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1	How is comunion only symbolic?	1 Cor 10:16	dschaertel	3224
	How can the idea that the bread and cup are only symbolic be supported in light of this verse?
2	How is comunion only symbolic?	1 Cor 10:16	Ric	5188
	The cup of blessing used in the Lord's Supper brings us spiritually into participation in the blood of Christ and into fellowship with him. The same is true of the bread, whereby we become one body with him. The "cup of blessing" was a technical term for the third cup drunk at the Jewish Passover the time when the Lord's Supper was instituted. That "participation [G3126] in the blood of Christ" is meant to be a memorial symbol of fellowship with Christ rather than a literal drinking of his blood is clear from the fact that Christ had not yet died when he instituted this supper, and this participation is in remembering him, not in drinking him.
3	How is comunion only symbolic?	1 Cor 10:16	Johnny	5605
	But, didn't Jesus say "Take and eat; this is my body." Matthew 26:12, and "This is my blood of the covenant: Matthew 26:28. He didn't say "this is a symbol of my body, or a symbol of my blood". And then, didn't he say "Do this in memory of me." Luke 22:19. This has always been a problem for me and I would love to hear more on this subject.
4	How is comunion only symbolic?	1 Cor 10:16	Ric	5896
	Jesus expected His disciples to take His words at the Last Supper in their figurative sense. The bread and wine did not change, but were symbols of His body and blood. The following arguments support this view. There is no indication in the Gospel accounts of the Last Supper that the Lord’s disciples thought that the bread and wine changed or that they worshiped them as divine. No reasonable person present at the Last Supper would have taken Jesus’ words to mean that He was now both at the table and on the table (and later under the table as crumbs were scattered). The Lord frequently used figurative language in His teachings even using the same verb translated “is” in His words “This is My body” (see John 6:48; 8:12; 10:9,11; 11:25 14:6; 15:1). Immediately after the Lord said of the wine, "This is my blood" (Matthew v 26:28), He said, “I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom” (Matthew 26:29). If the wine had changed into blood by His first statement, Jesus would not have referred to it in the second statement as “this fruit of the vine.” At the conclusion of the Last Supper, Jesus told His disciples, “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language” (John 16:25). There is nothing in the Book of Acts indicating that the first Christians believed the bread and wine changed. Neither do the Epistles of the New Testament speak of any change. One interpretation requires the eating of human flesh and drinking of human blood. This is strictly forbidden by Scripture (Leviticus 17:10-14; Acts 15:29). Scripture never ascribes more than one location at any given time to Christ’s bodily presence. According to the Bible, He is now enthroned in heaven. Christians are awaiting His Second Coming. He is not, therefore, bodily present in thousands of churches around the world. There is no precedent in Scripture for a miracle in which God expects the faithful to believe that something supernatural has happened despite all outward evidence indicating that nothing has happened. God has never dealt with people in this manner.
5	How is comunion only symbolic?	1 Cor 10:16	Ray	6625
	The world today wants to think of Jesus as a man. They want to remember Him as a man. They expect more than likely to see Him in heaven as a man. Scriptures see Him as the Son of Man and the Son of God. They give Him honor by capitalizing His Name. Scriptures tell us that God is a Spirit. He is one Lord, one Spirit. Therefore, truly,truly, in order that you can understand scriptures, know Jesus as a Man,know Him as living Bread, know Him as the Rock, know Him as the Light of the world. So, yes, 1Cor 10:17 is speaking figuratively; so capitalize it. Give Him honor in remembering who He is and what He did for us on the cross. The two verses here have three Breads. I capitalize them. John 6:31-42 has seven Breads. I capitalize them and know His humanity as the Son of Joseph. John 6:48-58 has seven Breads. I capitalize them and know that He is the One who is from God. John 7:52, "Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" (Note the confusing capitalization) No we can't eat this man's flesh, but we can spiritualize it, honor it, and remember this Man. John 7:63, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. But there are some of you who do not believe."