Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
Reverend Ben Coopers podcast, offers an inviting space for listeners to explore Christianity and spiritual growth with wisdom, humor, and a deep commitment to biblical truth. Through Rev. Ben's engaging conversations with guests, the podcast not only explores the timeless wisdom of the Bible but also tackles the pressing issues of life, faith, and hope in a way that is accessible, thought-provoking, and enriching. Whether you’re seeking spiritual nourishment, answers to life’s big questions, or simply a place to reflect on your faith, the Rev Ben podcast is a valuable resource on your journey.
In each episode, Rev. Ben guides listeners through profound theological reflections, personal stories, and practical insights drawn from the Bible and the broader Christian tradition.
Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
Celebrating 1,000 Episodes: The Power of Passover and the Essence of Salvation (#692 - Elim)
What if the true essence of salvation wasn't rooted in religious institutions or traditions, but in the profound power of the Passover and the blood of Jesus Christ? Join us in celebrating our incredible achievement of reaching the 1,000th podcast episode since the lockdown — a testament to the global reach of our radio ministry. We dive into the significance of the Passover feast, exploring how miraculous signs during this time in Jerusalem highlight the necessity of being born again through Christ. With gratitude in our hearts, we acknowledge the diverse voices that have enriched our journey, including segments like Coffee and Prayer and Christian Straight Talk, despite the technical challenges with our internet provider, TalkTalk.
Reflecting on the importance of honoring those who have served in wars, we affirm our identity as a Christian nation and remember the sacrifices of the poppy generation. The conversation brings to light the need for a deeper understanding of religious traditions beyond institutional rituals, and critiques the commercialization of holidays like Christmas and Easter. The discussion broadens to recognize God's work in countries such as America, Iran, and Israel, urging listeners to stay focused on the spiritual movements happening worldwide. We emphasize the interconnectedness of the Old and New Testaments, illustrating how Jesus, as the living Word, fulfills prophecies and embodies the Passover lamb.
As we express our gratitude, we thank our global community for their prayers and financial support, which enable us to continue our mission of spreading hope. Although there will be no Coffee and Prayer session this Wednesday, we look forward to resuming next week with renewed energy. To the tens of thousands who download and listen to our podcasts, we wish you strength and blessings in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let's stand firm in our faith, embracing the authenticity and rawness of our content, as we continue to spread the message of hope and truth across the world.
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Speaker 2:Good evening, good evening Wherever you are across the world tonight. We thank you so much for joining us. Tonight is a really, really important time for us here in the church Well, not just in the church, but really in the way of the radio ministry that goes across the world and the podcasting ministry. Tonight is our 1,000th episode. So tonight we've hit 1,000 podcasts since lockdown, which is absolutely crazy. So we've hit 1,000 podcasts tonight and we just want to say thank you to everybody that comes in from Coffee and Prayer, christian Straight Talk. You know the Persecuted Church, every area. You know Brian from Mayoz International Ministries. You know we've got so many people that have come in and so many brothers and sisters that come and join us on these podcasts. We're so blessed.
Speaker 2:So tonight is absolutely amazing to understand if anyone will grasp where we've got to. You know, and we thank God that we've been able to do what we do across the world. It's really, really important that we continue to press it out. So tonight is like a thousand podcasts, which is absolutely crazy mixture of services, podcasts, people coming in, brothers and sisters. You know it's been absolutely beautiful and, uh, I've I've had such a beautiful time being able to do what we do from this studio. It's amazing, and we just want to say thank you to everybody, and everybody tonight who's going to capture this podcast around the world, and for everyone that's faithful on the visuals as well. We know that we have serious trouble on the visuals here. We're always getting trouble with the good old TalkTalk provider. May God bless TalkTalk. And you told us you'd give us fiber and we haven't got fiber. Come on, stop lying, talktalk. And we just want to say thank you to everyone that stays on these live streams. You know all these live stream services we have. You know everything. Nothing is edited as well, which is really, really important. Nothing is, uh, shaped and cleaned and all that sort of stuff. It's just raw. It's just straight out the barrel of truth, and we thank god, you know, for uh, for the rawness of this stuff that we do here, but the Lord is good. His mercy endures forever. And to everybody, um, that is watching this evening and so many people watch across the world, we just want to say thank you to everybody that's been faithful, completely faithful, to the ministry and, uh, to what God is doing, and God is doing amazing things across the world. We are living in extremely powerful times and today's a very important day.
