1 Corinthians 11:26 “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.”
As the Apostle Paul teaches and gives instructions about the Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, (For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 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.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes) Paul concludes the teaching with the overall purpose of participating in the Lord’s Supper. He says that it proclaims the Lord’s DEATH. While not stating another key component of the gospel, the last phrase of TILL HE COMES reminds us of His resurrection, as if He did not rise from the dead, He could not be returning. So with the observance of the Lord’s Supper, we are REMINDED about the gospel as well as PROCLAIM the gospel message and the PROMISE of His coming again.
In pondering the proclamation of His death, one should remember that DEATH is in the elements. The only way to have bread is for death. The grains for the bread come from a seed that died. John 12:24 tells of one grain dying in the ground producing a head of grain. That grain is then CRUSHED to make flour to make bread.
The grape, likewise, comes from a seed that dies in order for a vine to grow. Once a grape is fully developed, it is picked, and then is CRUSHED in order to make the juice. Thus, both elements remind us of death and that it is only through death that life is brought forth.
Without the death of Christ, we do not have life!!! He was CRUSHED, so we could have life!!! What a SAVIOR!!!
On the eve of Thanksgiving, let us remember and give thanks for Christ dying for us, understanding based on Isaiah 53:5 where “He was pierced for our transgressions; He was CRUSHED for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,”
Continue Strong with gratefulness of our sacrificial Savior,
And remember to DATE the WORD