The disciples
recognized Jesus in the breaking of bread. We, too, recognize Jesus in the
breaking of bread. He was broken for us. His blood was spilled out. He gave all
of Himself to us so that He would be in us and we would be in Him. In addition
to this, we all partake of one loaf, thus we are one with one another.
This is another of those seeming
paradoxes of our faith. This brokenness of the loaf is of the essence of the
unity of the faith. We can only be one if we come from the One, the Lord Jesus
and if we all partake of the One signifying our unity around the broken body of
Jesus and the shed blood of Christ. We all drink of it. We are all one through
suffering, death, brokenness and blood. This is what it means to gain the
victory through the cross of Jesus.
But it is not just cross. Today, we also celebrate Resurrection.
We do not only partake in His death but we also partake in the risen loaf, the
risen Jesus, the One who was dead and who is now alive. So, the loaf now
signifies the Resurrection life of Jesus, which we have partially entered into
even now and we have the hope that one day we will also be raised in our
bodies, having put on immortality, that we will live and reign with Jesus,
world without end. Amen.
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