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READING 34
- Read the headings in Mark 14:22-31.
- Find the Mount of Olives
on the map of Jerusalem. Find Galilee on the map of Palestine.
- Highlight verses 22-24 and 30 of chapter 14.
- Read Mark 14:22-31.
- Consider the following questions.
How else do we experience the body of Christ other than in Holy Communion? Look at Romans 12:4-5.
"This is my blood of the covenant," says Jesus in verse 24. Read Jeremiah 31:31-34 to find out more about this covenant.
FYI: A covenant is an agreement which establishes a relationship. When God makes a covenant with us, God also gives us a sign to go with it. In Holy Communion, therefore, the bread and the wine are the sign. By the way, another word for covenant is "testament." When the Jeremiah passage speaks of a new covenant, it is, therefore, speaking of a "New Testament."
When you partake of Holy Communion, are you supposed to be happy or sad or meditative or what?
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