Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Corinthians 11:23-26
by: Dorothy Noel.
The Passover was instituted to memorialize the Israelites’ escape from slavery to freedom. It also foretold the coming of Jesus as the final “Passover lamb” to offer complete freedom from sin. When Christ instituted the Lord’s Supper, He intended that it would be celebrated in memory of His crucifixion and the fact that His death and resurrection bring us complete freedom from sin. But just as the Passover also looks forward, so does the Lord’s Supper. As verse 26 says, we are to practice this rite, “until He comes.” While we remember Christ’s sacrifice for our freedom from sin, we also look forward to His second coming, bringing freedom from this world.
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