2007-04-04 07:07:33 · 10 answers · asked by sherry_coleman20 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jerusalem...the last supper...
John 13:1, 18:28.
John 19:14, 31, and 42.
Mark 14:12 and Luke 22:7
2007-04-04 07:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The use of the unleavened bread and wine did not originate with the Lord at the Last Supper. Jews had been celebrating Passover for thousands of years. The unleavened bread was a symbol of the bread that did not have time to rise, because of their haste in getting away from Pharaoh in their flight from Egypt.
The Jews had a tradition regarding the unleavened bread (matzahs). Three matzahs are put together (for the Christian, representing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The middle matzah is broken, wrapped in a white cloth, and hidden, representing the death and burial of Jesus.
The matzah itself is designed to represent Jesus, since it is striped and pierced, which was prophesized by Isaiah, David, and Zechariah. Following the Seder meal, the "buried" matzah is "resurrected," which was foretold in the prophecies of David.
It was during a Passover seder that Jesus proclaimed that the meal represented Himself and that He was instituting the New Covenant, which was foretold by Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah.
The celebration of this covenant has become the ordinance of communion in the Christian Church. At the end of the meal, Jesus took the unleavened bread, broke it, and said that it represented His body. Then He took the cup of wine, which would have been the third cup of the Seder - the cup of redemption. He said that it was the new covenant in His blood "poured out for you." It is through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we are declared clean before God, allowing those of us who choose to accept the pardon, to commune with Him - both now and forevermore through the eternal life He offers.
2007-04-04 07:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well christ started it first before crucifixion but the church communion started in acts 20:7
2007-04-04 07:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by suzana r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the Last Supper between Jesus Christ and his Apostles. He took the bread and blessed it and brake it and said this is my body eat all of you, and in like manner he took the cup (of wine) and blessed it and said drink ye all of it. This is my body and by blood which I have shed for you. Do this as often as ye will in remembrance of me. (This is a rough outline of the scriptures.) You can do communion wherever you are and with what is available, it's the Spirit in which you do it that counts.
2007-04-04 07:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
At the last supper Jesus had with His disciples. He said take this bread for it is my body. Drink this wine for it is my blood. Do this as often as you will in remembrance of me. When a person takes communion, it is both to honor Him, and to symbolize that He abides with us and in us.
2007-04-04 07:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by TexasDolly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Would you have bourbon for those of us who prefer our drinks not be an ice cream topping? Hell, adding Gin and Tonic? I'm there. Sure beats the red wine I've been known to guzzle when I'm done with ceremony! Will this faith be like Buddhism so that I can keep my old faith too?
2016-05-17 06:00:29 · answer #6 · answered by syreeta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean communion, with the bread & wine? Jesus allegedly started it in the Bible...
2007-04-04 07:11:11 · answer #7 · answered by aspicco 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It started at the last supper with Jesus and his disciples.
2007-04-04 08:28:47 · answer #8 · answered by Fisherofmen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The early church started it to revisited the last super with JESUS: it is suppose to remind people that Jesus was for them and their salvations.
2007-04-04 07:13:07 · answer #9 · answered by zipper 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The last supper.
2007-04-04 07:11:15 · answer #10 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