NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!
Jews all over the world every year end the Passover Seder with these words. Here two articles that give different Jewish perspectives on the practice.
http://www.shma.com/nov03/shimon_felix.htm
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Passover/TO_Pesach_Seder/Seder_Steps/Zion_SederMeaning3_643/NextYearJerusalem.htm
Our observance of the Lord's Supper is based on Jesus' activities during the Passover Seder on the night before He was crucified. By the time of Jesus, the Passover had not only commemorative value, but gave tangible expression to the hope that God would one day deliver the Jewish people from captivity and exile (even though that exile was taking place in their own land) through a new Moses, a new David, the Messiah.
When we take the Lord's Supper I have observed that we emphasize the commemorative aspect more than the expectant. Yes, Messiah has come. Sins are forgiven. The Spirit has been given. Bonds have been broken. New creation has begun. But there is still a not-yet component of our salvation. We still groan with all of creation. We wait for complete redemption of our bodies and the rest of creation. We still long for the time when we will eat in renewed bodies and in a renovated world.
NEXT YEAR IN NEW JERUSALEM!
Jews all over the world every year end the Passover Seder with these words. Here two articles that give different Jewish perspectives on the practice.
http://www.shma.com/nov03/shimon_felix.htm
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Passover/TO_Pesach_Seder/Seder_Steps/Zion_SederMeaning3_643/NextYearJerusalem.htm
Our observance of the Lord's Supper is based on Jesus' activities during the Passover Seder on the night before He was crucified. By the time of Jesus, the Passover had not only commemorative value, but gave tangible expression to the hope that God would one day deliver the Jewish people from captivity and exile (even though that exile was taking place in their own land) through a new Moses, a new David, the Messiah.
When we take the Lord's Supper I have observed that we emphasize the commemorative aspect more than the expectant. Yes, Messiah has come. Sins are forgiven. The Spirit has been given. Bonds have been broken. New creation has begun. But there is still a not-yet component of our salvation. We still groan with all of creation. We wait for complete redemption of our bodies and the rest of creation. We still long for the time when we will eat in renewed bodies and in a renovated world.
NEXT YEAR IN NEW JERUSALEM!
posted by grateful talmid | 6:21 AM
1 Comments:
A year and a half later...welcome back!
When we celebrate the Eucharist at our church, I usually remind myself before drinking the wine, "I'm going to drink this wine in the presence of God and all the saints someday..."
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