Baptism of the Cup

1. First use of the word “cup”: Matthew 26:39. (Cross).

2. The cup contained the sins of the world. Jesus Christ was sinless. Isaiah 53:4-6.

3. The Father judged those sins.

4. Christ drank the cup. John 18:11. Drinking from the cup is a picture of the judgment of God's wrath.

5. The Father's wrath (+R and J) fell upon the Son when He drank (when He bore the sins of the world).

6. God's wrath is against sin but the sins were poured out upon Christ. He drank the cup to the bottom (bore the sins of the world) therefore the Father's wrath was poured out upon Him.

7. The Father rejected human good for future judgment.

8. Individual chooses human good for divine good (on the cross). In the work of Christ on the cross was divine good.

9. If one rejects divine good (Christ's work) they stand on their own merit (human good).

10. Anyone standing on human good will have a cup from which he will drink, containing the wrath of God.

11. Active voice: Jesus deliberately drank from the cup. Volition of His humanity. Passive voice: Jesus Christ received the judgment for our sins.

12. Alternative: Either accept Christ drinking for you on the cross, or accept the wrath of God on yourself. If you reject the cross, then the alternative is the wrath of God. Either let Christ drink God's wrath for you, or you drink it yourself.

13. In the Tribulation Jesus Christ becomes the judge and He pours out vials (drinking cups) on religious unbelievers. (Revelation 16)

14. When He came, 1st advent: He drank the cup.
When He comes, 2nd advent: Unbelievers will drink the cup because they did not accept His drinking for them.