A Corporate Loaf on the Table (2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 Cor. 10:17 Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many
are one Body; for we all partake of the one bread. 1 Cor. 12:12
For even as the body is one and has many members, yet all the
members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the
Christ.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 2 of 2)
In 1 Cor. 10:17 we see that the bread signifies not only the
physical body of the Savior; it also signifies His mystical
Body, which is the church. This is not a matter of an
individual: it is a matter of a corporate Body. We are all one
bread, one Body, because we all partake of the one bread. Our
joint partaking of the one bread testifies that we all are one.
This indicates that our partaking of Christ makes us all His
one Body. The very Christ of whom we all partake constitutes us
into His one Body. This loaf includes not only the Lord
Himself; it includes the Lord with us. Therefore, the loaf is
no longer the individual Christ; it is now the corporate Christ
(1 Cor. 12:12), including the Lord Jesus and the believers.
In the institution of the Lord's table the loaf is the main
element. On the cross we see the Lamb, but on the table we see
the loaf. When we are at the Lord's table, we need to realize
that the loaf includes the Head and the Body; that is, it
includes Christ and all the believers. Hence, it is a complete
loaf, a corporate entity. Praise the Lord that the Lamb has
become the loaf! Through His death and in His resurrection, the
Lamb has become the loaf. According to John 12:24, the Lord
fell into the earth and died as a grain of wheat and then in
resurrection became a loaf composed of many grains. This loaf
is inexhaustible!
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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. 430-431. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/24/02)
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