…this is my body, and took the cup as the new covenant in his blood, telling them to do this in remembrance of him until he comes. The instruction is given to correct a church that ate selfishly. Acts 2:41-42 Those who received Peter's word were baptised, about three thousand souls, and they…
…this is my body, and took the cup as the new covenant in his blood, telling them to do this in remembrance of him until he comes. The instruction is given to correct a church that ate selfishly. It sets the table between two events, the cross behind and the return ahead, so remembrance and hope…
…refrain 'his loving kindness endures forever', as an act of deliberate remembrance. The chesed traced through Israel's history culminates, in Luke 1:72, in Zechariah's prophecy that God has shown 'mercy promised to our…
…what they mean. Memory built into the landscape. Luke 22:19 This do in remembrance of me. The church's central act of memory, given by Christ Himself. What has God done in your life that you have stopped telling anyone…
…different books of Scripture keeps landing on the same combination of remembrance, hope, and quiet waiting. Lamentations 3:19-23 The turn of the poem: recalling affliction, then recalling mercy, leading to hope. Numbers…
…unrelated ritual. The bread and cup carry forward Passover's pattern of remembrance while pointing to a different, final deliverance. Paul's account of this same meal in 1 Corinthians 11:25 uses nearly identical…
…LORD. Luke 22:19 This is my body, which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me. When the crowd asks Jesus for a sign like the manna, they think they are asking for more bread. What they get instead is Jesus…
…but because it was covered. The meal was then commanded as an annual remembrance, with the explanation to be given to children each year. It is the founding event of Israel's calendar. Exodus 12:1-13 God gives Moses and…
Exodus 12:1-13 · Obedience, Strength, Family
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