Prophet, Priest, and King - at the Lord's Table

We come to the Table to partake of our Lord. We do so by faith and in the power of His Holy Spirit and not by any merit of ourselves. But we do partake, we are changed, we are being made into the New Man, into the image of Christ.

And as we saw, Jesus is the Greater Prophet – we partake of this Prophet and our way of thinking about the world is changed – the words that come out of our lips should change as well.

Jesus is our High Priest – and we partake of the perfect sacrifice, offered once for our sins – we sit down with our High Priest and sup with Him and with our heavenly Father in union and communion – all is well for peace has been made with our God and therefore we may have peace with one another – we have learned forgiveness, for we taste it here at this Table. Therefore, we can give forgiveness – we are what we eat.

Jesus is our King, and we partake of His reign, His riches, His abundance at this Table. He shares all things with us and we co-reign with Him, equipped here by our Mighty Warrior to defeat every foe in His name. Therefore, we leave here prepared to take every thought captive to Christ, and to spread the kingdom of Grace throughout our world.

This is the Table of the Word of God – this is the Table of Truth and Love. All who have been baptized are summoned to come and partake – and welcome to Jesus Christ.