The First Lord’s Supper

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ~ Matthew 26:26-28 CSB

• Feast of Passover – The Last Supper – Communion – “Then He (Jesus) took a Cup and after Giving Thanks” Luke 22:17

Jesus initiated the New Testament Covenant between God and mankind with His disciples in His body (crucifiction) and with His (resurrection – eternal life) blood.

Cup of Wrath at 2x Strength

The world that rejects Jesus Christ and His Righteousness freely applied to us will drink from a different cup – The Cup of God’s Wrath – a double strength portion of wrath.

AI Overview: The Old Testament “cup of God’s wrath” is a biblical metaphor for divine anger and punishment for sin, often depicted as a cup from which people are forced to drink, leading to their destruction. Prophetic passages, especially in Jeremiah 25, describe this cup as a means by which God brings judgment upon Nations and Individuals who have sinned. 

This metaphorical Cup is also a theme in the New Testament, notably in Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, where He asks His Father to remove the “cup” of suffering and divine judgment that He would bear for humanity. 

The Cup of Wrath in the Old Testament

• A Metaphor for Divine Anger

The cup symbolizes the overwhelming and unavoidable experience of God’s anger and punishment, leading to severe consequences like drunkenness, vomiting, and death. 

• Prophetic Judgment

In Jeremiah 25:15-17, the prophet Jeremiah is told to take the cup from God’s hand and make all nations drink from it, signifying that God would unleash His wrath upon them as a punishment for their sins. 

• Consequences of Sin

The contents of the cup are often described as the suffering, shame, and destruction that result from engaging in wicked and ungodly behavior. 

• Ubiquitous Divine Judgment

This cup of wrath was not limited to one nation but was to be drunk by all nations, including the wicked city of Babylon, demonstrating that God’s judgment would extend to everyone.

Cup of Wrath in the New Testament

• Jesus’ Prayer

In the New Testament, Jesus uses the concept of the cup in the Garden of Gethsemane, praying to God, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will”. 

• Bearing Human Sin

This “cup” symbolizes the impending suffering, torment, and the immense weight of bearing the sin of the world, which Jesus would endure on the cross.

• Atonement and Salvation

By drinking this cup of God’s wrath, Jesus took the punishment for humanity’s sins, allowing Him to offer the cup of Salvation, which brings forgiveness and freedom from divine wrath. – Google AI Gemini

The Righteousness of Jesus Christ

For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God; they (sinners) are justified (innocence) freely by His grace through the Redemption (Cup) that is in [the blood of] Christ Jesus. ~ Romans 3:23-24

by David Anson Brown