What is the meaning or the significance?
2006-12-27 09:11:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because Abraham is the beginning of the people who G-d will bring the real bread and wine to, Jesus flesh and blood. It represents the Old covenant that will be fulfilled with the New.
Anytime you see bread and wine in the OT it is referring to Jesus
David
2006-12-27 09:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by David T 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out “bread and wine” to set before Abraham, proving that grapes were grown in the land of Canaan before 1933Â B.C.E. (Ge 14:18) Egyptian inscriptions depict grape picking and the treading of winepresses in the second millennium B.C.E.; the Pharaohs of the time had official cupbearers. (Ge 40:9-13, 20-23) The Egyptian wine-making industry, however, suffered a severe blow when Jehovah “went killing their vine” with a plague of hail.—Ps 78:47; 105:33.
2006-12-27 17:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by Just So 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were exhausted, hungry and thirsty... He knew it so he took care of their needs.
Some people may think it has to do with the Lord's supper...but, this was the usual fare to bring someone when they have been to battle. It was mean to revive the men...
Alot of things in the bible are repeated ....numbers, days of the week...etcetera...and the have prophesaical significance. This is not a prophecy. It was an event...typical of the time and people. Another thing that was typical was the washing of the feet. Jesus used many typical things to portray significant ideas...
2006-12-27 17:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by debi_lockwood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps he served the bread and wine in a manner looking forward to our redeeming sacrifice, as the bread and wine of Passover and the Lord’s table look at our redeeming sacrifice, Jesus Christ.
2006-12-27 17:15:26 · answer #4 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God loved Abraham so much He allowed Abraham to partake in the Lords Supper.
2006-12-27 17:14:36 · answer #5 · answered by mad_mav70 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