OUR FATHER WHO GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

The Lord Jesus, as they were eating the last supper, instituted the rite of  communion where the bread was broken and shared to represent His body that was to be broken and the wine that was shared that represented His Blood that was to be spilled for the remission of sins. This scene, to be repeated for two millenia so far, was for the commemoration of the Lordˋs death until He returned in glory.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

With the handing out of the wine, the Lord clicked the stopwatch to indicated that from that moment, they would no longer be sharing anything until the kingdom of God had been made acceesible to His disciples and they shared the wine of the Spirit.

From that moment, the totality of the plan of the salvation of mankind was going to be accomplished including the trials, the scourging, the crucifixion, the death, the burial, the descent into hell, the ressurection, the ascent into heaven, and the redemption of mankind.  All these eternally momentous events were going to occur before they shared wine in the kingdom of God.

A hymn was sang to mark the moment in time and they left to the mount of olives where the unstoppable chain reaction would begin when the Son of Man was handed over into the hands of sinners.

Amen.

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