Bedside Watchman AT THE BREAKING OF BREAD

Last Updated on : October 11, 2014

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August 29th -- 1 Corinthians 11

AT THE BREAKING OF BREAD

AT the Breaking of Bread, there is as it were a door opened in Heaven. To the left, against a sombre background, the modern disciple sees his Lord, praying in Gethsemane, suffering in Golgotha. To the right he sees a great glory, the Kingdom of God set up upon the earth, when God's King reigns in righteousness, and His princes rule in judgment. In the centre he perceives two miniatures. The first is of a candidate for divine honour and immortality descending into the waters of baptism, over which waters there is this seal of the Spirit "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ". The second miniature is of a table, on which are set bread and wine; all around is wilderness. Over the table the Spirit hath set this seal: "For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."

JAMES NORRIS, The First Century Ecclesia, page 172