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To: Persevero
did ask to continue to take bread and wine in remembrance of Him

That explains a small part of the scriptural evidence but by far not all of it. Why "this is by body" and "do it" then? Why John 6:51ff explaining the opposite? When I see evidence of addressing the material I suggest that you read, I might begin to take you and your co-religionists seriously. Not sooner.

667 posted on 04/16/2013 5:23:21 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

Why “this is my body,” and “do this in remembrance of Me?”

It seems rather straightforward to me.

Jesus is instituting a new sacrament, at Passover, to fulfill and take the place of Passover.

At Passover, the Jews remember the Angel of Death “passing over” them as he saw the blood upon their door way.

Jesus Christ is our passover lamb, now “For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:” (1st Cor. 5:7) Behold, the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! (John 1:29)

The angel of death will pass over those of us who are protected by the blood of our passover lamb - Jesus Christ. The sacrament of communion fulfills and takes over for the Passover Feast.

So He says, this is my body, this is my blood, do this in remembrance of Me. So we do.


668 posted on 04/17/2013 10:34:03 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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