Jesus is the long-expected Messiah. He is the One who saves His people. He is the One who knew no sin and yet became sin on our behalf. He did this that we might boldly come to the Father through His body and blood. Thus, He saves us from our two main enemies, sin and death.
And though He died He yet lives, risen and ascended. And we who are in Him have both died and risen in Christ.
All of this is presented to us in the body and blood of Jesus. We thank God for this meal of Thanksgiving where we apprehend that the essence of our faith is in the body of Christ. We thank Him that in this meal we receive life here and now to our mortal bodies, and what is even so much better, the promise of eternal life in our resurrected bodies.
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