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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The third important aspect of the reformation

A Better Tabernacle

The third integral aspect of the reformation is that of having a better Tabernacle for we have been duly instructed saying; “Jesus Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, for Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

Today, “We have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born who are registered in heaven, to God the judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel” (Hebrews 12:22-24).

We have also been further instructed saying; “But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:11-15),

We should therefore note carefully that offering to the Lord the food for His offerings at their appointed time has not been abolished but has rather been reformed for we have been duly instructed saying; “For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.’

“For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:1-4).

The animal sacrifices with their food and drink offerings could not present the worshiper perfect and blameless before God because if they could they would not have ceased to be offered: Meaning that, there is still a current offering that is needed to present the worshiper perfect and blameless before God when we present ourselves before Him and so, when Jesus Came He said;

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, 'Behold, I have come ---In the volume of the book it is written of Me --- To do Your will, O God.' "Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law), then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:5-10).

So today, our tabernacle is in heaven in the city of the living God and this is what the Lord said to a Samaritan woman; “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:21-24).

But there is a protocol on how we are to approach the throne of grace in the inner court in order to find grace in the time of need which the Lord instructed as follows saying; “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time' (Numbers 28: 2).

God has ordained appointed times for people to appear before Him with Jesus Christ officiating as our High Priest and ordained to offer an offering to the Father on our behalf. The once and for all phenomenon related to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ simply denotes that, once and for all we have and offering that can present the worshiper holy, perfect and blameless before God.

The error which most people make is that, they do not conceptualize the reality of Christ's position as our High Priest, and the necessity to offer to the Lord, the food for His offerings at their appointed time, which is the only gateway or access to the presence of the Father. Offering the Lord the food for His offerings is the way Christ's statement is being fulfilled when He said; "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).

The way to the Father is through the body of Jesus Christ represented by the unleavened bread; the truth is through Jesus Christ the Word of God who is seated at the right hand of the Father interceding on our behalf as our High Priest and the life is through the blood of Jesus Christ represented by the wine the medium by which we have our sins forgiven for t s written; “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul” (Leviticus 17:11).

Remember that, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins and so without the forgiveness of sins we have no access to the presence of the Father who is light and has no fellowship with darkness.

To be continued

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

The second important aspect of the reformation

The Greatness of Christ’s sacrifice

The second aspect of the reformation is the greatness of Christ's sacrifice that is being offered and so inasmuch as God testifies that Jesus Christ is forever priest according to the order of Melchizedek, and remains a priest continually, the offering offered to God by Melchizedek is also perpetual. This is made evident and supported by scriptures which states that; “…Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; He was the priest of God Most High, and He blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hands” (Genesis 14:18-20).

When Moses was about to make the tabernacle, remember, he was divinely instructed saying; “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain” (Hebrews 8:5).

Although they were serving the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, the offering which they offered to God, and regarded by the Lord as “My offering, My food for My offerings”, were symbolic to the bread and wine offered by Melchizedek.

The offering they offered comprised of, a Lamb which represented Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, Who indeed was slain and foreordained, before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for us, as the High Priest: Its grain offering which was a mixture of fine flour mixed with pressed olive oil, as the unleavened bread; and the wine as its drink offering.

In instituting the New Covenant Jesus took bread blessed it, broke it, and gave it to His disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26: 26-28).

This new covenant became in force only after the death of Jesus Christ, since where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator, for a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

According to the scriptures, “Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, therefore it is necessary (indispensable) that this One (referring to Jesus Christ) also may have something to offer” (Hebrews 8:3).

Jesus Christ entered the most Holy place not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. “For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the New Covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgression under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance” (Hebrews 9:13-15).

The flesh and blood of Jesus Christ, represented by the bread and wine, is the offering which Melchizedek the Priest of the Most High God, offers to the Father continually on behalf of the sins of the people, and this is the better hope we have by which we draw near to the Father because, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1John 1:5-7).

The once and for all which Jesus with His own blood obtain eternal redemption for humanity signifies that, once and for all there is a perfect offering that can purge our conscience from sin and dead works to serve the living God and to present us holy, blameless and irreproachable in the sight of God.

The blood of Jesus Christ which cleanses us from all sin when we have fellowship with one another and presents us holy, blameless and irreproachable in the sight of the Father is through the cup of the New Covenant which we partake of when we are having a holy convocation. Furthermore, the main objective of having a holy convocation is to offer to the Lord the food for His offerings.

For we have been duly instructed saying; “These are the feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day.”

This offering is besides or in addition to the observance of the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides our gifts, besides all our vows, and besides all our freewill offerings which we give to the LORD” (Leviticus 23:37-38).

The reason why this offering is so vitally important when having a holy convocation it is because, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1John 1:8-10).

