Dynamic Remembrance – Points of Participation

The ordinance of the communion of the bread and cup was established in an upper room somewhere in the environs of Jerusalem on the 14th of the Jewish month Nisan about the year 30 A.D. while Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples prior to His crucifixion.

But on this august occasion, at the very moment when the Paschal Sēder indicates that the father who presides over the Passover celebration is to say, “This is the bread of affliction that our forefathers ate in the land of Egypt”, Jesus dramatically departs from the centuries-old language and says, “This is my body, which is broken for you, do this in remembrance of me.”

This study focuses in on the call to Remembrance and argues for a dynamic, participatory engagement with our Passover Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, whose body was afflicted for our deliverance.

Remembering Jesus must go beyond envisioning the spectacle of our Crucified Saviour because Jesus' imperative to remember Him was uttered from a loving heart of service toward His Bride as a plea for her to benefit from the riches of His example and the treasures of His redemptive act