Place/Purpose of 2nd Coming in the Lord's Supper

Driving home: Here in unmistakable clarity, the apostle states that the design and purpose of the death of Christ, the conscious goal that beat within his, his own breast when he went to the cross was that he might have a bride here c…

John's description of the voices in Revelation 19 as 'many waters' and 'mighty thunders' is used to convey the overwhelming, glorious nature of the praise at the consummation of redemption, when Christ takes His bride.

Not at all. He died that he might ultimately present to himself out of that mass of guilt, by helpless humanity, a church, a bride that would be utterly and completely spotless without wrinkle or spot or any such thing, but holy and without. ไร It should not surprise system. When we come summation of redemption is lightened in revelation 19, two wedding feast, And in that marvelous passage, we read the following words, Revelation 19, and beginning with verse 6. And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders. Think w...

14:52 - 16:13 Read in full sermon

Driving home: But we know that when He shall appear we shall be. We shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.

Martin describes the common experience of believers struggling with indwelling sin (unkind words, unchaste thoughts, anger) and the burdens of decaying bodies (wheelchairs, pills, constant doctor visits) to highlight the present reality that makes the longing for glorification so profound.

Crippling our spirits that unkind word that unchaste thought that insensitive deed perhaps that angry word whatever the sin may be and we say O God how long must I carry about with me that which I loathe and hate and in the language of Romans 7 the good that I would I do not and the evil that I would not that I do O wretch wretched man that I am who should deliver me from the body of this death? Some of us with advancing years and some not so advanced in years sit among us whose bodies are a constant burden. They must be strapped into their wheelchairs. Their bodies are a burden to them from t...

24:03 - 25:22 Read in full sermon

The point: Partake with holy longings, earnestly praying 'Even so, come, Lord Jesus,' and viewing life in the light of that confident expectation.

He explains the Aramaic word 'Maranatha' (Our Lord come) as a watchword of early Christians, illustrating their constant expectation and longing for Christ's return, which shaped their view of life.

sown in weakness shall be raised in power. This is the prospect of the child of God. In the light of that and in the light of the fact that these blessings are secured not by our effort and our endeavors but by the work that Christ has accomplished for us. Let us come with joy and confidence to the table but then let us also partake with holy longings. You know the last prayer in the Bible even so come Lord Jesus even so come Lord Jesus the longing of the church through the ages even so come Lord Jesus you've occasionally come across that strange word at the end of 1 Corinthians chapter 16 aft...

29:19 - 30:36 Read in full sermon

The point: Partake with holy longings, earnestly praying 'Even so, come, Lord Jesus,' and viewing life in the light of that confident expectation.

Martin shares a personal meditation while driving, affirming his belief that his own physical eyes, currently following the road, will one day gaze upon the Lord who instituted the Supper, emphasizing the continuity of the resurrected body.

will be our experience when the heavens open when we hear the voice of the archangel and the trump of God and the scripture says every eye shall see him. Driving here tonight as I was meditating upon that verse in Revelation 1 in verse 6 every eye shall see him. I said Lord give me to believe with fresh confidence and expectation that these eyes that are following the contours of Changebridge Road or Horseneck Road these eyes will gaze upon the very Lord who instituted that supper. These eyes, not another set of eyes, long after they may be eaten by the worms reconstituted a continuity between...

31:51 - 33:14 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin draws a parallel between the Passover and the Lord's Supper, explaining that both looked back (deliverance from Egypt/Christ's death) and looked forward (deliverance yet to…

He draws a detailed parallel between the Jewish Passover (looking back to deliverance from Egypt, looking forward to the Lamb of God) and the Lord's Supper (looking back to Christ's accomplished redemption, looking forward to its consummate blessings) to illustrate the dual retrospective and prospective nature of the Supper.

There is a wonderful parallel between the significance of the Passover and the significance of this supper. When the Jews would celebrate the Passover according to God's very strict directives, they were doing basically two things. They were looking back on that great deliverance out of Egypt. You remember what God said when your children ask you in time to come, what does this mean?

33:15 - 33:38 Read in full sermon