"What a divine honor the Lord Jesus has put on the breaking of bread, on this wonderful sacrament He has given to the church.""Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them." ~ Luke 24:30In Luke 24:30–31, the resurrected Christ partook of the holy Communion with the two disciples at the village of Emmaus. What a divine honor the Lord Jesus has put on the breaking of bread, on this wonderful sacrament He has given to the church.Lukas 24:30-31 ~ Afr. 2020 -
30 Terwyl Hy saam met hulle vir ete aangeleun het, het Hy brood geneem, die seëngebed uitgespreek, dit gebreek en vir hulle gegee.
31 Toe is hulle oë geopen, en hulle het Hom herken. Hy het egter uit hulle sig verdwyn.
This is why in my church, we receive the Communion every week. That’s what the early church did as well. The book of Acts tells us that the disciples “came together to break bread” on “the first day of the week” (Acts 20:7). Shouldn’t we emphasize what our Lord Jesus made central?We know that God made Adam and Eve complete except for one thing: their spiritual eyes were not opened. God wanted their spiritual eyes to be opened by the Tree of Life, but instead they partook of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and their eyes were opened to see their nakedness. Their eyes were opened to see their failures and shortcomings, their lack and their inadequacies, their sin and their shame.Handelinge 20:7 ~ Afr. 2020 -
7 Toe ons op die eerste dag van die week byeengekom het om brood te breek, het Paulus hulle toegespreek, omdat hy die volgende dag wou vertrek, en sy rede uitgerek tot om middernag.
But our Lord Jesus was restoring all that was lost in that garden. I believe when He broke bread for the two disciples, He was letting them eat from the Tree of Life, the tree that God had wanted man to eat from. Our Lord Jesus is the Tree of Life, and when we partake of His broken body, we are eating from the Tree of Life.
That is why the moment the two disciples took the bread, their eyes were opened, and they knew the Lord Jesus. The apostle Paul also prayed that our eyes may be opened, that we may see Jesus, that we may truly have a revelation of His love (Eph. 1:17–18, 3:18–19). I had been searching the Scriptures for years to find out more about the Tree of Life and was so excited when the Lord showed me this.After the two disciples partook of the Tree of Life, I believe something happened to their bodies: they were infused and energized with the resurrection life of Christ. This was why they could rise up that very hour to walk back to Jerusalem (Luke 24:33),Efesiërs 1:17 - 18 ~Afr. 2020 -
17 Dan bid ek dat die God van ons Here Jesus Christus, die Vader van die heerlikheid, vir julle dit sal gee: geestelike wysheid en openbaring, wat in die kennis van Hom bestaan,
18 en dat die oë van julle harte verlig mag wees, sodat julle kan insien wat die hoop is wat sy roeping bied,
wat die heerlike rykdom van sy erfenis vir die heiliges behels, ...
Efesiërs 3:18 - 19 ~ Afr. 2020 -
18 sodat julle volledig in staat mag wees om saam met al die heiliges tot die besef te kom van die breedte en die lengte en die hoogte en die diepte,
19 ja, om die liefde van Christus te leer ken, wat alle begrip te bowe gaan, sodat julle gevul mag word met al die volheid van God.covering fourteen miles in one day (Luke 24:13).Lukas 24:33 ~ Afr. 2020 -
33 Hulle het onmiddellik opgestaan en na Jerusalem teruggekeer, waar hulle die elf, en die ander saam met hulle, bymekaar gevind het.Today we can rejoice because that same resurrection life flows into our bodies each time we partake of the Lord’s Supper.Lukas 24:13 -
13 En kyk, juis op dié dag was twee van hulle op pad na 'n dorp met die naam Emmaus, sestig stadion van Jerusalem af.
By the way, after Adam and Eve sinned, their hearts became cold with fear, and they hid themselves when they heard the voice of God in the garden (Gen. 3:10).But as the resurrected Christ walked with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, their hearts burned with love for Jesus (Luke 24:32),Genesis 3:10 - Afr. 2020 -
10 Hy het geantwoord: “Ek het U in die tuin hoor beweeg, en ek was bang, want ek is naak; toe het ek weggekruip.”and they wanted to stay longer in His presence (Luke 24:29).Lukas 24:32 ~ Afr. 2020 -
32 En hulle het vir mekaar gesê: “Was ons harte nie brandend in ons toe Hy met ons langs die pad gepraat en die Skrifte vir ons uitgelê het nie?”Our Lord Jesus has restored the relationship with God that was fractured and lost when Adam and Eve fell, and today we don’t ever have to be afraid of the Lord. Whatever challenges come our way, we can have the confidence that He is for us (Rom. 8:31),Lukas 24:29 -
29 Maar hulle het sterk by Hom aangedring: “Bly by ons, want dit is amper aand, en die dag is reeds verby.” Hy het toe ingedraai om by hulle oor te bly.and we can come boldly to His throne of grace (Heb. 4:16).Romeine 8:31 Afr. 2020 -
31 Wat sal ons dan hiervan sê? As God vir ons is, wie kan teen ons wees?Hebreërs 4:16 ~ Afr. 2020 -
16 Laat ons dan met vrymoedigheid die troon van genade nader, sodat ons ontferming en genade kan ontvang om op die regte tyd gehelp te word.
Amen.
