{"id":3803,"date":"2017-03-30T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:21:07","slug":"body-and-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/body-and-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Body and Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s significant how appropriate the emblems of the bread and the wine are as representatives of our Lord\u2019s broken body and spilt blood. Bread is a staple in our diets, the most important food staple grown in a regio<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n. How fitting that J<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">esus is the Bread of Life!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psalm 104:15 says that \u201cbread . . . strengthens man\u2019s heart.\u201d Through the Lord Jesus who strengthens us, we can do all things (Philippians 4:13).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The showbread, or the bread of the presence (Exodus 25:30), which was always on the table before the Holy of Holies, may have symbolized God being ever present with His people. Jesus came as Immanuel \u2013 God with us. The Bread of Life always indwells His people and is ever present to save (Matthew 1:23; 28:20).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bread we partake of at the Lord\u2019s Supper to symbolize Christ\u2019s broken body is unleavened. It is humble and certainly not puffed up. This also represents Jesus, who humbled Himself more than any other when He took the form of man, suffered, and died on the cross for you and me (Philippians 2:5-8).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regarding wine, Psalm 104:15 says that it \u201cmakes glad the heart of man.&#8221; Though wine is precious, Jesus is much more precious to us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wine is also medicinal. Likewise, Jesus is our healer, physically and spiritually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosea 2:8 says that new wine is a gift from God. We can see this in how the gift of wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee pleased the common people (John 2:1-11). Even greater is God\u2019s gift to us: Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hope that Christ offers gladdens and strengthens our hearts more than anything else. 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