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Part 7 – THE RED THREAD

There is a thread that we see throughout the Bible that starts somewhere and leads to something. The first time we see this red thread, it shows up at the Exodus.

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread

Exodus 12:1-8 NIV

12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, ² “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. ³ Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. ⁴ If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. ⁵ The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. ⁶ Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. ⁷ Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. ⁸ That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.

Rahab Hung out the Red Thread

Hebrews 11:31NIV

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Joshua 2:17-18

¹⁷ Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions. ¹⁸ When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope “scarlet thread” hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.

Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples

Matthew 26

¹⁷ Now on the first day of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” ¹⁸ And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper

Matthew 26

²⁶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

²⁷ Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.²⁸ For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.²⁹ But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

³⁰ And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

THE BEST 10 WORDS IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE

“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”

“FORGIVNESS MUST BE RECEIVED, THEN WE CAN GIVE IT.”

THE RED THREAD LEADS TO RESURECTION LIFE

Romans 8:11 NIV

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Ephesians 1:18-23 NIV

¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.²² And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

This Resurrection Life, is the Abundant Life

John 10:10 AMP

The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

THE RED THREAD LEADS THROUG THE CROSS TO AN EMPTY TOMB SO THAT WE COULD HAVE, LIVE IN, AND EXPERIENCE HIS GIFT OF ABUNDANT LIFE