tHE lord’s supper: feast or famine?

1. The Practice Of The Early Church tHE lord’s supper: feast or famine? www.NTRF.org

2. Part One: A Feast Focused on the Future Luke 22 & Acts 2

3. Catholic: Transubstantiation

4. Catholic: Transubstantiation Lutheran: Consubstantiation

5. Catholic: Transubstantiation Lutheran: Consubstantiation Baptist: Memorial View

6. Catholic: Transubstantiation Lutheran: Consubstantiation Baptist: Memorial View Reformed: Spiritual Presence

7. And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature . . . I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant . . . When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant . . . When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant . . .." — Genesis 9:14-16 (ESV)

8. During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help . . . And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. — Exodus 2:22-24 (ESV)

9. For thus says the Lord GOD: “. . . I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.” — Ezekiel 16:59-60 (ESV)

10. Part One: A Feast Focused on the Future Luke 22 & Acts 2

11. "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready . . . Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." — Revelation 19:7, 9 (NASV)

12. “The Passover celebrated two events, the deliverance from Egypt and the anticipated coming Messianic deliverance” —Fritz Reinecker, Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament p. 207

13. "I say to you, that many shall come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 8:11 (NASV)

14. "I say to you, that many shall come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 8:11 (NASV) "Blessed is everyone who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!“ — Luke 14:15 (NASV)

15. "I say to you, that many shall come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 8:11 (NASV) "Blessed is everyone who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!“ — Luke 14:15 (NASV) “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.” — Revelation 3:20 (NASV)

16. Moses . . . and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. — Exodus 24:9-11 (ESV)

17. “Remembrance” (Lk 22:29)

18. “Remembrance” (Lk 22:29) anamnesis

19. “Remembrance” (Lk 22:29) anamnesis an = “not” amnesis(“amnesia”) = “forget”

20. “Remembrance” (Lk 22:29) anamnesis an = “not” amnesis(“amnesia”) = “forget” anamnesis = “remembrance” = “reminder” Baurer, Arndt, Gingrich, & Danker A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

23. “unto my reminder” (Lk 22:19)

24. “unto my reminder” (Lk 22:19) To whom does the reminder belong?

25. “unto my reminder” (Lk 22:19) To whom does the reminder belong? Is the reminder for us?

26. “unto my reminder” (Lk 22:19) To whom does the reminder belong? Is the reminder for us? — or — Is the reminder for Jesus?

27. "That's my picture!“

28. "That's my picture!“ The picture belongs to me. I own it.

29. "That's my picture!“ I am the subject of the picture (but I might not own it)

30. The reminder can belong to Jesus — Or — The reminder can be about Jesus

31. The standard word for “my” = mou

32. The standard word for “my” = mou Mouis grammatically ambiguous.

33. The standard word for “my” = mou Mouis grammatically ambiguous. The reminder could be about Jesus or it could belong to Jesus.

34. The standard word for “my” = mou Mouis grammatically ambiguous. The reminder could be about Jesus or it could belong to Jesus.

35. The emphatic word for “my” = emos

36. The emphatic word for “my” = emos Emosmore specifically denotes possession.

37. The emphatic word for “my” = emos Emosmore specifically denotes possession. Jesus said emos, not mou.

38. The emphatic word for “my” = emos Emosmore specifically denotes possession. Jesus said emos, not mou. This strongly suggests that the reminder actually belongs to Jesus!

39. Dr. Joachim Jeremias said that Jesus used anamnesis in the sense of a reminder for God: “The Lord’s Supper would thus be an enacted prayer.” J. Jeremias, Professor of Theology, University of Leipzig, Germany New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology Vol. III, p. 244

40. “While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’ ” — Matthew 26:26 (NIV)

41. “Supper” (Lk 22:20) = deipnon

42. “Supper” (Lk 22:20) = deipnon “dinner, the main meal toward evening, banquet” Baurer, Arndt, Gingrich, & Danker A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

43. Jesus: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet(deipnon) and invited many guests” — Luke 14:16, NIV

44. Jesus: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet (deipnon) and invited many guests’ — Luke 14:16, NIV “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper (deipnon) of the Lamb!” — Revelation 19:9, NIV

45. The Last Supper occurred in the context of the Passover Feast.

46. The Last Supper occurred in the context of the Passover Feast. Would the Twelve have somehow deduced that future Lord’s Suppers were not to be true meals?

47. “Holy Communion was not simply a token meal as with us, but an actual meal. Moreover it seems clear that it was a meal to which each of the participants brought food" Canon Leon Morris Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia Commentary On First Corinthians Tyndale New Testament Commentary Inter-Varsity Press, 1976 p. 158

48. "The name Lord's Supper, though legitimately derived from 1 Cor 11v20, is not there applied to the sacrament itself, but to the Love Feast or Agape, a meal commemorating the Last Supper, and not yet separated from the Eucharist when St. Paul wrote." J G Simpson, Principal of clergy school in Leeds, England The Dictionary of the Bible (T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 1909, p. 244)

49. "This simple rite was observed by His disciples, at first as part of a communal meal, Sunday by Sunday" I. Howard Marshall, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis University of Aberdeen, Scotland Christian Beliefs: An Introductory Study Guide Inter-Varsity Press, 1972, p.80

50. “In the first century, the Lord’s Supper included not only the bread and the cup but an entire meal.” Dr. John Gooch, church historian and editor, United Methodist Publishing House , Nashville, Tennessee Christian History, Issue 37, p. 3