LORD'S SUPPER

Lord's Supper

The Lord's Supper was for the purpose of depicting the future aspect of salvation when the believer is set aside from the very presence of sin. This takes place at the rapture of the church, when believers shall be like Him for they shall see Him as He is [1 John 3:1-2]. At this point the Church is ushered into the full fellowship with Christ and all believers’ belonging to the church. That fellowship they have longed for in its fullness will then be the experience of all the saints in the Church. From this gathering there will be no separation. The sorrows of separation will then be done away forever [1 Thess. 4:17]. Above all, that One whom having not seen, and they love, shall be experienced to the full. They shall be where He is to behold His glory [John 14:1-3; 17:24]. And He shall gird Himself and come forth and serve them [Luke 12:37]. Thus, the Lord's Supper sets forth that aspect of salvation known as glorification.

        In the Lord's Supper the believer is reminded that there is a blessed hope when the great work of redemption will be completed and he will be called to the marriage supper of the Lamb where Christ will gird Himself and come forth to serve him [Rev. 19:9; Luke 12:37].

        The consummation of the Christian sojourn is exhibited by the Lord's Supper. This is the grand and glorious goal toward which every saint in the church is moving. It points to that day when we shall be like Him [1 John 3:1-2], when the saints will behold His face [John 17:24], when all will be gathered in fellowship with Christ and the entire Church [John 14:1-3; 1 Thess. 4:17]. Fellowship will be perfect, complete, and sublime.