Comments on: Eucharist Teaching

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:56:07 +0000

Hey Courtney,

Super happy it helped you connect the dots a bit. I think the Eucharist is definitely worth reflecting on as a community and individuals, so much going on there.

By: Josh R

Josh R — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:39:06 +0000

Thanks for sharing that night, it was great.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:12:42 +0000

This was my favorite teaching since I’ve come back from IHOP. Perhaps because it felt like home. I’m not going to lie, I actually didn’t read this blog post, but I was there. Sitting right next to you. As you read it. And recorded it.

It was absolutely glorious to hear you talk about the great Feast at the end of the age. And, like I said at small group, I’ve never really understood the Eucharist. I get why we do it, but putting it in the context of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, it makes more sense. I just want it to penetrate my heart now.

The thought of keeping a tradition that has been passed down through the ages and was put in place by Jesus himself is pretty darn amazing. I’d like to keep that in mind too as I take time to reflect on the Eucharist and the Marriage Feast.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:35:34 +0000

Hey Joel,

How dare you poke holes in my flawless understanding of the Eucharist… Okay, I’m over it. You’re definitely right though. In Revelation it literally calls it “The Wedding Feast of the Lamb”- which makes it more than just a kingdom party. I’ll have to think more about that piece of it though. I’ve always been uncomfortable with the “Married to Jesus” stuff. Maybe I need to get over that too

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Hey Janessa,

It make me happy to know that you got something out of it. I really liked when we all took communion together after the talk. Very cool stuff.

By: Janessa

Janessa — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:26:22 +0000

Thanks Brett. It was one of those times where it was exactly what I needed to hear, when I needed to hear it.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:20:14 +0000

This is good. My only critique is that you make no explicit mention of the Marriage of the Lamb–which is central and critical to the meaning Eucharist. Yes, you’ve alluded to some of the significance of that Marriage in your other points, but the coming of the Kingdom is the consummation of a profoundly intimate and radical union–a union that changes who we are, changes who God is and, as a consequence, radically transforms all of creation. The meal to which the Eucharist looks forward is a wedding feast and the Party at the end of all things that it anticipates is a celebration of a marriage. It’s no accident that the language of marriage and the implicit grammar of marital intimacy are repeatedly chosen by the prophets and by Jesus.

Sure, it’s kind of a personal obsession–this whole marriage business. But I’m right about this one. And it also happens to be biblical.