The Treatise On The Lord's Supper
Treatise on the Lord’s Supper
All of the gospels contain references to the Lord’s Supper, along with Acts and 1 Corinthians, Genesis, and also Daniel. Matthew 26:26-30, Mark 14:22-24, and Luke 22:17-23 all talk about the Last Supper with Jesus’ disciples, and all contain the saying, “Take eat, this is My body.” Acts 2:42 and 46 both talk about breaking of the bread and eating it with joy. I Corinthians 23-26 also talks about the Last Supper, and the bread and wine representing Jesus’ sacrifice to the world. John 13:2 talks about the disciples sitting at the table during the Last Supper, and the devil had already put it in the Devil’s heart to betray him.
The Passover in Jewish time marked the freedom from slavery in Egypt after 400 years. Jesus’ Last Supper was also the Passover, and some people believe that He came back to celebrate the Passover with His disciples. The connection between the Passover and the Lord’s Supper is symbolic and historic because Jesus and his disciples had planned to eat together as one and honor the annual Passover meal. Also, during the Last Supper, and the Lord’s Supper in most churches we partake of unleavened bread. At the first few Passover’s the Israelites had to use unleavened bread because there was not enough time for them to let their yeast rise up. Before Jesus was born, the people killed a lamb, and not a bone in it was broken. They were to sprinkle to blood on top of their doorpost so the angel of death would not kill their first born son. After Jesus was born, He became our sacrifice and took the burden off of us, just as the lamb was used before His time. Both the Passover and the Lord’s Supper are religious feasts, and both put
Christianity and their beliefs as the center of attention. Now, the Lord’s Supper takes the place of the Passover in Christian tradition. When the Israelites escaped Egypt, for the sacrifice they had a lamb. Now, the...
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