[Elsie]

1 Corinthians 10

 

¹⁵ I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

 

¹⁶ Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ?

    And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 

 

 

1 Corinthians 11

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 

²⁵ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 

²⁶ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

 

 

So; is verse 23 to be taken literally or metaphorically?

How many times have you heard someone say, "This is my..." and it is obviously not to be taken literally.

 

 

³¹ So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 

 

[MHGinTN]

A remembrance, not an act or ritual to save me, for that would be a sneaky way of injecting works into the Grace of God in Christ. When the Ekklesia participates in the remembrance they acquire cohesion, not salvation or an increase in salvation.

[Elsie]

“This is my body...

Can't be literal, for Jesus was quite alive and already using a body He was born with.

Kinda hard to have TWO bodies in play at the same time.