A Corporate Loaf on the Table (1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 22:19 And He took a loaf and gave thanks, and He broke it
and gave it to them, saying, This is My body which is being
given for you; do this in remembrance of Me 1Cor 11:24 And
having given thanks, He broke it and said, This is My body,
which is given for you; this do unto the remembrance of Me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 1 of 2)
In the foregoing message we pointed out that in Luke 22:7-20 we
have both the Passover and the Lord's supper. In the Passover
the main thing enjoyed by God's chosen people was the lamb. The
meat of the lamb was for them to eat. But in the Lord's table
the main item for us to enjoy as New Testament believers is not
a lamb; the main item for our enjoyment is bread. This is very
significant...
When the Lord Jesus was offered to God for our redemption, He
was offered not as bread but as a Lamb. However, the outcome is
not the Lamb but bread. The Lamb was a single entity, but bread
is something corporate. It is not possible for a single grain
of wheat to form a loaf of bread. A loaf is a corporate entity,
something composed and constituted of many grains. With the
feast of the Passover there is not the concept of feasting on
something that is corporate in nature. But with the Lord's
table the symbols, especially the loaf, bear a very significant
characteristic, and this characteristic is that of a corporate
entity, a corporate body. It is very important that we realize
this.
The loaf in the Lord's table points to something that comes
after the Lord's death; it signifies something that issues from
the Lord in His resurrection. What is signified by the loaf is
not something before the Lord's death, but something after His
death and in His resurrection. Before His death, the Lord Jesus
was a single, individual Lamb. But what issues out of His death
in resurrection is a corporate entity. This entity is the loaf,
the bread. which signifies a corporate body. (Continued
tomorrow)
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 429-430. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/23/02)
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