And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
At the Passover the words institute the Lord's Supper as the great memorial of Christ's sacrifice. In that supper the wine represents His blood. That blood is the blood of the new covenant, shed in sacrifice for many. In giving His blood He gave Himself as a sacrificial offering, the captain of salvation making Himself the offering and the Prince of life becoming the Prince of martyrs. His death as the spotless Lamb and sin offering fulfilled the system of types and ceremonies that had pointed to it.
He gave His life for the remission of sins to rescue from death all who will believe in and receive Him. The new memorial replaced the Jewish national festival of Passover. It belongs to the scriptural ordinance of the Lord's Supper that was later supplanted by the mass. It does not authorize priests to turn the bread and wine into Christ's actual body and blood. Claiming the power to effect that change is a blasphemous heresy.
His followers in every land and age are to observe the Supper, keeping His saving work in remembrance until He comes again. The supper with bread and wine was designed to be commemorated often in order to bring that sacrifice to remembrance. The ordinance is not to be exclusive, but each person is to take part in it publicly, thereby bearing witness to personal acceptance of Christ as the Saviour who gave His life for them.
At the Passover the words institute the Lord's Supper as the great memorial of Christ's sacrifice. In that supper the wine represents His blood. That blood is the blood of the new covenant, shed in sacrifice for many. In giving His blood He gave Himself as a sacrificial offering, the captain of salvation making Himself the offering and the Prince of life becoming the Prince of martyrs. His death as the spotless Lamb and sin offering fulfilled the system of types and ceremonies that had pointed to it.
He gave His life for the remission of sins to rescue from death all who will believe in and receive Him. The new memorial replaced the Jewish national festival of Passover. It belongs to the scriptural ordinance of the Lord's Supper that was later supplanted by the mass. It does not authorize priests to turn the bread and wine into Christ's actual body and blood. Claiming the power to effect that change is a blasphemous heresy.
His followers in every land and age are to observe the Supper, keeping His saving work in remembrance until He comes again. The supper with bread and wine was designed to be commemorated often in order to bring that sacrifice to remembrance. The ordinance is not to be exclusive, but each person is to take part in it publicly, thereby bearing witness to personal acceptance of Christ as the Saviour who gave His life for them.