13马可十四章二十五节论到葡萄树的产品。主筵席上杯里葡萄树的产品也是个表号,象征主在十字架上为我们的罪所流的血。这血乃是神的公义所要求的,为使我们的罪得赦免。(来九22。)马可十四章二十四节说,主的血是立约的血。主的血既满足了神的公义,就立了新约。在这新约中,神赐给我们赦罪、生命、救恩,和一切属灵、属天、神圣的福分。当神将这新约赐给我们时,这约乃是一个杯,(路二二20,)就是我们的分。主流了血,神立了约,而我们享受这杯;在这杯里,神和一切属神的都是我们的分。血是基督为我们所付的代价,约是神为我们所立的契据,杯是我们从神所领受的分。关于主的筵席,我们有血、约和杯。当我们来赴主的晚餐,我们看见桌上的杯。那杯是一个约,也与血有关。因此,血、约与杯乃是一。血是基督为我们所付的代价,约是神为我们所立的契据,杯是我们从神所领受并享受的分。基督付上代价,神立约,我们则享受那福分。
13Mark 14:25 speaks of the fruit of the vine. The fruit of the vine within the cup of the Lord’stable is also a symbol. It signifies the Lord’s bloodshed on the cross for our sins. His blood was required by God’s righteousness for the forgiveness of our sins (Heb. 9:22). Mark 14:24 says that the Lord’s blood is the blood of the covenant. The Lord’s blood, having satisfied God’s righteousness, enacted the new covenant. In this new covenant, God gives us forgiveness, life, salvation, and all spiritual, heavenly, and divine blessings. When this new covenant is given to us, it is a cup (Luke 22:20), a portion for us. The Lord shed the blood, God established the covenant, and we enjoy the cup, in which God and all that is of Him are our portion. The blood is the price Christ paid for us, the covenant is the title deed God made to us, and the cup is the portion we receive from God. Concerning the Lord’stable, we have the blood, the covenant, and the cup. When we come to the Lord’ss upper, we see a cup on the table. That cup is a covenant and is also related to the blood. Therefore, the blood, the covenant, and the cup are one. The blood is the price paid by Christ, the covenant is the title deed of our inheritance, and the cup is the portion we receive and enjoy. Christ paid the price. God made the covenant, and we enjoy the portion