“And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And he said to them, “This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice for many.” (Mark 14:22-24).
In June of 2017, a group of us shared a Sunday memorial meal of bread and wine. Keeping with our own traditions, it was a small meal - a handful of unleavened bread baked that morning in Jerusalem, and a small olive wood cup filled with the fruit of the vine.
It is our way of remembering Jesus and honoring him for his death and sacrifice for us all. The Passover, the sacred meal Jesus was sharing with his disciples, memorialized the meal eaten by Israel in Egypt on the night death came to the Egyptians, before the children of Abraham were set free from slavery. In the same way, our shared meal symbolizes the death of the Messiah, the blood shed that protects us from death, and points toward our freedom from the slavery of sin, because Jesus the Messiah conquered death.
We have been adopted as children of Abraham through Jesus. We have been set free. I pray I may live like one who is free and grateful for what the Father has done for and given me.
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