Speaker 2:Remember, here in the UK, and we've got certain people under a certain religion that seems to just want to kick the poppy over. But let's just tell them right now this nation is a Christian nation. This nation belongs to Jesus. It doesn't belong to your God, because your God is under our feet in the name of Jesus Christ. Your God is not worth the breath that we breathe. So we complete respect to the poppy generation in the name of Jesus Christ that has given us freedom.
Speaker 2:Whatever you think about war, however you look at war, whatever you breathe on that, and all those little activists out there that wear bum bags and always sending me emails and all that sort of stuff, gluing yourself to the M25. Just realise that where we are today is by God's grace, it is by the power of God, and you know what the Old Testament is ripping with war. There is so much war, so much fighting within the Old Testament. So for those do-gooders out there that are shouting this and that about, just remind yourself. Just remind yourself why we're sitting and where we are today. So may God bless those that went to war and everything that goes on, Whether you like it or whether you don't like it. You know, turn the phone off, go and watch Coronation Street, go and watch a couple of gay blokes kissing each other. But if you want to stay with us, stay with us. You know, because this is raw, this is straight out of the barrel of truth.
Speaker 2:We're not messing around here, because Jesus Christ is coming back, and I thank God for the poppy generation that have given themselves for this nation, young people that sold themselves and went all the way. So may God bless this nation because of them, and then for them that are out there, as I said earlier, for those that are out there, as I said earlier, for those that are out there that are literally, you know, defacing everything that goes along with that, may God have mercy on your soul. May God have mercy on your soul in the name of Jesus Christ. If you don't like this nation, get back in your boat and paddle back to where you come from, because this nation is a nation that belongs to Jesus Christ. This nation is a nation that belongs to jesus christ. This nation is a christian nation, this nation is covered in the blood of jesus and it's critical, it's critical that we shout the name of jesus christ and we will always remember those that the fallen, and may god bless their families and everything that went on. So we're going to get straight in. Wherever you are this evening. We thank god for your lives and may God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 2:And another quick thing Thank you for those that have been pushing money through the bank. We really do appreciate that. It's critical. We are at a critical stage. I've been speaking to some people today. It's really, really important. Thank you so much for putting a few quid over. We really really appreciate that, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. But we are at a critical stage in this church and please be really mindful of what I say.
Speaker 2:You know no one in this ministry, no one in this church is on any wages whatsoever. No one gets any money. So for those that have been asking, I must make this loud and clear, even through the podcast podcast. Everybody knows across the world there's nothing hidden. You know it costs around about 15 000 pound a year just to keep the ministry moving, just to keep everything moving. That's what it costs, roughly about 15 000 pound a year to keep the, the church moving, to keep the ministry moving. And remember there are no wages. No one gets paid gets paid for everything that they do in this house and we're so grateful for that. No one, not me, no one. So we just want to let you know that everything is free. Everybody gives themselves to the ministry of this church and we're so grateful for that.
Speaker 2:And another quick thing coffee and prayer this week. It won't be on this week simply because I need to do a funeral. I need to do the funeral so we can put money in the till. So if anyone says, oh, where's coffee and prayer? Just to remind you, if you never see us on that Wednesday, it's because I'm called off to do a funeral. So that's the way it is. May God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We are at that critical point. The Lord is moving, extremely powerful, and we thank you for joining us online. And I just want to say may God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus and wherever you are, we thank you to those that listen to the Audible, those that catch us on Podbean, those that catch us on Buzzsprout, alexa iHeartRadio out in America and other places where this ministry goes out, and we are so grateful to see so many people across the world downloading this stuff.
