As often as we celebrate the Table of the Lord, we engage in proclamation of his death until he comes (1 Cor. 11:26). This simple truth is worthy of extended meditation. Our celebration of the Holy Supper is a proclaiming of the Lord's death till he returns. This simple truth lands on me this morning with more weight and force than previously it had.
As the saints gather on Sunday, we do so in the name of the risen Christ, celebrating the resurrection and all that flows from it. But our celebration of the Supper centers on the death that proceeded it. The Table reminds us ever and always how the cross came before, and comes before, the crown, even as we enjoy new life in Christ. And this cross, this substitutionary sacrifice, we proclaim as we celebrate the Supper. An implication: we are bearing witness to unbelievers as we celebrate the sacred meal.
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