In this article, we're going to take a look at how some of the early Christians thought of the Lord's Supper (aka Holy Communion, the Eucharist, Communion, etc.). This definitely won't be anything extensive; but more of a brief introduction to the topic. First, how is it viewed today? Well, there are many different views, ranging from a non-sacramental symbolic remembrance all the way to various ideas on what is (sometimes) called the Real Presence, which is the belief that Jesus' body and blood are either actually present in the bread and wine, or that the bread and wine are physically changed into His body and blood, and those who partake are partaking of His body and blood.

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creation transformed to the reign of heaven on earth

creation transformed to the reign of heaven on earth

This chapter opens with Jesus again warning His disciples about His impending crucifixion. And the account then immediately shifts to the other side, with the religious leaders plotting His death. The battlelines were drawn.

To eat Jesus' flesh and drink his blood is to take his life into myself. It is finding my spiritual nourishment in him.

How Hezekiah restored Passover—and how the festival points to Jesus, our true Passover Lamb who sets us free.

The first Passover pointed to the night when Christ, our true Lamb, would give His Body and Blood for the world, turning the Lord’s Supper into our New Passover and leading us through death into life.

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Miracles are not the rare fireworks we imagine — they are the daily mercies of a God who still acts, still gives, still restores.

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