Speaker 2:What we're going to get straight in, the reason I'm rambling tonight is simply because it's the episode that has hit the button and we've hit a thousand podcasts Now. That is absolutely crazy. When you understand where we are and what has gone on and how we got to where we got is absolutely just beyond human understanding. So God is always providing, god is always moving. So may God bless you and strengthen you around the world. We thank you for your prayer support. It's really important that you take this onto your hearts tonight. Thank you for everyone that prays for us. Thank you to everyone that puts a couple of quid in the bank. We really really do appreciate that and please keep praying, keep praying.
Speaker 2:We are at critical stages here in the ministry and within this church. We are at critical stages and we're always at there. But you know, I just want to say thank you because of the reasons of this evening that we've hit, you know, a thousand podcasts tonight. It's absolutely crazy. I can't actually get my mind around that. But may God bless you because you're faithful online and God strengthen your work, god strengthen your heart, god strengthen your mind, everything that you do. May the Lord above be with you in the mighty name of Jesus. Right, we are in.
Speaker 2:We're going to the Gospel of John. We're going to John, chapter three, but then we're going to go to the book of Exodus. The gospel of John. We're going to John, chapter three, but then we're going to go to the book of Exodus. It's the blood of Jesus. There's nothing more powerful than the blood of Jesus. There is power in the greatest name in heaven and earth, and Jesus Christ is with you wherever you are. We thank God for your life. We thank God for you. The spirit of the living God is over you wherever you are tonight.
Speaker 2:But John 3, 3, let's just spend a moment in john 3 3. You know we've spent a long time there, uh, before, but it's really important. It's pressed on my heart that we keep this alive and we keep talking about this, that you must be born again. And, uh, just in john chapter 2, I just want to take our eyes just to to john, chapter 2. It's really, really important. Wherever you are at this moment in time, go to john, chapter 2. It's really, really important. Wherever you are at this moment in time, go to John chapter 2 and just see what it says, because it's very, very relevant. It's very relevant to what is happening and in the scriptures that we are in at this moment in time. So we're in John chapter 2, john chapter 2, and I'm just going to read from verse 23. And it says Now, while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast. Now, just remember and remind yourself about that, the Passover feast.
Speaker 2:It's really important that we understand where we are going with this. It's about the Passover. May God bless you and strengthen you because it's about the blood of Jesus. It's not about the building, it's not about the wills and the system of everything that's going on. You know, what's really really important is that for me to understand and for you to understand that is the blood. It's the blood of Jesus that gets us saved. It's not Elim, it's not the denomination, it's not the ministries that we do here, it's not everything that goes on out of this Lord's house, but what it is is the blood of Jesus. Really important for me to make this and to emphasize this and say, lord, will you bring this home tonight? Lord, it is the blood of Jesus and we've got to remind ourselves that we are washed in the blood, that we are cleansed in the blood, that the blood of Christ is over each and every one of you and wherever you are at this moment in time, I pray that you will feel the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Ghost will be over you and within you, wherever you are now. It is the blood of Jesus and it's really, really profound and prophetic of what's happening in these scriptures.
Speaker 2:And when we look at John, 2, 2, so we're in the Gospel of John, chapter 2, the Gospel of John, chapter 2. 2, 2. So we're in the gospel of john, chapter 2, the gospel of john, chapter 2. And I've just read out from verse 23. But then we're going to drop down into that conversation about nicodemus. You might think that I'm going back over old ground, but it's really, really important, uh, that we really get this in our spirit, and I know you're getting it in your spirit. I know it's really, really uh, pressing on your heart, but we must be born again and that that comes from above. It's not about how many times I go in the church, it's about the blood of Jesus.
Speaker 2:And when you study the Passover feast, when you see what happened with the Passover feast and gathering around the table and everything that went with what Christ is doing Now verse 23 of John, chapter 2, it says now, while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many people saw the miraculous signs that he was doing and believed in his name. So the Passover feast is is critical for me to understand what it means. What does the Passover feast mean? It is referring to the breaking of the bread and the taking of the cup. Now, in the world of church, in the world of Catholicism, the Pentecostal movements, the evangelical movement, the Church of England, the many, many areas of church, what we find, we have had the breaking of bread, which is known as the Passover, the Passover feast, the celebration of the unleavened bread.
