It is only a testimony to the fact that we fulfill the commandment given by Christ symbolically (by partaking of unleavened bread), and in practice: we try to live and act in the same way that Jesus Christ had lived and acted.Įxactly the same testimony of the fulfillment of Christ’s commandment is in the drinking of red wine. Unleavened bread itself does not have any magical effect on Christians. The word «communion» means to have something in common with Christ (2 Peter 1:4b). All of these different «pieces» are «formed» into one spiritual body of Christ. In order for Christians to understand that by accepting a piece of the body of Christ into themselves, they become part of His righteous body. This is what all Christians must do - in memory of the «broken» body of Christ for us. The bread which we break, i s it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. The breaking of one whole loaf of bread and dividing it into smaller pieces clearly showed the disappearance of the body of Christ and its transformation into a multitude of figurative small pieces.īy partaking of one piece of the «body» of Christ (communion), Christians will all together become different “pieces » of ONE for all the COMMON body of Christ, as it is written: 26:26)īy breaking the unleavened bread, Jesus essentially showed that this is how his body will also be «broken» for all the present and future followers of Christ. Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” (1 Cor.11:23-24 Mt. Jesus, on the night of Nisan 14, in which he was betrayed, broke the unleavened bread and said, “ Take, eat this is my body which is broken for you.” He also took the cup of wine and said, “ Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Therefore, partaking of the symbols of Jesus’ body and blood is necessary in order to keep with all the other commandments of the New Testament.ġ) What does partaking of unleavened bread mean? Partaking of the symbols at the Memorial is an integral part of God’s worship - a commandment for all members of the New Testament (baptized servants of Jehovah).įor example, much like the commandments that say one must pray, preach, and not sin, which we all must obey with unreserved commitment, so to must we partake of the Memorial emblems. This commemoration is held once a year– on Nisan 14 (1 Cor.11:23-27, one can be guided by the Judaic calendar: in Judea they are taught to calculate Nisan 14 from the time of Moses).įrom the previous video, we learned that just as the Israelites celebrated Passover in ancient times, ALL of Jehovah’s people in our time, whether anointed or not, should partake of the Memorial emblems of the blood and flesh of Christ (drink red wine and eat unleavened bread in the evening of Nisan 14). None of these people meet with Jehovah’s expectations from His children on such a sacred day instituted by Jesus Christ in remembrance of His death. Both of these wrong dispositions happen due to a lack of understanding regarding the meaning of partaking of the Memorial emblems. The reverse is the case in modern times, where at the Memorial many do not even touch the unleavened bread or the red wine. For example, during the 1st century, some got drunk at the Memorial and overate, leaving the rest hungry (1 Corinthians 11:21). Not knowing the answer to this question leads to the wrong attitude and a disposition towards the Memorial of the death of Jesus. Jesus Christ), the Lord’s Evening Meal (Memorial of Christ’s death), and the Memorial emblems (unleavened bread and red wine) to all humanity from the scriptures.īut what does it actually mean for a believer to partake of the Memorial emblems of the blood and flesh of Jesus Christ? Many of you already know the meaning of Passover in the New Testament (i.e. Here is an adapted version of the video in English 8.9
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