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Originally Posted by Aquila
The Lord's Supper was a very special event. The Last Supper was a Passover Seder. Early Christians observed the Lord's Supper as a full meal centered around a single loaf of bread (the body torn apart for each participant) and a single cup of wine poured out for all (the blood poured out for all). It was done to remember the body broken and the blood shed for our salvation...in addition it was to look forward to the day in which we will partake in the Marriage Supper with Christ Jesus our Lord in Heaven (trying to avoid a Premillennial vs. Preterism debate here lol). If a church uses grape juice it's using an alien element, not wine. Wine is living and breathes. Grape juice isn't. Wine is full of life giving properties, grape juice isn't so much so. The fellowship and symbolism of the actual Lord's Supper is so much greater than the Catholic Communion most Christians celebrate. If a church uses grape juice and a wafer...they aren't observing the Lord's Supper.
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We have communion in house group gatherings, with a meal, and it's GREAT!
-Bro. Alex
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