Speaker 2:When we look at this table, when we really get to grips with this, this is so powerful and the church has made it weak and has made it woke and we've got to be extremely careful that we understand what we're doing. We are not doing it because the priest has said we're not doing it because I've said we're not doing it because Elim. We are not doing it because the priest has said we're not doing it, because I've said we're not doing it, because Elim say we're not doing it because the church says we're doing it under the instruction of the Lord Jesus Christ. And when you look at that, john, chapter 2, verse 23,. It says Now, while they was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast. Now we can go back now a terrific amount of time back through history and we're going to go to the old testament. And you know where I'm going to go, because I've mentioned it and we know what. We've said it and we've seen it and we've read it and we've we've walked through these scriptures before. But we've got to be sharp now because what we see in america is is really powerful.
Speaker 2:Now. I'm not talking about the political standpoint, I'm not talking about the temperature in the area of the political agenda. What I'm referring to very, very clearly is what God is doing. What God is doing, god's name is getting out. God's name is getting out loud and clear. Forget every political color, forget every political standpoint. God is moving and God's word is getting around the globe. So when we see what's happening in America and also we see what's happening in Iran, they're actually marching on the streets for Jesus Christ, but the news channels won't bring that over there. So in that steeped Muslim country known as Iran, god is moving. Israel is moving forward. We are watching Hezbollah. We are watching these terrorists being taken out by Israel. We are watching and we are hearing such powerful things happen.
Speaker 2:Come now into the UK. We have two very, very strange leaders. We have at number 10, we know what his name is Mr Stama, and also we have Mr Sadiq Khan. We are going to watch something very interesting over the next few weeks. We are going to see something really powerful happening there and God is extremely clear in what he is doing. God will not be mocked. God will not be mocked, and the Bible tells us now that the blood will be a sign Jesus Christ is coming back. So forget the political labels that we have on these people and everything around, but watch what God is doing through humanity. Again, I'll remind myself and remind you forget the political standpoint and look at the scripture.
Speaker 2:The Passover feast, right. So we are coming up to Christmas. We're coming up to commercialized tinsel to Christmas. We're coming up to commercialized tinselized Christmas. We're coming up to the church doing all what it does razzmatazz, of Christmas, losing the meaning of what Christmas actually means. And then we will migrate, and then we'll progress over into I will use the word for the quickness Easter, the pagan festival. The church loves the pagan festival. The church loves the pagan festival. The church loves to get involved in pagan worship. And it will be doing what it has always done for many generations it will be lifting up the Easter bunny and chocolate and everything that goes with that.
Speaker 2:But what we are looking at here we should not be mentioning the word Easter it is the Passover. The Passover, the passing over of what. We are at a very powerful point. We are at a powerful point and the name of Jesus Christ is global. The Bible tells us at the end times, the name of Jesus, the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, will be heard in the four corners of the world. And God is using media, god is using missionaries. God is using such unusual instruments to get his name out. You know it's critical. It's critical that we tell the world about the love of Jesus. You are loved, you are blessed, you are rich in Christ Jesus. But now is a time to realize that we got to be born again.
Speaker 2:So in John, chapter 2, verse 23,. It says now, while he was in Jerusalem, at the Passover feast. The Passover feast. What happened at the Passover feast? What comes around at this Passover feast? What is happening at this particular point?
Speaker 2:Not only are we hearing about the Passover feast, but we're hearing about being born again. So what is that? Being born again means to be born above. So the Passover and being born again, they go together. There's a very fine fabric that brings them together, almost an invisible piece of cotton that holds them close together. So you have John 3, 3. In reply, jesus said I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. And he mentions that a little bit further on.
