This is part seven of a 10 part series titledĀ 10 Ways Food Impacts History, Life, and the World.
Common for Holy.
Have you ever wondered why God would choose common elements like bread and wine to represent something holy like a sacrament? According to the Westminster Confession of Faith, “sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace” instituted by God as revealed in the Scriptures.
Sacraments.
The Christian church has two biblical sacraments, baptism and communion.
Baptism is the sign and seal that we are washed from our sins and united to Christ into the covenant of grace. The sign isĀ performed with water (washing) andĀ represents the true baptism which is by the Spirit of God.
Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, is the sign and seal of the New Covenant in Christ’s blood, a symbol of the death of Christ for our sins.
The first element of Communion is a regular reminder of the body of Christ (His death for our sins) and is represented with a piece of common food, namely bread. And the blood He shed is represented by a common drink, namely wine.
Why would God chose common food and drink as the medium for something sacred? Continue reading “Food: A Sign and Seal of the Covenant”
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