When God created Adam and Eve, and placed them in the Garden, He also provided them with food. Not only did He provide them with their daily food, hanging from the branches of all the trees in the Garden, He also provided them with sacramental food, the food that was fruit of the Tree of …
The Table Fences In
Do not presume for a moment that in this meal the Lord Jesus Christ is a hapless victim. He became a victim, once for all, at a particular point in history. But God vindicated Him, raising Him from the dead, and He was ushered before the Ancient of Days, and was a given a throne …
An Evangelical Sacrament
God has established His covenant in the world, and this covenant is visible. It has visible and external signs, and the covenant people of God gather at particular, identifiable places. They have water placed on them, they hear the Word preached, they sing songs, they pray, they eat the bread and drink the wine. God …
Voting With Bread and Wine
This event is a public ritual. It is a sacred meal at the center of the new city, the City that God is establishing in the earth. It is a potent meal, but it is not potent in the way a nuclear reactor is, or a great turbine engine is, or a profound magic spell. …
Just Come
No man was ever condemned for trusting in the Word of the Lord. Men have been condemned for trifling with it in unbelief, but no poor beggar was ever turned away who came to Him in faith. He turns the proud and haughty away, and scatters the mighty of the earth. But for those who …
The Meal Is Before You
We are God’s covenant people, and we are seated with our Lord in this covenant meal. Now covenants are, at bottom, relationships. Covenants are not doctrinal abstractions. Covenant is not a mere word that we use to distinguish ourselves from other denominational traditions. Covenants are structured in the very way that God created the world, …
And This is Odd Too
One of the central things we learn as we come to this Table is the nature of our triune God, and consequently the nature of the world He created. Many of the disputes between Christians about what happens at this Table is the result of their secret agreement about the rest of the world. The …
A Sacrificial Meal
The Lord’s Supper is a sacrificial meal, which is not the same thing as a sacrifice. The Lord Jesus offered Himself on the cross two thousand years ago, and when He ascended into heaven some weeks afterward, at that time He presented His sacrifice in the heavenly places, in the ultimate Holy of Holies. His …
What Did He Sing?
The Scriptures tell us that after He instituted the Supper, our Lord Jesus sang a hymn with His disciples and then they went out. We know that the psalms sung at the conclusion of the Passover meal were the Hallel Psalms, 114-118. So what did our Lord sing when He was facing death of an …
Attraction and Communion
The world is a place governed by covenants. Covenantal law is present everywhere in a similar way to what we call the law of gravity. And as long as we understand gravity as a personal thing, the law of covenants is like it, and is made evident in a powerful attraction. As we have frequently …