Here’s one that may be simply answered by someone who knows much more about the Bible and biblical times than I.
When Jesus said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” (and likewise with the cup.) What if he was simply meaning to remember Him at every meal, which of course means constantly since someone like me is always eating. =)
or was He saying to remember Him in everything we do, keeping a pure heart when celebrating with the church (eating the bread and drinking of the cup…of Christ.) Like in 1Corinthians 11.
Just a side note: I’m not trying to point out a “wrong” of the church or change it in any way. I love some of the traditions like this, knowing that people have done it for so long. kwim? Just a thought I’ve had for a while.
October 17, 2007 at 12:16 am
Hey Mrs. Finn! Im not sure about what he was meaning but now I am wondering too!
October 17, 2007 at 11:02 pm
This is an interesting question. I have two thoughts–
1 Corinthians 10:31 says “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” However, when Jesus was offering the bread and wine He was thinking about a specific thing–His broken body and spilled blood. So if you look the bread and wine as foundational in our belief, then the outgrowth of it is to eat and drink and do everything else to God’s glory, remembering that our very breath comes from Him.
Second, Jesus called Himself “bread.”–”I am the bread of life.” At points in scripture we see Him breaking bread and blessing it. How He must have been aware, everytime he broke the bread and blessed it, that His body would be broken for men.
It is also interesting that after the resurrection, talking to two discples on the Road to Emmaus, those men didn’t recognize Him until they stopped for the evening to eat. Jesus broke bread and blessed it. Then they recognized Him! I wonder how many times they saw Him break and bless the bread?
October 29, 2007 at 5:41 am
What if…
…you post a new blog.
November 10, 2007 at 7:31 pm
LOL Romack! I was SO thinking the same thing! It’s been like 2 weeks or so since you posted your comment too!