As the leather straps marked His flesh, that was to heal cancer. Every lash of the whip was a provision for healing. The punishment Jesus took in His body was not just an exercise in suffering. That was foretold by a prophecy in Isaiah 53:5 that says, “…He was whipped so we could be healed.”ĭoes that mean that we should believe God wants to literally heal our bodies? How about mental and emotional healing? Does God want to heal that, too? The resounding answer is “Yes.” Peter quotes that prophecy after the fact in 1 Peter 2:24, “…by whose stripes you were healed.” Jesus said His body would be broken for us. When He said this, Jesus was actually referring to the coming hours when He, the perfect Lamb of God, would be beaten, tormented, crucified and buried. At this meal, Jesus took a piece of bread, blessed it, tore a piece off for each disciple and announced, “This is my body, which is given for you.” Let’s move forward in time to Jesus and the disciples as they were celebrating the feast of Passover in Matthew 26:26. God commanded that this event be celebrated each year as “Passover,” so the Israelites would remember God’s great deliverance in bringing them out of Egypt and slavery. Though Pharaoh didn’t pay heed to the first nine plagues, this tenth one got his attention. When the death angel saw the blood, he would “pass over” that house, and everyone inside would live. The only way to escape this plague was to put the blood from a male lamb on the sides and top of the outside door of the house. The plague was that the firstborn male in every family was to die on a specific night. God sent nine plagues to convince Pharaoh to let His people leave, but Pharaoh wouldn’t listen. However, the Egyptian Pharaoh did not want to lose his slaves and refused to let them go. God wanted to free them, so He sent Moses as His messenger. The Israelites were living in slavery in Egypt. So, what was Passover? In Exodus chapter 12, we read about the first Passover. This was a holy event in response to the commandment by Moses to memorialize an event named “Passover.” We are told in Matthew 26:26 that the night Jesus was betrayed, He and the disciples ate a last supper.
Matthew, Mark and Luke all talk about this event. In the case of the Lord’s Supper, or Communion, let’s go to God’s Word and find out what He said on the subject.Ĭommunion is not just a religious observance.
Do you still have questions about why Communion is so important? Why do we take Communion? What Does God say about Communion? How do we take Communion? Kenneth Copeland Ministries takes the Word of God as final authority in every area of life, so when we have a question, we go to God’s Word.
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