And the crux of the matter is, God in no way will co-exist with sin therefore, sins must be confessed and forgiven before we can have fellowship with one another and with the Father and the Son. We are to worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

One also has to be mindful of the fact that, the High Priest will not offer any offering on behalf of anyone without the individual presents his or her offering to the High Priest. Each individual is responsible to bring his/her offering to the High Priest so that the High Priest can make intercession to the Father on the individual’s behalf because with God there is absolutely no respecter of persons or favoritism.

Another very important consideration is the fact that, true believers, the called out ones are considered as living stones that are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. They are regarded as a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that they may proclaim the praises of Him who called them out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy” (1 Peter 2:10).

The reason why many of us stumble it is because we are being disobedient to the word, to which we also were appointed which is to be a nation of priests offering to the Lord the food for His offerings at their appointed time and it is also the reason why many among us are weak and sick and many sleep: It is simply because we are not properly discerning the Lord’s body and are not following the protocol which has been ordained and established by the Melchizedek priesthood.

To be continued

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Lucius Joseph

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Reformation

Initially when I began writing on the topic on how we as believers can all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among us, but that we be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment and thus fulfilling the Lord’s desire for His church I stated that the plan which God has ordained for the unification of His church is being administered in four (4) distinctive ways and four integral parts. So far, I have covered two of the distinctive parts namely; the four cornerstone of our salvation and the second established will of the Father

Let us now deal with the other phraseology that if all believers knew, understand, believe and apply we would all be of one mind and be able to fulfill the Lord’s heartfelt prayer on behalf of the saints.

For we have been duly instructed saying; “The Holy Spirit indicating this that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience --concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation” (Hebrews 9:8-10).

So then, what are the better promises on which the reformation has been established? The better promises on which the reformation has been established are three-folds viz.

A better High Priest

Jesus Christ became a merciful and faithful High Priest, and a better Mediator, in performing the work of God, thus fulfilling God’s eternal purpose. Being the High Priest of God was the office He held before partaking of flesh and blood. He temporarily relinquished that office and became the Son of Man, so that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

We can now therefore hold fast to our confession because, we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, One who can sympathize with our weaknesses, because He was in all points tempted as we are being tempted, yet without sin. It is because of the everlasting position which Christ holds as High Priest, and the offering, He as High Priest is appointed to offer like all other high priests, that we can come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Therefore the work of Jesus Christ did not end at the cross, What it did was, it created in Him one new man from both Jews and Gentiles thus making peace, so that He might reconcile them both to God in one body. The cross opened the door, rend the veil, gave man direct access to the Father; but the hope of drawing near is the official responsibility of the High Priest, and since Jesus Christ continues forever, He has an unchangeable priesthood, and therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them.

The once and for all signifies that, once and for all we have a High Priest who ever lives to make intercessions for us, and once and for all there is an offering which can present the worshiper perfect, blameless, and irreproachable in the sight of God, and thus fulfilling the will of God.

The office of High Priest is the office Jesus Christ held with the Father before He temporarily relinquished it, and assumed His position as the Son of Man. But after the completion of His preparatory work on earth, He prayed to the Father and said: “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with you before the world was” (John 17:4-5).

That glory Jesus Christ had with the Father before the beginning of the world is that of being Priest of the Most High: For God Himself testifies of Christ saying; “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 7:17).

Now according to the scriptures we learn that; “…This Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “King of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually” (Hebrews 7:1-3).

This very important aspect of the reformation was established on better promises in order for humanity to have fellowship with the Father which is to have an unchangeable priesthood and having One who is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

To be continued

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It is further stated that such a High Priest was fitting for us, One who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

This teaches us clearly that, offering the Lord the food for His offerings at their appointed time has not been abolished but has rather been reformed since Jesus Christ as High Priest always live to make intercession for us. Therefore, the command which states; “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time” is current and effective as when it was first given to the children of Israel.

Because, the One who gave this command to the children of Israel is the same yesterday, today and forever and He forever lives to make intercessions for us.

Monday, June 16, 2025

Appointed times to offer the Lord the food for His offerings (contd.)

The other appointed time to offer to the Lord the food for His offerings is as:

• A sin /trespass offering which is offered on behalf of our sins.

And so it is written, “My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1John 2:1-2).

Hence the reason why we have been duly admonished by the apostle Paul saying; “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ” (Colossians 2:16-17).

Animal sacrifices with their food and drink offerings, are no longer the substances used in our daily thanksgiving offerings, peace/fellowship offerings on the Sabbaths and Festivals, and sin offerings, which were a shadow of things to come, but the real substance now is the body and blood of Jesus Christ in the form of the bread and wine.

It was for this reason that on the night before Jesus Christ was crucified, He took bread blessed it and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take eat, this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, (the second that was established) which is shed for many for the remission of sins (Matthew 26:26-28).

Whenever one eats of this bread, and drinks of this cup, the Lord's death is being proclaimed till He comes: In other words, whenever one partakes of the ordinance of communion, the purpose for which Jesus Christ died, which is to, love, heal and to forgive is fulfilled: Thereby, presenting the worshiper perfect, holy, blameless and irreproachable before God, as was preordained before the foundation of the world. This is the state which animal sacrifices with their food and drink offerings could not accomplish, and therefore had to be abolished.

