Lord's Supper Reflection
I thought I would add the recipe for the Lord’s Bread so you could reflect on that during Sunday’s Lord’s Supper.
Exodus 12:39
They baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of
unleavened
bread. For it had not become
leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they
prepared any provisions for themselves.
The unleavened bread was made of (Ex 29:2):
· fine wheat flour – representing the grinding or death of the wheat as it is ground between mill stones. This grinding between mill stones is the same word used in Revelation for “tribulation” . Jesus said unless a seed dies it cannot bring forth fruit. Jesus suffered both tribulation and death to become the “bread of life”
· finely crushed olive oil – The olive oil was crushed from the olive as in the word “Gathsemane” (olive press). Olive oil was used in every aspect of worship (in the oil lamps, anointing oil, in the incense, and in the unleavened bread). The olive branch was held in the mouth of dove for Noah to recognize that God had once again “made peace” with the earth and blessed it with fruit for inhabitation of man. Olive oil is found sooooo many places in the O.T. that it is impossible to mention them all. But suffice it to say, God but Christ through the “olive press” and made peace with mankind through His son. In Zechariah 4:12 the prophet sees two olive trees feeding the 2 golden lamp stands before the throne of God (one on the right and one on the left). Zechariah tells us that “these are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord” (Zech 4:14) one is the Spirit of the Lord (Zech 4:6) and the other is the Word. These are the two witnesses we will see in Revelation (Christ and the Holy Spirit). These two bear witness to our partaking in the Kingdom.
When the bread is cooked it is cooked over an open fire and Jewish tradition requires that you take a fork and pierce the loaf twice (north and south, then east and west) This is suppose to represent the temple….but as Christians – we see a cross.
When you take the Lord’s supper and partake of the bread—remember the suffering, tribulation, death, and the resulting peace made with God through that sacrifice. Also remember that you are partaking of a bread that was unleavened because they had to leave Egypt Quickly. That is why the Church always said, “Come Quickly, Lord” (Rev 22:20) when they met to take the Lord’s Supper. Being prepared for His return is the ultimate objective of taking the Lord’s supper.
Next time we will talk about the fruit of the vine!