John 14:6-7
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
It didn't seem like such a big inference to me. How many High Priests before The Lord Jesus Christ told anyone to take and eat this is my body which is given for you, during passover?
How many High Priests before the Lord Jesus Christ told anyone this cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you, during passover?
New Testament in my blood. I am the Way. What the Lord Jesus Christ says seems pretty strong to me.
This is pretty much the gist of all our goings around and around. Does the Lords Supper supercede the old celebration of passover? For those that would follow Him it sure does.
Does the way of Jesus Christ supercede the old hebrew way of keeping feasts and laws?
Well Grandpa, you certainly are welcome to your line of thinking and the methods you used to get there. I'm just not buying it. Now keep in mind, I don't have a problem taking the bread and the juice/wine. I do it every week. But to say that it supercedes and replaces Passover:
- a decree given by God to be kept forever
- that Jesus obeserved
- that Jesus Himself never said to stop doing
- that the Apostles never said to stop doing,
All because when He broke bread and drank wine with the disciples, He told them to do that in remembrance of Him, and that because it's not mentioned anymore in the New Testament.
People can infer anything they want. But unless God, or Jesus, or the disciples say that Passover is done away with and replaced, a vague reference to an act that could look a lot like sitting down at Olive Garden dipping bread in the olive oil waiting for the server to take your order, isn't enough for me to say, "Yep! See! God got rid of Passover!"
Thankfully though, this isn't a salvation issue. This issue and our agreement or disagreement on it doesn't negate how God is working in both of our lives, and how he is choosing to use the both of us to build up His Kingdom in different ways.
Blessings to you, Grandpa!
Matt