Get Equipped #6: Eat Your Way To Life and Health

Did you know that when the ancient Israelites ate the first Passover meal they were healed of their physical ailments?

He brought them forth also with silver and gold: And there was not one feeble person among their tribes (Psalm 105:37 KJV).

Think about what a miracle that was! The lamb that the Israelites ate, and whose blood was smeared on their doors, the night that the Destroying Angel of Death passed over them, symbolized the Lamb of God—Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Under commandment from the Lord, the Israelites annually ate the same Passover Meal to always remember what God did for them.

This pattern was repeated by the Lord and recorded in the New Testament:

Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever (John 6:53-58 NKJV).”

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in ithe resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her,  “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world (John 11:21-27 ESV).”

He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

After supper he took another cup of wine and said, "This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you (Luke 22:19-20 NLT)."

I try to take the Communion Meal daily because I believe that it is a gift from God to tangibly bless our mind and body. Here is a quote from Joseph Prince about the Communion Meal:

If many are sick and weak because they have failed to discern the Lord’s body, then it stands to reason the opposite is true: those who discern that His body was broken for our health will be healthy and strong, and will live long, good lives! That, my friend, is why I am writing this book. There is such healing power in the Holy Communion, but too many people have been robbed of this gift either because they do not know about it or because they have been taught wrongly about what the Lord meant for it to be.

Every time we partake of the Lord’s body, we are ingesting health, vitality, strength, and long life. If there is disease in the body, the disease will be supernaturally driven out. If there is decay and degeneration, the deterioration will be reversed. If there is pain, it will be removed. The results may not be spectacular and immediate, but they are sure and will surely come. And I pray you will experience them for yourself.
Joseph Prince: Eat Your Way to Life and Health, pg. 11-12

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