The Blood of the Covenant | Exodus 24:1-8

When man and wife get married, they come together before God and witnesses, they hear what marriage entails, they make a series of promises to each other, they exchange rings as signs of their commitment to each other, and then sign the registry, putting into writing their life-long commitment. In many ways, the marriage ceremony is a covenant-making ceremony – two parties covenanting to be loyal and faithful to each other, to serve one another, to love one another, come rain or shine. We’ve reached the point in Exodus where God, having saved his people from slavery in Egypt, has brought them to Mount Sinai in order to establish them as his covenant people. From Exodus 19 to 23, he has laid down before his people the terms of the covenant – the law – how they are to now live, as God’s own covenant people. Now this covenant is going to be ratified and confirmed through a covenant-making ceremony, a worship service. God’s people are going to hear once again the terms of the covenant, they will promise to obey these terms and then the covenant will be sealed by the shedding of blood. What we’re going to see in this sermon is that this blood of the covenant points us to Jesus and the new covenant that he will initiate through the shedding of his own blood. We’ll see that because Jesus’s blood has been shed, our sins are forgiven and we are united to him through his eternal covenant with us. Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola. For more information about Covenant Waterfall Presbyterian Church, please check out our website: https://covenantwaterfall.co.za or email us: [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you!