His Instructions For Celebrating The Last Supper

In a previous post, I mentioned about my guilt when it came to realizing that Baptism meant to admit fault, accept Our Lord, and be baptized for the forgiveness of sin. I was feeling pretty guilty about a lot more including this concept since I was baptized as a baby.

I had been studying His Word in a few different versions and SO many things did not add up to how I was raised to believe. I was questioning everything and asking priests, friends, my husband, on line chats, and anyone who would talk about religion! Some conversations got frustrating for me and the others, but to me, The Bible took 1st place!

When talking with a sister-in-law, I mentioned “during mass” and she looked at me and sternly explained just exactly what “mass” meant. In each “mass,” mostly the Catholic religion believes that the bread and “wine” are literally Jesus’s body and each mass sacrifices Him over and over.

The “wine” is used instead of grape juice which according to Scripture, during those days when Jesus celebrated the Passover, NO fermentation was allowed. He instructed us to “Do this in remembrance of Him” and not to keep sacrificing Him over and over.

I really thought about that and looked the verses back up and read. In Hebrews 9:28, He says,”So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many…”. ONCE. Only one time was He sacrificed. And, in Hebrews 9:25 – 28 it is specific when He says, “Not that Christ might offer Himself there again and again, as the high priest enters year after year into the sanctuary with blood that is not his own; if that were so He would have had to suffer death over and over from the creation of the world…so Christ was offered up once to take away the sins of many.”

So thinking on this, why actually turn the Last Supper literally into Christ and at each mass offer Him up over and over? He said He was offered up ONCE! Then I looked up the verses about the Passover. Since even from Exodus 12:15-20, God said ALL leaven should be removed from the home. Whoever ate leavening was to be cut off!

This practice continued with Christ Himself and He commanded us to follow it. Mark 14:1 mentions Passover and Unleavened Bread. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 they are instructed to celebrate the feast of Passover with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. So, why choose the bread to be unleavened and use wine that is fermented (leavening) for representing His blood?

During this Passover in Matthew 26:29, He said, “ I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until the day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” In Proverbs 20:1, God says, “Wine is a mocker…”. God and Jesus would not accept wine the mocker as His remembrance or a specific order during His Remembrance Meal!

Yes, wine is referenced several times in the Bible as going from being drunk with wine like Noah in Genesis 9:21, the water to wine during the wedding feast in John 2:1-11, and wine for stomach ailments as in 1 Timothy 5:23, but never is it allowed during The Passover. And if you read His Word, you will also see that God refers to wine and strong drink as an abomination.

God was allowing me to see that truth He spoke about in 1 Corinthians 5:6-8! He is correct when He tells us to seek and we shall find. His book is His Love Story for us. Most books are read front to back, but so many read bits and pieces to make their own conclusions. His Story kept touching my heart and continues to today! Have you read His Love Story Bible for you?

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