Cipher 40. New Covenant Cross, 25 for the Kingdom of God (Luke 22:14-20)
1. WHO? (22:14) And when the hour was come, he (Jesus) sat down, and the (12) apostles with him.
2. WHY? (22:15) Jesus said, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
3. HOW to fulfill Passover? (22:16) For I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
4. WHAT to do? (22:17) And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves.
5. WHEN? (22:18) I shall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
6. WHERE? (22:19) And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
7. WHICH way? (22:20) And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.
Commentary: At his last supper, before Jesus was about to die on the cross he said, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God through the cross was not yet fulfilled, even though Jesus spent more than three years of his life teaching the complete cross with him on the foot of it as the Son of Man.
The number 25 is a holy number that begins in the Creation when evening, morning and day are counted 6+6+6, plus the 7th day made holy. Abram’s promise 25 Cross shown in Cipher 5 is a prophecy of Jesus’ New Covenant 25. In the Gospel of John there are 25 witnesses doubled for the Son of Man and the Son of God that define 25 tenets of the Kingdom of God. The number 25 was used on the Day of Pentecost when 120 in the upper room received and taught 25 tenets of the Kingdom of God to equal 3000 total baptized.