I would like to submit two points.
- The appointed feasts given to Israel were an integral part of the Law given to Israel. Therefore, any attempt to isolate them for observance by Christians in the absence of the rest of the Law, is an invalidity.
- Unless I've missed it, nobody has yet presented Jesus' thought, in fact Jesus' actual command, regarding when and how the remembrance of his death should be conducted.
What did Jesus command?
1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (
emphasis added):
23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;
24 And giving thanks, He broke [it] and said, Take, eat; this is My body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me.
25 In the same way [He took] the cup also, after supping, saying, This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; as often as you drink it, do this in remembrance of Me.
The simple and obvious question is, what were they drinking?The simple and obvious answer defines unequivocally what the Master ordered, and therefore what He stated He requires of those who claim to be His followers.
Before any attempt is made to water down what the Master commanded by asking why the Gospel writers did not mention the future time cycle, let me point something out. Such a question would actually have the opposite effect – it would
strengthen the case instead. The fact that Gospel writers did not feel the need to mention those particular words of Jesus, demonstrates that the remembrance was customarily being carried out as their Master had commanded. However, the risen Master specifically and personally instructed His chosen apostle Paul in the matter.
Paul, under divine inspiration, passed on Jesus' specific instruction as being of significant importance. Paul could probably already see the emerging pagan influences in the Church, and realised why his Master had instructed him as He had. So, is anyone willing to correctly identify
publicly [[edit add]] (i.e. in this thread) [[end edit]] what Jesus and His disciples were drinking at the “Last Supper”? And thus reveal when and how the remembrance of His death should be conducted according to Him.
(I would suggest that denominational loyalty would prevent most “Christians” from issuing that public identification, even if they realised what in fact that liquid was. But let's see.)
