The celebration of the Lord's Supper and how we should approach it according to the biblical text that describes in detail the celebration of a supper is 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26:
"For I received from the Lord what I also gave to myself: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was delivered, took bread and, having given thanks, broke it and said: This is my body, which is given by you in remembrance of me. "In the same way, after having supper, he also took the cup, saying:" This cup is the new covenant in my blood, do this, every time you drink it, in memory of me Eat this bread and drink the cup, proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Paul speaks like someone who was there all day when Jesus celebrated the last supper with the disciples, because he says: "I have received from the Lord ..."; Pablo received without being there. This is our condition today. We receive from the Lord, that is, it is a truth, it is alive. Paul met Jesus after arresting, persecuting and even agreeing with the death of many Christians, but Jesus revealed himself to Paul, in such a way that Paul never forgot, never was the same, and dedicated himself to talking about Jesus for everyone else. Days of his new life.
Jesus showed his glory to Paul (Acts 9: 1-19). In John 4:40, Jesus speaks to Martha: "... if he thinks he will see the glory of God" and then resurrects Lazarus. We can imagine the reaction of the people who were close at this moment, because there is nothing normal in raising the dead. Marta, with certainty, was never the same again, because she saw the glory of God. But to see the glory of God you have to believe. Believe in God, in his word, in the same way that Paul believed he received from the Lord.
In Luke 22: 14-15 it is written: "When the hour came, Jesus sat at the table and with him the apostles." And I said to them: "How I have wanted to eat this Easter with you before I suffer".
Jesus shows the need to share his feelings, his anguish with his companions. Knowing what was going to happen, he was already suffering and, as if it were not enough, he is betrayed in the same night and still warns Pedro. Lk 22, 31-32: "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked you to sift like wheat, but I prayed for you so that your faith would not waver, therefore, once converted, confirm your brothers "
Returning to the text of Corinthians 11: 23-26, where Jesus says: "my body gave itself up for you", Jesus tells us to eat his body, which is the necessary food to produce real life.
That says: "This cup is the new covenant in my blood", a new covenant of God is established, an eternal covenant with us. We are clean of all sin, because Jesus sacrificed himself for us. This new covenant had been prophesied by Jeremiah, he observes:
Jr 31: 31-33:
"The days come, says Jehovah, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah ... This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law inside of them and I will write that in their hearts, I will be their God and they will be my people. "
It is tremendous to see the importance of Jesus' sacrifice, since that brought us closer to God. The supper is holy because it reminds us of the separation we have from sin through the body of Christ.
In the text of 1 Corinthians 11, where he says: "do this in memory of me" is not only to remember, but to reflect deeply on everything he has done for us.
That says: "Until I come", points of Jesus will be established beyond his death that have brought us the redemption, for his reign.
We participate in the Lord's Supper because we are family!
