Passover Compared to Lord’s Supper

[263 words] Let’s look at ti!e resemblance of the feast of the Passover to that of the observance of the Lord’s Supper. Just as the shed blood of the Pascal lamb was in reality the salvation of the Israelites, if applied as directed, so is the blood of Jesus as seen in the observance of the Lord’s Supper. The cup represents the shed blood of Jesus at Calvary. The Israelites were to eat the meat of the slain Pascal lamb. In comparison, the Christian is to eat the unleavened bread representing the broken body ofJesus. “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?” (1 Corinthians 10:16). “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till He come”…