When Jesus ate the PASSOVER with His disciples, it was the LAST supper He had with them before His death:
Luke 22:13-20 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
Jesus promised that He would not eat the bread nor drink the wine of this supper again, until the day He does it NEW with them in His Father’s kingdom (Matt 26:29):
16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
He instituted the New Testament Memorial .... the bread as His body, and the cup as His blood .... which is now called the Lord’s supper (1 Cor 11:20):
19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. (also Matt 26:2,17-30, Mark 14:12-26)
The Lord personally gave Paul the Old Testament account of His last passover supper and its subsequent New Testament initiation to deliver unto the church of God which was at Corinth, them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Cor 1:2):
1 Cor 11:23-26 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Earlier in the same epistle, Paul brought the passover feast forward through Jesus, which is the bread and blood of the New Testament:
1 Cor 5:6-8 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (also Gal 5:9)
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump (also Rom 11:16, 9:21), as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Paul recounted Israel’s history of ‘spiritual’ eating and drinking .... as patterns, as models for us:
1 Cor 10:1-17 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples (Greek [typos]
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples (Greek [typos]
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion (community - union) of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body:
for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Some 'mid-Acts-ers' are confused, who TAKE the Lord's Supper, yet still claim that 'we saints' are DIFFERENT than 'them saints.' They try to SEPARATE the Lord's Table AWAY from the Old Testament Passover. They DIVIDE themselves completely OUT of the New Testament, as well. So WHY take what they believe is in 'what-they-call' Israel's program?
Other 'mid-Acts-ers' are also confused, who do NOT take the Lord's Supper, because they believe the Old Testament Passover and the New Testament Lord's Table are BOTH for Israel .... and have nothing to do with 'what-they-call' the body of Christ (which they believe to be just the saints that have been saved by Paul's writings in the dispensation of grace). They want no part of showing the Lord's death till He come (1 Cor 11:26) with the bread and the cup.
ALL 'mid-Acts-ers' are confused! When they try to DIVIDE the saints, and SEPARATE programs and destinies, etc. .... they are doing the exact OPPOSITE of what GOD joined together. Too bad they won't apply Mark:
Mark 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
The Passover is for the Old Testament.
The Lord's Supper is for the New Testament.
We SHARE in FELLOWSHIP .... which is joint participation .... in the Lord’s Supper .... as we are MERGED (graffed - Rom 11:17-24) WITH Israel.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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