Speaker 2:Wherever you go to church, please, brothers and sisters, wherever you go to church, please tell your pastors, your leaders, tell the congregations. We've got to start telling the world about we've got to be born again. We don't want motivational words, we don't want motivational ethics coming across, we don't want all that razzmatazz. We've got to tell the world that Jesus Christ is coming and we are living in the ancients of days, we are living at the end times. God is moving by his word, the spirit of the living God is moving. No wonder we are feeling tired, no wonder we are feeling fearful and exhausted, and all that because of the temperature on the outside environment. For what is about to happen across the world. We are going to see the power of God Now.
Speaker 2:I'm not talking about revival stirred up by denominations in a field with a tent and ramping out the O2, because you know who gets there at Christmas time selling tickets to put more money in their pockets. It's really, really important. It's not about revival, it's about the saviour of the world coming back. The king is coming and you've got to be born again. That is the message that's got to get out.
Speaker 2:And in verse 3 of John 3, 3, jesus declared I tell you, I tell you the truth no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. And then he goes on and he says how can a man be born when he is old? Nicodemus asked and surely he can't enter into the second time, into his mother's womb to be born. And then it says in verse 5, jesus said I tell you the truth no one can enter. So seeing and entering, seeing and walking is critical, it says. Jesus said in verse 5 of John, chapter 3,. I tell you the truth no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water, water and of spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, spirit gives birth to spirit. And it says there, in verse 7 you should not be surprised at my saying by you must be born again.
Speaker 2:Now, this is linked to the passover. This is linked to the passover, the passing over. What does god, what does god, the creator of heaven and earth, what does yahweh say? What does the great I am, say? He says to Moses, to Aaron, he says to that nation the blood will be what, the blood will be a sign. It is critical that we get clear in our spirit that the blood will be a sign. The blood is critical.
Speaker 2:So let's go back, let's go back in time, let's go back in the Old Testament and let's drill right the way back to the book of Exodus, chapter 12. Chapter 12, chapter 12, and we're going to pick it up in verse 12. So we're in Exodus, chapter 12, and we are in verse 12. And it says on the same night. Isn't that interesting? Isn't that amazing? Isn't that profound or prophetic, I should say. Isn't that just so powerful of God. When you look at verse 12 of Exodus, chapter 12, on the same night, nicodemus went by night.
Speaker 2:So you can't separate the Passover from Christ, christ from salvation, salvation from God, god from the living word. It is a thread. It is this tapestry. Salvation is the tapestry of the word of God. It runs from Genesis to Revelations. It is the living word because Jesus Christ is the savior of the world. If Jesus Christ is the savior of the world, if God is salvation and salvation alone and Jesus Christ is the living word, it tells me that the word of God, from Genesis to Revelation, is salvation itself. The word of God is the savior, the word of God is the redeemer. The word of God is our hope. The word of God is our blessing. The word of God is everything that we require to get into the glory. And just remind yourself of what it says in verse 12.
Speaker 2:On the same night, I will pass through Egypt. Unbelievable, really unbelievable. What happens in the gospel of Luke and in the gospels of Jesus Christ, when Christ is birthed and they said right, we've got to get out of here. And the angel of the Lord said look, I'll tell you where you're going. Take my son into Egypt. What does this say here? On the same night, I will pass through Egypt and I will strike down the firstborn, both men and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods. Listen, world. God is bringing judgment. He is the same yesterday, today and forevermore.
Speaker 2:It's not about going to church, it's not about ticking all the box, it's not by work so that no one can boast. The most critical area of our walk with Jesus is to understand that there is power in the blood. There is power in the blood of Jesus. There is power in the blood of Jesus. And it says, on the same night, john 3, 3 tells us John 3, 1, I should say before. It says Nicodemus went to Jesus at night. What does the New Testament tell us Again? That Jesus, as an infant, as a child, as the living word, was taken back and he was carried. He carried into egypt.
