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Originally Posted by InChristAlone
How do you understand and explain Christ's words then? "He took bread, blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, 'Take, eat this is My Body, then He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying: Drink from it all of you, for this is My Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matthew 26:26-28) The Apostle Paul repeats the same words in 1 Corinthians 11:23-25. |
The Lord explains His own words. The cup is His blood of the New Covenant, shed for the remission of sins.
When was His blood shed? That same day on the cross. The blood shed on Calvary's cross was for the remission of our sins. The cup we drink is a remembrance of that shed blood, since He said "Do this in remembrance of Me."