Lord's Supper
Paul
writes in I Corinthians 11:23, "...the Lord Jesus on the night in which He was
betrayed took bread..."
Jesus
knew what lay ahead for Him. And here we see Him taking time to set in place a
memorial that would be so important that it is now, thousands of years later,
done by Christians every week to remember His death "until He comes".
The
writer of Hebrews tells us in chapter 9 that Christ came as High Priest of a
greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands and that redemption of
all people comes through His blood.
His
death was necessary for the institution of the new covenant so "that those who
are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance". The chapter
closes by saying that Christ has entered heaven itself in the presence of God
for us.
Jesus
was offered once to bear the sins of many. The first day of every week, we
remember with this memorial.
