Come to the Table: Revisioning the Lord's Supper (Biblia.com)

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Christian practice of the Lord's Supper is radically dissimilar from the the silent, solemn, individualistic eating of bread crumbs and drinking sips of wine that many churches practice today. Instead, says Hicks, our practice of the supper should be a joyous communal meal as it was in earliest Christianity. The contemporary practice of the suppers needs to be revisioned according to biblical...

redemptive communion that God worked through the blood of the new covenant and the sacrificial offering of the body of Christ. The expiatory work of the body and blood of Jesus removes sin and enables the establishment of a covenant meal where communion is enjoyed. Luke’s language reflects the influence of both Exodus 24:8 (covenant in blood) and Jeremiah 31:31 (new covenant). This language, in connection with the Passover context, establishes the covenantal character of this meal. There is a strong

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