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(Continued part) 👆🏾 The New Covenant has been instituted by the blood of the Lamb, "In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me" (1Cor 11:25). St. John Chrysostom elaborates, "But they were not sprinkled with "scarlet wool," nor yet "with hyssop." Why was this? Because the cleansing was not bodily but spiritual, and the blood was spiritual. How? It flowed not from the body of irrational animals, but from the Body prepared by the Spirit. With this blood not Moses but Christ sprinkled us, through the word which was spoken; "This is the blood of the New Testament, for the remission of sins." This word, instead of hyssop, having been dipped in the blood, sprinkles all. And there indeed the body was cleansed outwardly, for the purifying was bodily; but here, since the purifying is spiritual, it enters into the soul, and cleanses it, not being simply sprinkled over, but gushing forth in our souls. The initiated understand what is said. And in their case indeed one sprinkled just the surface; but he who was sprinkled washed it off again; for surely he did not go about continually stained with blood. But in the case of the soul it is not so, but the blood is mixed with its very substance, making it vigorous and pure, and leading it to the very unapproachable beauty." Let us praise the Lord with the angels for His birth and the establishment of the New Covenant saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men." May the Glorious Feast of the Nativity bless us and alert us to rededicate our hearts and lives to the New Covenant with our Lord Jesus Christ. Source: Bishop Youssef, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States Follow our Telegram group every day and share it with your friends https://t.me/+DCbv9KRTroY0NmJh