The Lord’s Supper

Matthew 26:26–30 CSB

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. But I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

(Bread) Body of Christ: Jesus took the bread- willingly broken willingly given for the sake of all those who would believe.

Bread was Blessed

Bread was Broken

Bread was Given

“Take & Eat”

1 Corinthians 10:16 “The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?”

(Cup) Blood of Christ: Cup represents the blood of christ, the blood which was shed sealed the new covenant. It is a payment for the sin debt of the many, those who would place their faith in Christ to receive forgiveness.

Cup was Blessed

Cup was Given

“Drink”

Matthew 1. Passion and Crucifixion (26:1–27:66)

Each of the four cups was linked to one line of Exod 6:6–7a. This one tied in with God’s promise, “I will redeem you,” in v. 6c and hence specifically to his original liberation of the Israelites from p 391 Egypt

Exodus 6:6–7 ““Therefore tell the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians and rescue you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and great acts of judgment. I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians.”

Exodus 24:7–8 “He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, “We will do and obey all that the Lord has commanded.” Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”

Matthew 20:28 “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.””

Jeremiah 31:31–34 ““Look, the days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—my covenant that they broke even though I am their master”—the Lord’s declaration. “Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their iniquity and never again remember their sin.”

God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ The New Covenant

That God “will remember their sins no more” means that no action against sin will need to be taken under the new covenant. In short, based on the single sacrifice of the new covenant, all of its members experience the full and complete forgiveness of all sins.

Isaiah 53:12 “Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, and he will receive the mighty as spoil, because he willingly submitted to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet he bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.”

Hebrews 9:22 “According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”

Cup was Promised

“Drink it new with you in my Fathers, Kingdom”

Cup of Redemption, Freedom, & Rejoicing

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Jesus Was Blessed (Perfect Son of God & Sinless Son of Adam)

He is 100% Divine & 100% Human

“The Mediator had unique qualifications. He had to be both God and man to save us sinners. He had to be God because only God could save us. He had to become man because the work of salvation had to be performed by a human being for human beings.” Peterson, Robert A. 2012. Salvation Accomplished by the Son: The Work of Christ. Wheaton, IL: Crossway.

Hebrews 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

Hebrews 2:9 “But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace he might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.”

Hebrews 2:14 “Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the devil—”

Hebrews 2:17 “Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.”

Jesus Was Broken (His Body Broken & Blood Spilled)

Salvation Accomplished by the Son: The Work of Christ Hebrews 2:9, 14–15, 16–17

God the Son comes into his world to fight and overcome his and his people’s enemies: Satan, the demons, sin, the grave, death, hell, and the world understood as an organized system of evil opposed to God (1 John 2:15). How does he win this mighty victory? Through his victorious life, death, resurrection, exaltation to heaven, and return.

Jesus Was Given (He Willingly Gave His Life; One For The Many)

God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology Parties

Jesus gives this meal to his disciples. That is to say, he does not view it as a covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah interpreted as all of Judaism indiscriminately in the first century, but rather as a covenant with those who are his followers, regardless of ethnicity—Jew first, and later on, also non-Jew.

Jesus Is Coming Again (He Will Return)

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Through the Lord’s Supper we Proclaim His Death To The World (Forgiveness) And His Promise To Return Again (Eternal Life).