The Last Supper

[ThatMan]

So I had a moment of revelation, I saw a connection between the Last Supper and the verse in Revelation 3:20, just like that.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Though I can't put it in words, to explain what I understood, I will give it a try. This verse in Revelation talks about the Last Supper but not the literal Last Supper but a different kind of thing. It's like a certian inner stage when the time is right and one opens the door to Christ and He comes and they eat together, He and that person, and all of this happens internally, within that person. This is The Last supper that person is going to eat that which brings inner transformation towards being a Christed being.

This is not litteral supper and I say that it is connected with Jesus's words: Eat my flesh and drink my blood... ; the Last Supper from a metaphysical point of view.


So I did a google to see if others saw this and I found quite a bit of stuff about the esoteric interpretation of this and to my truthfullness, I read nothing before this, I just had this revelation that there's a connection, just like that, out of nowhere.

Thank you

[Still_Waters]

Since you introduced the subject of the Last Supper, I would be curious to hear your thoughts on the Eucharistic ritual which Jesus reportedly addressed when he said: "Do this in remembrance of Me".

What is your understanding of the two key passages:

1. "This is my body"

2. "This is my blood"

Roman Catholicism teaches that the bread and wine are literally transformed (transubstantiation) into the body and blood of Christ. Some sects believe that the bread and wine are symbolic. Jehovah Witnesses do this Remembrance Ceremony once a year on the equivalent day in the lunar calendar when the Last Supper took place. There are other interpretations as well, but this should suffice to make the question clear.

Originally Posted by ThatMan

Thank you

ThatMan,

And thanks to you…….:). This is what scripture does….it beckons us to look beyond the literal and discover the deeper meaning which is spiritual. Truth can be literal(as we know it) and can also be absolutely true on the higher and spiritual level. Realizations, such as yours, are epiphanies and exciting. As it says prior to this verse….”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says”. What we are hearing is ‘the small still voice of God’.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by ThatMan

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

This is true. :)
(I know this cuz I meditate for many hours and hours and hours+ a sitting, that's all.)
Otherwise this would be like some enigma...as in, "What? Sup with me?".
But all this stuff Jesus says is true! I've tested it...all true.

[ThatMan]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

What is your understanding of the two key passages:
1. "This is my body"
2. "This is my blood"

What happens without is a reflection of what happens within so by eating the bread and drinking the wine, literally, serves as a symbolic representation of what happens within one's self. I read that doing this, literally, serves as a way to elevate one's consciousness towards the Mind of Christ, it may be but I believe the real thing happens within. Now eating the body and drinking the blood, internally, I think that is of a metaphysical nature and it's about the inner transformation who brings forth the Christ within, He is lifted up from the most inner sphere to the most outer sphere which is the self.

I come from the orthodox tradition and I know about eating the bread and drinking the wine as I did this many times and even recently but only the bread, my mother used to go to church when she was not off country, working.

[ThatMan]

Originally Posted by Molearner

ThatMan,

And thanks to you…….:). As it says prior to this verse….”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says”. What we are hearing is ‘the small still voice of God’.

I am glad that that may revelation serves you to a deeper understanding of the scripture. I never saw this connection before, it came just like that, out of nowhere. I was reading some posts about how the Last Supper was not really called like that and then the Revelation verse came into my mind and suddenly I saw the connection. Verses do come into my mind like that, things that internally I felt there's something I'm missing.

[ThatMan]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

This is true. :)
(I know this cuz I meditate for many hours and hours and hours+ a sitting, that's all.)
Otherwise this would be like some enigma...as in, "What? Sup with me?".
But all this stuff Jesus says is true! I've tested it...all true.

I know because I too come to know this but years and years ago it was not like that, I was only seeing the literal and making little to no connections. Now esoteric meaning are given to me and they reflect my own findings that I experienced directly.

[sky]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

What is your understanding of the two key passages:
1. "This is my body"
2. "This is my blood"

The Bread ( Eucharist ) represents the broken body of Jesus.
The Wine represents His shed blood.
When I was a child I actually thought the Priest was breaking the Eucharist because it was to big to fit in His mouth

[sky]

Originally Posted by ThatMan

Now eating the body and drinking the blood, internally, I think that is of a metaphysical nature and it's about the inner transformation who brings forth the Christ within.

There are so many ways of looking at it, and they are all of value. I personally look at very simply as being in 'Comm-union ' with Jesus.

[Still_Waters]

QUOTE 5 EXCERPT:

Originally Posted by ThatMan

What happens without is a reflection of what happens within so by eating the bread and drinking the wine, literally, serves as a symbolic representation of what happens within one's self.

Thank you for your response.