During the Passover meal, the bread was more than food. It was a reminder of Israel’s hurried escape from Egypt - unleavened because there was no time to wait, pure because God was calling His people into a new beginning. That same bread, free from corruption, becomes the symbol Jesus lifts in His hands on the night He is betrayed.
When Jesus breaks the bread and says, “Take and eat it; this is my body," He is not merely reinterpreting a ritual. He is revealing its fulfillment. The bread - unleavened, untainted - mirrors His sinless life. Its breaking foreshadows the physical tearing of His own body on the cross. What had once pointed back to Israel’s deliverance now points forward to humanity’s salvation.
In the Passover story, the bread sustained God’s people for a journey out of bondage. In the gospel story, Jesus’ body - offered, broken, given - becomes the sustenance that frees us from a deeper slavery. The bread of the old covenant becomes the body of the new. And in taking it, we remember that redemption is never cheap. It required a body that could be broken, a Savior who would not turn away, and a love willing to be torn so we could be made whole.
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Truth is... The bread reminds us that salvation is not an idea. It is a body, broken. A life, given. A Savior, offering Himself so that we might live.
[This post was created through CoPilot, using the resources of BibleHub.com, ScriptureSavvy.com and BibleRef.com.]
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