition, to help us magnify the treasure who lives in us, there is to be an attitude (an outlook) carried about (embraced) by the earthen vessels. - Bob Hoekstra

A scripture to keep me reminded that my life is no longer my own. That my life was bought in blood, by the Creator of all things. The Eternal sacrificed Himself so that I would not have to spend an eternity separated from Him. A reminder that I need to continually die to myself and my worldly aspirations, and follow Jesus in newness of life and purpose. My old self is dead, but I am now alive in Christ. As He died and was resurrected, so too am I dead to my former self, but now live resurrected with Christ to a new life.

Living In Him, He In Me

The scripture invokes Christ's words, "...take up his cross daily, and follow Me". Continually dying to myself, stifling my desires, lusts, and worldly aspirations, guided to do the will of The Eternal by HIS Holy Spirit indwelling me. He who left His throne to manifest Himself as a man to live in the world as I do, with all its temptations and corruptions.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Heb 4:14-15)

He came to earth to live as a man; showing mankind how to live.... Perfectly..... and at the appropriate time; then, taking that Perfect Life... gave it to those who would destroy it. 

The Eternal giving Himself over to death as the payment for all the crimes and corruptions of His creation. 

The Almighty gave His life willingly, depositing in escrow once the payment for the debt due for the sins of mankind for all time, redeeming all who would believe and accept Him and His Sacrifice.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (Heb 5:9) 

The Law set down by God, and given through Moses to the Jewish people, could not make them clean, but could only condemn, and foreshadow the coming Perfect Blood Sacrifice:

But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

(Heb 9:7-10)

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

(Heb 9:11-12)

He gave The Law to the Hebrews as the standard of what it is to be Holy... A Royal Commandment to live by... He knew they would not measure up:

 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 

(Rom 3:19-20) 

The Almighty, Eternal, Perfect God cannot allow perverse, corrupted, selfish people into His Holy Eternal presence, so he had to remove that tainted nature from mankind.

From the fall of man, sin entered into the world by man exercising the free will God had given him. That free will allowed man to chose to disobey God; having been in a perfect state, in perfect fellowship with God, the actions of selfish man became his demise and the corruption of the world and all in it.  

Sin and death had entered into the world through one man. And Life was given by the selfless act of one man, the Son of Man, the Son of God.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.  (Rom 5:12-19)

Christ's sacrifice provided the payment which was due God for the sin of all mankind. 

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Mat 26:28)