In 1 Cor 5:7, the point of the passage—especially when read in light of ALL the other verses bronxville cited—is that there is the clear reference to Christ as the sacrificial lamb. The verse states, “For our paschal lamb, Chirst, has been sacrificed.” This validates the previous analyses which link “remembrance” to “sacrifice.” And directly links the sacrifice of Christ to the paschal feast on Passover. To “remember” Christ then is to re-represent his eternal sacrifice as the slain Lamb of God. And we know for a fact that the Lord requires the Hebrews to EAT the lamb, as a requirement for escaping justice. The Lord didn’t tell the Hebrews to “symbolize” eating the lamb. He told them to eat the whole thing, or else their first born were to be taken, as were the Egyptian first born. The redemption of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt foreshadows our redemption from original sin and death through our abiding in Christ in the Eucharistic feast.
“He told them to eat the whole thing, or else their first born were to be taken...”
So is each wafer the whole Christ? Is Jesus wholly consumed by each participant at every communion?
And when God says he would gather us under his wings, does it mean God is a celestial chicken?
How far do you wish to take things? In Exodus, it is written, “5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.
7”Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it...10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover.
So, should you spread the wine on the top of the door? Is Communion only to be done once a year, on the 14th day, at twilight? Must we gobble the Eucharist, while wearing sandals and with a staff in our hand?
We all agree that Jesus is the Lamb. But to assume that means the wafer becomes the actual flesh of Jesus is a stretch, to say the least. And to cite references to scripture, and then summarize with meanings totally foreign to the text, is dishonest.