Speaker 2:What does god say about egypt? What is so important about salvation? As in the physical understanding of salvation, what do you mean? What I mean is that christ and the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. It's really important for me to understand that the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. So when I look at that really, really clear and I get a bit of a little bit of an understanding, a handle on that. The word became flesh, the word became visible, the living word, god, became visible through Jesus Christ. The word became visible, salvation became visible. So when you think about that, his mom and his earthly father, joseph, mary and Joseph, took Jesus on instruction back where, back to where the Passover started, where the Passover was given instruction, it was taken back in. What came out of egypt was salvation.
Speaker 2:What came out of egypt was the passover. What is the passover? It is referencing the lamb, the, the unblemished lamb, the blood. That is the critical thing that god says. I'm going to pick it back up in Exodus, chapter 12, verse 12. On the same night remember that Nicodemus went at night and Jesus said you must be born again. Now. God spoke very clearly and he said on the same night, I will pass through Egypt. Now. Jesus was taken back to Egypt. The Lamb of God was taken back into Egypt, to Egypt. The Lamb of God was taken back into Egypt. What did John the baptizer say when he saw Jesus coming around the corner to be baptized in the River Jordan? Look, the Lamb of God. What is the sacrificial animal? It is the Lamb.
Speaker 2:When you tie this lot together, it is impossible to break the tapestry of the old scripture to the new. It runs beautifully together when you understand and when you get a glimmer. And when I say you understand, that is not by education, that's not by academic reasoning, that's not by the greatness of our way that our mind works, it is by revelational knowledge, because God gives us revelational knowledge over his word. So when we come to that revelational place in our lives and we realize that the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and then at a certain time, his father, his earthly father and you don't send me an email, it's okay his earthly father and his mum took him into a place of danger. Oh lord, they took him into egypt. So the scriptures will be fulfilled where god said out of egypt, my son will arise. He is the son of the living word, he is the king of kings and he is the lord of lords. He is the great I am. So when you look at the Passover, when Jesus was brought into the world, he was taken as a young infant, just a few days old. He was taken into Egypt. And we understand through scripture that John the baptizer said look the lamb of God. So you can't break that tapestry of the old scripture to the New Testament. It is seamless, it runs together beautifully.
Speaker 2:Now let's get back into the book of Exodus, as we're coming through the stretch of time at this moment. Exodus, chapter 12, verse 12. I'm going to read this again. It says on the same night I will pass through Egypt. Where was Jesus taken back to? He was taken back to Egypt. What does scripture says? God said out of Egypt, my son will arise. Who is Jesus Christ? He is the living word, he is the Passover lamb.
Speaker 2:So when we was reading in the gospel of John, chapter two, just before we spoke about being born again, jesus said it is the Passover feast, it is the festival of the unleavened bread. It is time that we break bread. Now, where does this come from? How can this be? I thought it was the instrument of the church. I thought it was brought together by religion. I thought it was brought together by the mechanisms of religion and it was to do with a church, by the mechanisms of religion and it was to do with a church. Actually, it has nothing to do with a church, because the church has made a very large mess of what we call. I will call it Holy Communion, I will call it breaking of the bread. The church has changed it and switched it and moved it around. The church thinks it's in control of it. The church acts like it brought it in when actually God brought it in.
Speaker 2:So when you look at these scriptures I'm going to go back and read over the text. We have a bit of time on our side it says on the same night, I will pass through. Look what it says there. It says on the same night, I will pass through. On the same night, I will pass through Egypt and I will struck down every firstborn. Now, what did Herod want to do? When you think about it? What happened? Herod wanted to take out the firstborn. Herod wanted to take out the firstborn. What does this scripture say to us? On same night, I will pass through egypt and strike down every first born. Herod was doing a mirror image. Herod was doing a mirror image of what was happening, um, in the old testament. So here we have. Here we have such a beautiful correlation from the Old Testament to the New that you cannot separate. When you look at this clear. Let's just reflect a moment. On the same night, I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn, both men and of animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt.