But now we have the assurance that, if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and this is attainable only through the blood of Jesus Christ as we have been duly instructed saying: “For the life of every creature is in the blood and God has given it to us upon the altar to make atonement for our souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul, and without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. We receive redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

And so Christ fulfilled the law of sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin by establishing the second which is His body and blood as the substance to be used, being the perfect sacrifice that fulfills the Father's will, and is able to present the worshiper perfect before God; And Jesus Christ Himself as our eternal High Priest, Who is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

For such a High Priest we are told was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; Who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself” (Hebrews 7: 25-27).

And so the second established will of God is fulfilled, by Jesus Christ who has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma, to be the substance for our thanksgiving offerings, our fellowship/peace offerings, and our sin/trespass offerings, replacing the animal sacrifices with its meal and drink offerings, which could not present the worshiper perfect: Bearing in mind that, if the animal sacrifices with their meal and drink offerings were able to take away sins, they would not have ceased to be offered.

To be continued

With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph

Saturday, June 14, 2025

The appointed times to offer the Lord the food for His oferngs

The appointed times to offer the Lord the food for His offerings

The Lord did not leave us ignorant as to when we are to offer to Him the food for His offerings as everything else we have been duly instructed saying; “Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7)

And of course if we are all to speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among us, but that we be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment obviously there ought to be some guidelines or regulations that would guide us through the same process which is simply stated as follows;

"Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time (Numbersn28:2).

Now the appointed times when we are to offer to the Lord the food for Hs offerings are:

Morning /Evenings

This offering is known as our daily regular offering which is a thanksgiving offering, thanking God for His lovingkindness in the morning, and His faithfulness in the evening.as illustrated by the Psalmist David who wrote; “it is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night” (Psalm 92:,1-2).

The crux of the matter is, humanity has absolutely no fellowship with the Father unless their sins are forgiven and cleansed and the one and only access to Father and have fellowship with Him is through the food for His offerings as endorsed by the apostle Paul who wrote;

“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, (represented by the wine), by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh (represented by the unleavened bread), and having a High Priest over the house of God (Jesus Christ our High Priest), let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:19-23).

Remember that this passage of scripture is quite synonymous to the words of Jesus Christ when He said; “am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

The way to the Father is through His body represented by the unleavened bread, the truth is Jesus Christ our High Priest interceding on our behalf and the life is the blood of Jesus Christ represented by the wine.

As a peace/fellowship offering;

The burnt offering in our new dispensation is the peace or fellowship offering which is offered to the Lord during a holy convocation? As alluded to by the apostle Paul who wrote; “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.”

We should also take into consideration the fact that the main objective for having a holy convocation is to offer the Lord the food for His offerings as we have clearly been instructed saying; “These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day ---besides (or in addition to) the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord” (1Corintians 10:16-17; (Leviticus 23:37-38).

As one can clearly see that this offering is besides or in addition to observing the Sabbaths or whatever gifts, offerings or vows which one wants to offer to the Lord thus making it the main objective for having a holy convocation.

To be continued

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Lucius Joseph

Thursday, June 12, 2025

The three-fold application of the second established will of the Father

As the Passover

At the Passover, which is a once and for all time phenomenon, the sacrificial body of Jesus Christ was offered as the redemption price, to redeemed and delivered humanity from the penalty of death that was imposed upon them because of the sin of the first Adam. For it is written; “For if by one man’s offense (Adam’s) death reigned through the one: much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. Therefore, as through one man’s offence judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.”

It is stated also that, “God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” And that, “the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.”

This application of Christ's sacrificial body is commemorated at the Passover once yearly to commemorate His death for the salvation and sanctification of man (Romans 5:17-18; 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15).

Our Atonement:

Unlike the Passover which is a once and for all phenomenon, atonement is a continuous exercise applicable for the forgiveness of sins. It is God’s act of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus Whom God set forth to be a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” Romans 3:21-26).

The irony of truth is no one can say I have no sin, or I have not sinned. For, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1John 1:8-10).

And so, instead as in the past, according to the first will, where the high priest went into the second part of the tabernacle alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance; we can now according to the second established will of the Father, can come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Food for the Lord's Offerings

The third application of the sacrificial body of Jesus Christ is the use of His sacrificial body in the form of the bread and wine as the food for the Lord's offerings. As it is written; “For every high priest including Jesus Christ is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that He may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. Therefore it is necessary that Jesus Christ also have something to offer (Hebrews 5:1; 8:3).

Like in the first established will of the Father where; "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin were offered, but God did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which were offered according to the law), God did not desire, nor had pleasure in them because they were unprofitable and useless, not being able to clear the conscience and present the worshiper perfect before God.

Therefore, when Christ came into the world He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10: 9-10)

Today, in our new dispensation it is the sacrificial body of Christ in the form of the bread and wine, that is offered as the food for the Lord's offerings;

To be continued