“Communion Meditation: Taking Communion in the Tabernacle”

Saturday, April 27, 2019

In Leviticus 24:5-9, we read the Law’s regulations about the bread that was to be placed before the Lord in the Tabernacle. From that passage, we learn these truths:

• The bread of that table was made holy by its being in the presence of God.
• It was prepared by human hands, but it was blessed by the God 
of Heaven.
• The bread of that table was only for the priests to eat.
• It was prepared every week (on the Sabbath day).
• As long as that covenant (the old one) existed, God intended it to be part of the procedure of the covenant.
• The bread of that table was eaten in the Holy Place—those who ate it knew that God was with them there.

When we partake of the Lord’s supper, so many of the same realities are at work, although in a higher form. We eat a holy meal, sanctified by Jesus in the upper room. It is a meal that is prepared by human hands, but blessed by the God of Heaven. We are the priests of the new covenant, and we eat every week. And as long as the covenant stands, we eat to proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes again.

And perhaps most importantly and most encouragingly, when we eat the Lord’s supper, he is with us. What a privilege to be invited to eat with God at his holy table!

- Dan Lankford, minister

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