Speaker 2:I am the Lord, verse 13. The blood will be a sign for you and your house, where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch where you are when I strike Egypt. It's so important for me to grasp that it is the blood of Jesus. I don't have to go to church, I don't have to get caught in the worldly activities of church. It is the blood of Jesus that set me free. It is the King of Kings, it is the Lord of Lords. It is the great I am. He is worthy of all praise. Brothers and sisters, wherever you are around the the world, it is the power of the blood of jesus. It is the king of kings and the lord of lords. He is the great I am. And god said the blood will be a sign. What is critical about salvation? It is blood. It is the. It is the shedding and the remission of sin. It is the blood that cleanses us. Verse 13 of exodus, chapter 12 the blood will be a sign and it says there for you, on your house, where you are when I see the blood, I will pass over you no destructive plague.
Speaker 2:Sisters and brothers, it's time for us to get ourselves, not in church, but get ourselves to the cross of calvary. It's time to come to the table. It's time to break bread because it's about the passover, it's not about easter, it's not about what the church does and how the church does it. It's about coming to that realization that I've got to be born again, that I've got to be blood washed, I've got to be covered.
Speaker 2:As we come the table, we're going to break bread together right now, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. So, wherever you are, you know we're pushing this tonight. We're pushing the time, because time is not on our side, but it's really important. So, wherever you are tonight, I pray as you come to the table with each and every one of us as we break bread, as we realize it is the blood of Jesus. It is the blood of Jesus. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. God bless every one of you, wherever you are.
Speaker 2:We're coming to the table, we're going to break bread and it is about the blood.
Speaker 2:The body represents Jesus, the body of Jesus, the bread, the wine, whatever it may be, the grape juice, whatever it is. Brothers and sisters, come to the table with us right now in the name of Jesus. Come to the table with us right now in the mighty name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Wherever you are, we pray for the love of God and the power of Jesus Christ that will sweep through you in the name which is the greatest name in heaven and earth it is the blood of Jesus. It is the blood I've got to keep repeating because this is what the Bible says the blood will be a sign. Father, we thank you for your body that was broken for us and as we come right now to break bread, to take a moment out of the craziness of life, we thank you that your body was broken. Spirit of the living, god bless this bread as we take this together in jesus name, amen thank you lord, thank you jesus, thank you Lord.
Speaker 2:Thank you, jesus, thank you, holy Spirit. You are the King of Glory. We serve the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Father, as we come To this cup, as we hold this cup in the name of Jesus, father, we thank you that there is power in the greatest name in heaven and earth. And this cup, we thank you that it symbolizes the blood of Jesus, the blood of the lamb that was shed. It's about the sacrifice, the greatest sacrifice the world has ever seen. He's the king. The whole world is talking about Jesus Christ. The whole world is looking for the Savior and his name is Jesus. Father, will you bless this cup that represents the blood of the Lord and the Savior of the world? Cleanse us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. Bring us to a place, lord, where we will rest, and we will find a place, lord, of being still. You are the King of glory. In Jesus' name, amen.
Speaker 3:All who hunger, all who thirst, all the last and all the first, all the paupers and the princes, all who fail, keep and forgive. All who dream and all who suffer, all who loved and lost another.
Speaker 2:Thank you, jesus, sisters and brothers, wherever you are across the world, we thank you so much for joining us this evening. We have hit that big figure 1,000 podcasts since lockdown. What a journey we've been on. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, wherever you are, we want to say thank you. Does that look very Christian? Does that look very Christian on that screen above us? Let's have a little chuckle.
Speaker 2:Hallelujah, jesus, wherever you are across the world, we thank you for your prayers. We thank you so much for your prayers. We thank you for your financial giving and, as we said earlier, as we said earlier, may God bless you and strengthen you. And wherever you are across the world, we thank you from the very bottom of our heart. It's great to serve the Lord and what's really, really important, wherever you are, whatever your name is, remember there is the love of God that is over you. May God bless you and strengthen you. We're out of here this evening. Remember there is no coffee and prayer this Wednesday morning. By God's grace, we will get back in the saddle of coffee and prayer next week, but we thank you for joining us in the mighty name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Have a great day. Have a good evening, wherever you are, and to those that listen to these podcasts, the tens of thousands that are downloaded across the earth, may God strengthen you in Jesus' name. God bless, we'll see you soon.
