The Significance of Communion


Matt 26 Honoring Jesus  As we read this chapter we are overjoyed at the blessing of the communion service but saddened by the events that follow it. How often do we rejoice in our communion services but then leave and betray Him as Judas and Peter did? Where is our heart? Why do we fail […]

The Shedding of Blood


Ezek 45: The picture of the shed blood begins in Exodus as a picture of God’s overarching protection. Ezekiel is told that in the future, the priests will reinstitute that practice, and it mirrors that of Exodus 12, where the angel of death would see the shed blood and pass over the household on the […]

Commemorating and Remembering


Lev 22, 1 Cor 11:26 God loved his people so much that he established memorial days that they might focus on who He is and His provision for their every need. The seven feasts all pointed to Christ, who was yet to come. When He came, he established communion, or what we call the Lord’s […]

“What will your R.S.V.P. Say?”


As Jesus ended his earthly time with his disciples he had them prepare the Passover, his last meal with them before the cross. He emphasized that as they partook of the bread and wine that it represented his body and his blood shed for them. Although they did not totally understand the significance of this […]