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“Remember me when you do this”.
A simple request made by Jesus as he sat at a table with his best friends. A simple meal shared with family to remember who they were. Passover was the time to remember the past. Slaves set free; Slaves running for their lives; God’s deliverance.
As he led the ceremony, Jesus added himself into that past and into the future.
Remember that your forefathers were slaves in Egypt. Remember that all the first born died except in the houses anointed with lamb’s blood. The fruit of the vine represents the sacrifice, the anointing, and those saved. Jesus said the wine was his blood. His sacrifice anointed the ground, so that we could be saved.
Remember the Passover bread, made without leavening. Bread is life. It represented the flight from Goshen to the Red Sea. It represents the body and life of the sacrifice at the cross.
Remember the army of Pharaoh who came to kill the sons of Israel. Through Moses, God opened the sea to save his chosen. He closed the sea to devour the army of Egypt. Through death, Jesus bound our enemy so we could be free.
“Remember me when you do this”, Jesus pleaded.
He cried in the garden for another way. A kiss anointed the sacrifice that in a few hours ripped open the spiritual and physical worlds.
“Remember me.”
Most of all, remember what Jesus wants everyone to know. It is why he came. It is why he died. If evil surrounds you, you have a savior. If pain and death stand before you, you are safe. He paid the price so you can be free. Run towards him. Your life depends on it.
Communion does not save you. The tradition does not cleanse you. It is the perfect sacrifice from the one true God that purifies you. When you come together, remember.
In every breath, remember.
In the ritual of communion, which should be taken first, the bread or wine? Should you drink wine or juice? Must the bread be unleavened? Do you need a priest to officiate?
The New Testament and history records variety. The answer is, it does not matter. The ritual was invented not by Jesus but by later followers. While a betrayer sat beside him, all Jesus asked was to be remembered.
Eating a small portion of bread and a sip of grape juice or wine does not give you communion with Jesus. Neither does it make you holy enough to be in his presence. There is nothing supernatural in the action. We were simply asked to remember him. To remember his life, to remember his death, to remember he is God, to remember the great I Am is with us. In the simple act of eating and drinking, we are called to remember that we are the chosen. Remembering brings us into His presence.
Each meal, each sip of water, each breath should remind us of the Creator’s ultimate love.
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