The bread and the wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus. When Jesus spoke these words, he had not yet been sacrificed. Luke 22:19-20: And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. [...]
Answers about bread and wine
There are three records of Jesus saying things like this, all from when he shared the last supper with his disciples: “I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God” (Mark 14:25) “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover [...]
There is no commandment in the New Testament about when we should meet, only that we should meet regularly (Hebrews 10:25). So Christians have chosen to meet at different times and on different days depending on what is convenient. For example, Christians living in Muslim countries often meet on Fridays because that is the Muslim [...]
The actual term “Holy Communion” does not appear in the Bible. This is a Roman Catholic or Anglican term for the taking of bread (or wafers) and wine. This is also called the Eucharist, the Sacrament of the Table, the Blessed Sacrament, and so on. In the Bible it is called “the Lord’s supper”, or [...]
Children were allowed to eat the OT passover seder, so how do we know that both the last supper and the agape meal at Corinth were not simply meals where the bread and wine of the New Covenant, the “body” and “blood” of Christ, were not restricted to adult baptised members? God, Jesus and Children [...]
