No commandment specifying a change in the Covenantal order is found in the New Testament.
Chantry merely presumes sacramental discontinuity here. But presumption is not argument. The fact is, Paul specifically called Baptism the Circumcision of Christ, and as Benjamin B. Warfield points out, in like manner the Lords Supper is rightly regarded as Christian Passover:
Is there a specfic command that changes the covenantal order from Passover to the Lord's Supper?
Well, Luke tells us to observe Christian Passover in remembrance of Christ's sacrifice:
And Scripture establishes for us that the Church is to partake of the Supper frequently:
Acts 20: 6-7, 11 -- And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight....When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
And, in that vein, some Covenant Theologians have suggested that our modern observance of the Supper is lacking the inclusion of the Fellowship Meal which was certainly part of the Early's Church's observance of the Lord's Supper.
(Jewish Christian) Presbyter Steve Schlissel, again --
While the Jews have the meal yet miss the full truth of the elements, we retain the elements but have done away with the meal. Yet, throughout Scripture, the entire drama of redemption climaxes again and again in redeemed man eating and drinking with God. In Exodus 24, the closing section of what is known as the "Book of the Covenant," we read of Moses and seventy-three other representatives of Israel: "They saw God, and they ate and drank." In the appointed offerings, the sin offering was followed by the burnt offering, but the goal was the "shalom" offering. This peace (or, fellowship) offering signified and sealed the full covenant restoration of the worshiper and was completed in a meal. Consider also the many meals Christ ate with His disciples in His post-resurrection appearances (Luke 24:30-43; John 21:1-14; Acts 1:4 and 10:41). Similarly, the fellowship meal preceding the breaking of bread and drinking of the cup formed a part of the Lord's Supper in the New Testament. Might we not do well to occasionally unite the elements of the Supper with a festive but orderly meal? How about each fourteenth of Nisan?
The next time we celebrate the Supper, let's not restrict our examination to self. Let us consider the contexts which help us to see this bread and wine as the richest possible fare. Take. Eat. Take. Drink. Christ has set us free.
Yours and His,
Steve Schlissel
You may count me among the adherents to Steve Schlissel's argument that the Fellowship Meal should be restored to its proper place preceding the breaking of the bread and the passing of the wine. As there is no specific command warranting the exclusion of the Fellowship Meal, it should be restored to its proper place within the celebration of Christian Passover, the Lord's Supper. This would be, IMHO, the Covenantal thing to do.