Section 8
it to them, saying, This is My body which is given for you; do this unto the remembrance of Me." The loaf in verse 19 is not the loaf of the Pass over; it is the loaf of the Lord's table. Further more, in this verse the Lord said, "Do this unto the remembrance of Me." Thus, it was not a remembrance of what took place in Exodus 12. Taking the bread of the Lord's table is done in remembrance of the Man-Savior.
In the Passover the main thing enjoyed by God's chosen people was the lamb. The meat of the lamb was for them to eat. But in the Lord's table the main item for us to enjoy as New Tes tament believers is not a lamb; the main item for our enjoyment is bread.
When the Lord Jesus was offered to God for our redemption, He was offered not as bread but as a Lamb. However, the outcome is not the Lamb but bread. The Lamb was a single entity, but bread is something corporate. It is not pos sible for a single grain of wheat to form a loaf of bread. A loaf is a corporate entity, something composed and constituted of many grains. With the feast of the Passover there is not the con cept of feasting on something that is corporate in nature. But with the Lord's table the sym bols, especially the loaf, bear a very significant