7) were technically called in the Levitical ritual and these are among the many passages in which the marginal renderings of the Revised Version preserve translations more acceptable to the best Hebrew scholars than those printed in the text of that version. 2) and the incense placed on the shewbread and afterwards burnt (Lev. The best commentators explain the title of these two Psalms as a liturgical note signifying that the Psalms were to be used in connection with the offering of incense, or, as appears to be more probable, the offering of the Azkara, as the portion of the meal offering mixed with oil and burnt with incense on the altar (Lev. Christ’s body was given for you his blood poured out for you.“The third and fourth passages are not without share in the obscurity which surrounds the titles of the Psalms but the probability is very strong that a memorial before God is denoted. In communion, God remembers, and we receive! He remembers his promises to us, his people, and he sets these promises before us on the table.
When the church gathers together to “do this in remembrance of me ” she is proclaiming Christ’s death (1 Cor 11:26) as a memorial before God, who sees the sign and blesses us, nourishing us with Christ’s body and blood by the Holy Spirit. This, to be sure, is not a “re-sacrificing” of Christ (Hebrews 10:12 makes clear that Christ could only be sacrificed once), but by faith it is the application of the benefits of Christ’s once-for-all death. The sacrifice of Jesus two thousand years ago is being set forth now, before God, as a memorial. It is the objective transmission of the gospel through ordinary signs like bread and wine. When the church takes communion, it’s not primarily a time for our individual, subjective recollection of Jesus’ life and death. In fact, the phrase “in remembrance” is used elsewhere in the New Testament to refer to God’s remembrance, when Peter told Cornelius, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.” (Acts 10:4) What is the significance of this for our worship? When he told his disciples to observe the meal for his memorial, it wasn’t simply so that they’d be reminded of the gospel but that they would re-present, or convey it through the tangible sign before God. Jesus called the cup of the Lord’s Supper the cup of the “new covenant” in his blood (Lk. The rainbow served as a covenant sign that displayed front and center God’s promise to never flood the earth. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and ever living creature… (Gen. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and he earth. In the context of God’s covenant faithfulness to his people, he would often give them signs that didn’t just serve as reminders for them but for him! They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the LORD your God” (Numbers 10:10). įor example, God says to the Israelites, “On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feast and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. In these passages, where the context is the people of God at worship, typically it was not the Israelite worshiper who was remembering it was God remembering. In the Old Testament, especially in contexts relating to the service of the temple, there were “memorial” offerings (Lev. Memorial language was not uncommon in Palestinian Judaism. This is, without a doubt, a good thing, but is it what Jesus was really getting at when he said, “Do this in remembrance of me”? What is the significance of remembering?
We remember the gospel, and as we’re reminded, the gospel stirs our hearts in worship.
22:19) Many Christians have taken this to mean that during communion, we are to do our best to recollect the story of Christ’s death. When Jesus was reclining with his disciples, after breaking some bread and distributing it to them he said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Although churches differ on how frequently we should take communion, the universal consensus among Christians is that this meal is an important part of our faith. Historically, this meal was called the Eucharist, which means “thanksgiving.” Often today we call it communion or the Lord’s Supper. Right before Jesus’ death, he instituted a special meal for his church to observe.
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