The Lord's Supper

maraming salamat pare

Ma Buhay, pag walat nang Dios, hinde cu po alam kun kaya ko pa.Sin Dios Yo Soy NadaJesu Cristo, sin ti Yo soy Nada!

(Unorthodox Christian;28352)
Ma Buhay, pag walat nang Dios, hinde cu po alam kun kaya ko pa.Sin Dios Yo Soy NadaJesu Cristo, sin ti Yo soy Nada!
Wow, stop that.

why lol ?

Because I don't speak Italian.Only some Spanish though.Yo soy hambre. Quero una hamburguesa.

Ha I speak american, canadian, british, and australianand I can be silent in 72 different languages

(Letsgofishing;28375)
Ha I speak american, canadian, british, and australianand I can be silent in 72 different languages
I didnt realize you were tri -lingual

icow den pare. Salamat sa nang Dios!

rite...and im lost lol

Jhn 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. guess i missed where he modified "any man" to only the disciples

You may not find it in John, but many people do and see the whole Chapter as one Bread of Life Discourse - (and the longest quote of Jesus speaking at one setting in the Bible).Not the same event to be sure, but I do think there are definitely parallels, parallels which many of us believe make Him speaking of one and the same thing - His Body and Blood.Passover - a sacrifice to cover all - save from deathJhn 6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. Luk 22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. Breaking and giving thanks -BreadLast SupperLuk 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me 3 times - I am the Bread Jhn 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. Jhn 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Jhn 6:48 I am that bread of life. Jhn 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Wine - My BloodLast SupperMar 14:22 ¶ And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake [it], and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave [it] to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Bread of Life Discourse - this is My BloodJhn 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. I realize many do not agree or see the connection, I do. And am not arguing or saying you are not entitled to see it differently. Am just saying I can see the connection between these events and I believe He wanted us to see that connection as well.

So you have said. Again am not here to convince or sway you and am very familar with other views of the same text. Just trying to point out there are reasons some of us say we see a connection.Am just saying in the longest speech He is recorded giving, He says three times "I am" that Bread and we are to eat Him and He does so on a Passover and in a manner evoking a connection with the latter event. In other instances where He says something three times, people usually indicate some very special significance to the point being made. To me this understanding of John 6 ties better with the other verses regarding the Last Supper than simply suggesting He wanted us to repeatedly hold a memorial service for Him. It gives the event of the OP, the Last Supper, much more meaning and great importance for them then and us now. An importance that in my view better explains the time, space devoted in John 6 and also Jesus's emphasis in those verses for me to make that connection to the Last Supper. Works for me, I realize it does not work for many here.

What really works is when we understand what the scriptures say as the truth sets us free. After about 30 years of study, consulting with a myriad of writers and the original Greek, the last supper was just that, not a perpetual ritual.We don't make a doctrine out of one verse which is what we have done with communion as the words "do this in remembrance of me only appears once."In addition "do this" means once only, not continually.Breaking of bread in the NT means a meal. I asked my uni lecturer, a very godly Anglican "did they have communion in the NT."His reply was "no. They met for communal meals. It wasn't until the thïrd century that the ritual of communion began when Constantine legalised christianity and introduced the clergy class". Even if you insist on the ritual, becuase christianity was a sect of Judaism, they would have celebrated it only once a year, not every week or as the catholics do, every day. Also bear in mind that the last supper was a celebration of their deliverance from Egypt and the hope of a messiah. If Jesus was the Messiah, there would have been no need for them to have a meal to celebrate a coming messiah as he had already come. A bit like saying "I am your messiah but keep meeting in the hope I will come."The Corinthian record was not about communion. It was about those with money abusing the body of Christ at their communal meal.True communion is fellowshipping with your fellow saints around a meal as they did in the NT church (see acts 2). This meal more than anything else impressed people about their love for one another. Regardless of you standing in society, whether you were a Jew, gentile, male or female, slave or free, rich or poor, they all ate together. That did not happen in those days in general society.