The sequence of bread and cup follows. They form the basis of our Lord's Table. It is likely that Jesus is lifting the third cup of the Passover here. This cup followed the eating of the Passover lamb, the unleavened bread and the bitter herbs. It have followed the explanation of why the meal was being celebrated, a review of the exodus.
Thus Jesus' words mirror earlier salvation events and resonate with all the imagery of that linkage. As he reinterprets the symbols, he fills them with fresh meaning. So the bread is "my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. Nor is he arguing that he surrounds and enters the bread with his presence, a view known as consubstantiation. Like the Passover, the bread pictures his death and represents his self-sacrifice as his body is broken for the disciples on the cross.
The Lord is present, but the elements serve to remind and proclaim; the elements are not transformed 1 Cor The call to remember shows the symbolic nature of the meal. When the church takes this meal looking back to this event, it becomes a statement of solidarity with Jesus, a public covenant renewal—which is why taking the meal is such serious business for Paul in 1 Corinthians In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Jesus' blood is shed for his followers. By it he purchases the church Acts The foundation for a new era is laid. A new sacrifice brings an era of fresh fulfillment. That new era starts with Jesus' death and the distribution of the Spirit. Two features are key to this understanding of the sacrifice of Jesus as pictured by the cup. First, his death takes our place in paying for sin.
Paul says this most explicitly in Romans Luke's language only leaves it implied, though he is aware of the teaching, as Acts shows. Second, Jesus notes that his death is inseparably connected to the establishment of the new covenant.
A covenant is always inaugurated with the shedding of blood. By far the most eloquent explanation of this new covenant idea is found in Hebrews 8— Jesus sits at the table and reveals why he is going away: to provide a new sacrifice for forgiveness that will open the way for the coming of God's Spirit In order to give the Spirit, he must give himself.
John 14—16 discusses this point in detail in a text unique to that Gospel. Jesus will sit again at the table one day. But then he will do so having offered himself so that others might sit with him. That is the story of God's grace. There is great pathos here. Even as Jesus gives himself for those he loves, one of them is giving Jesus over in betrayal. The table fellowship is not pure. One sits at the table who longs for Jesus to be removed.
So "the Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him. His passing away is not a sign of a plan disappointed or of salvation gone awry. Still, the betrayer is responsible to God for his betrayal. Judas may have met the leadership in private, but God was not fooled.
As with all secretly plotted sin, God was there. Luke has placed this remark in a different order from the parallels, where Jesus reveals his knowledge before the meal. The effect is to magnify the note of irony. As Jesus dies to secure forgiveness for others, he himself meets with betrayal. Even one of his own betrays him Ps Woe will befall Jesus' rejecter. It is a fearful thing to reject the One who gives his life to secure our forgiveness. The disciples do not know who the betrayer might be.
While we look at the outward signs of Christ's body broken and his blood shed for the remission of our sins, let us recollect that the feast cost him as much as though he had literally given his flesh to be eaten and his blood for us to drink. Oh, the depths of the meaning of the Last Supper, when the Lord invited His disciples to break bread with Him one last time on earth Luke In the Bible, the Lord Jesus established two ordinances every believer is to follow.
One is baptism, wherein the believer publicly acknowledges Jesus as his or her Lord and Savior. Its meaning encompasses these elements :. The death of Jesus. Without His atoning death and resurrection, we have no part of Him John , 1 Corinthians , 17 , because, without either, we cannot be saved. The bread symbolizes His body, broken for us, and the wine juice in most cases symbolizes His blood poured out for us.
By following His command, we proclaim what He did for us. We gain benefits from His death. He defeated death! Because He lives, so too do we believers! Taking part in what Jesus commanded during the Last Supper the ordinance of communion provides spiritual sustenance John Meditating on what Jesus did enhances and grows our faith in a way literal food cannot John , cf.
Deuteronomy , Matthew , Luke Believers all over the world are commanded by Jesus to remember what He did on a regular basis—together Matthew , 1 Corinthians Christians everywhere share a common bond in Christ. As we saw in the above paragraph, this ordinance, unique to believers, brings unity. No matter the state of the world, Christ is the same Hebrews , and His church stands as one in Him 1 Corinthians In addition, in our time of quiet, personal reflection while holding elements of communion, we are affirmed that Jesus loves us, He has blessed us as one of His own John , and we each affirm our faith in Him.
He knew what He had to do and did not waver from what the Father laid before Him. He told the disciples He had to die, and His exclamation point was He would rise on the third day.
But the disciples remained dull to His news Matthew , Mark , Luke Not until His ascension would they understand, and not until He appeared to them for forty days after His resurrection did they fully realize what he meant. The gathering of Jesus and His disciples in the Upper Room would be His last time of instruction and outward display of love to them.
Soon the disciples would be bereft of and ripped apart from their Savior via His crucifixion and death. Jesus sent Peter and John to make the plans for the preparation of the room for the Last Supper.
He knew Judas sought a way to betray Him, and He wanted a private meeting with His loyal disciples before being hauled off to Caiaphas. His prayer underscored some of the basic truths He revealed to His disciples in the Upper Room. Included were His relationship to the Father, the relationship of His disciples to Him and to the Father, to the world and how He overcame it, and the need for love between believers as shown between the Father and the Son.
The sacrifice of the lambs as such brought redemption to the people. Lamb of God is an Old Testament phrase referring to the sacrifices Leviticus Isaiah Sin is a separator between man and our holy God, and in the Old Testament, an animal could be offered as an atonement for sin.
More sin equaled more sacrifices—it would be never-ending because man sins, period. It is significant Jesus died at the time the lambs were killed during the Jewish Passover celebration when extra thousands of people would be in Jerusalem. Jesus fulfilled the Law Matthew , Luke , John , and no other sacrifice for sin is needed Hebrews once a person accepts Him as their Lord and Savior.
This clue seems slim to us, but in those days, men did not do the water-fetching. The owner of a room such as Jesus and His disciples used would have had a servant present to wash the feet of his guests.
To preserve the privacy of the solemn event, no servant was present as Jesus made sure the disciples provided all they needed for the evening John Foot washing was a demonstration by the Lord that no one is so great he cannot serve another.
This He did after the disciples argued about who would be greatest Luke Plus Toggle navigation. Password Assistance. Email address. The Last Supper - Bible Story. Contributing Writer. Lisa Loraine Baker. Bible Articles Videos Audio. What Was the Meaning of the Last Supper? Its meaning encompasses these elements : The death of Jesus. Why Was the Last Supper so Important?
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Dick was at the wharf, one day last week, when one of the up river boats arrived. New Word List Word List. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. Also in the Gospel of John, Chapter 6, we see that Jesus has already introduced the idea of eating his body and blood before the Last Supper.
Jesus said in John Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever. What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail.
The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe. Below is a short sample of what some of the Early Church Fathers of the first few centuries said about the Eucharist. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the body of Christ and the chalice is the blood of Christ. When, therefore, the mixed cup [wine and water] and the baked bread receives the Word of God and becomes the Eucharist, the body of Christ, and from these the substance of our flesh is increased and supported, how can they say that the flesh is not capable of receiving the gift of God, which is eternal life?
We also have the witness of some early Christian martyrs who gave up their lives because of their believe in this teaching. Some of these miracles have been scientifically validated in modern times like the one at Lanciano where in the presence of an unbelieving priest and those present the host actually took on the appearance of real human flesh.
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