YOU ARE INVOLVED

 During the Lord's Evening Meal, Jesus offered unleavened break to his apostles and told them that it represented his body. Then he gave them wine and said that it stood for the "blood of the covenant." (Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:24) That is significant. The new covenant is made with "the house of [spiritual] Israel"-who will be "in the Kingdom of God"-not with mankind in general. (Hebrews 8:6, 10; 9:15) The apostles did not grasp at that time, but they would soon be anointed withe holy spirit and brought into the new covenant to have a place with Jesus in heaven. - JOHN 14:2, 3.

Take note that during the Lord's Evening Meal, Jesus focused on the "little flock." That small group started with his faithful apostles who were physically present with him in the room. (Luke 12:32) They and others who would be in that group were expected to partake of the two emblems-the bread and the wine. They are the ones who will receive a place in heaven with Jesus. What he said to his apostles on this occasion stands in contrast with what he said to the crowd in Galilee, where he was speaking in way that was broader in scope. Those words apply to a vast number of people.

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