Breaking Bread Together is God honoring fellowship that involves each of us as participants. To help us comprehend and soak up the blessings of table fellowship, I wrote the following: Breaking Bread Together Breaking Bread Together is God honoring fellowship that involves each of us as participants. Typically we pray before we eat. I like … [Read more…]
The words breaking of bread signify eating together with one another in reverence and harmony with the Lord. Jesus broke bread during the Passover meal with His disciples and turned that Old Covenant feast into the prophetic sign of the New Covenant. We call this sign the Last Supper, the Lord’s Supper, a Love/agape feast, … [Read more…]
Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples and turned the Old Covenant feast into the prophetic sign of the New Covenant we call the Last Supper, the Lord’s Supper, Communion, Breaking Bread or Eucharist. God instituted the annual Passover feast to commemorate the His pass over the Israelites the night He delivered them from … [Read more…]
The roots of breaking bread with family began when God commanded the Israelites, “remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy” (Ex 20:8). The sabbath day was a prophetic sign of God’s Mosaic covenant with them. God rested from creation on the seventh day and He pronounced it a day of rest for Israel. “Wherefore … [Read more…]
The Lord’s Supper, is a meal we eat and drink together. We celebrate the Lord’s Supper as God’s holy ones, saints, gathered together in Christ to eat the Lord’s Supper in remembrance of His death till He comes. Just prior to His death, Jesus ate the Passover with the 12. During the meal, He turned … [Read more…]
Breaking Bread Together is God honoring fellowship that involves each of us as participants. Typically we pray before we eat. I like short prayers loaded with meaning. “Lord God, we thank you for life and food and health and we ask you to bless our fellowship together. Amen.” Breaking Bread Together deepens our joint relationship … [Read more…]