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  1. Whenever we come to the Lord's table to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive One, in our experience we are in the good land, enjoying all the riches of the land—Deut. 8:7-11; 1 Cor. 1:9; 10:16.
    1. Christ as our table is typified by the good land, which was a table to the children of Israel; when they dwelt in the good land, they feasted on the table, enjoying all the rich produce of the land.
    2. Enjoying the riches of Christ as our table issues in living Christ, defeating the enemies, establishing the kingdom of God, and building the house of God to fulfill His eternal purpose.
  2. Our experience at the Lord's table is typified by Israel's eating of the offerings at the altar—1 Cor. 10:18.
    1. The fellowship of the altar is a type of the fellowship of the blood and body of Christ.
    2. The fellowshippers of the altar, those who ate the sacrifices, are types of the fellowshippers of the Lord's table, those who eat Jesus (John 6:57) as the reality of the sacrifices.
    3. Fellowshippers also means joint-participants.
      1. To partake of the table is to enjoy the Lord and to become one with the Lord.
      2. Eating makes the eater one with what he eats.
  3. The Lord's table is a sign of the New Testament jubilee, in which we are free from all bondage of sin and are enjoying the release of God's salvation with the Triune God as our life and blessing—Luke 4:18-19; Lev. 25:8-17.
  4. To partake of the Lord's table is to flee from idolatry—1 Cor. 10:14.
    1. In 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Paul is speaking concerning the Lord's table, but he opens the section with a charge to flee from idolatry.
    2. Idolatry is the enjoyment of something in place of the Lord (1 Cor. 10:7), but the Lord's table is the true enjoyment of the Lord Himself.
    3. Ultimately in the entire universe, there are only two tables: the table of demons, which causes people to be one with demons, and the table of the Lord, which causes the believers to be one with the Lord—1 Cor. 10:21.
    4. The Lord's table is not only a matter of meeting on the Lord's day; this table should be our enjoyment every day, even continually.
      1. Do not eat anything other than the Lord, and do not enjoy anything in place of Him.
      2. We should not have any enjoyment other than Christ, who is our table, our feast, our land.
  5. The Lord's supper should serve as a reminder that we are living on the earth for the Lord's satisfaction.
    1. At the Lord's table, we receive His body and blood for our enjoyment; at the Lord's supper we give Him our remembrance for His enjoyment.
    2. By eating the bread and drinking the cup, we "declare the Lord's death until He comes"—1 Cor. 11:26.
      1. The church bridges the gap between the Lord's first coming to carry out an all-inclusive redemption through His death and His second coming to set up God's kingdom.
      2. The death of Christ has produced the church, and the church will bring in the kingdom for the Lord's satisfaction.
      3. Eating the supper reminds us to have a life in the church of responding to and cooperating with Christ in His heavenly ministry to bring in the kingdom for His satisfaction.
  6. At the Lord's table, we present Christ as the peace offering to God the Father—Lev. 3:1-5, 6-7, 11-12, 16; 7:11-13, 20-21.
    1. When our trespasses and sin are solved by Christ as the trespass offering and sin offering, and when God and we are satisfied with Christ as the burnt offering and meal offering, we can offer Christ to God the Father as the peace offering for mutual enjoyment in peace.
      1. In order to enjoy Christ as the peace offering at the Lord's table, we need the covering of the Lord's redeeming and cleansing blood—Lev. 3:2; 1 Pet. 1:2; Heb. 12:24.
      2. We cannot partake of the peace offering if we are unclean; all uncleanness must be dealt with—Lev. 7:20-21; 1 Cor. 6:11.
    2. Christ as the peace offering offered by us to the Father is for the enjoyment of God and all the parties participating in the dispensational worship.
  7. When we eat the Lord's supper, we satisfy Him by remembering Him, and we care for God's administration by discerning the Body—1 Cor. 11:29.
    1. The unique mystical Body of Christ is the means for God to carry out His administration.
    2. When we go to the Lord's supper, we must discern the Body to determine whether the bread on the table represents the unique mystical Body of Christ or any division of man (any denomination).
    3. Our participation in the Lord's table must be the unique fellowship of His unique Body without any division either in practice or in spirit.
    4. In order that God's administration may be carried out, we must care for the oneness of the unique mystical Body of Christ.

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