Bread and Wine - Wheat/Tares and True Vine - God's Merciful Plan and Man Made Doctrines

[Follower Of Christ]

I am going to try to keep this short.

During the Lord's Supper the Lord broke bread and drank wine stating He shall not eat this meal again until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God. From Luke 22:14-21 "And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood."

In the parable of the wheat and tares, we have the wheat gathered at the harvest (after the fullness of the Gentiles has happened). Why gather the wheat? For it can be turned into flour which is uniform everywhere and flour turned into bread.

Same for the true vine parable. Grapes are gathered during the harvest and turned into wine which is uniform everywhere.

Bread and wine as you know was offered in the Jewish temple on the morning and evening as part of a sacrifice offering together with a lamb to express gratitude to God.

I find this quite striking, for the bread that was broken and wine that was spilled during that Passover over 2000 years ago, in God's foresight shall be remade and offered to God again at the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God.

From Romans 11:33 "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!"

God in his mercy and foresight has set in motion before creation a plan for the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God. Many men have tried to understand it and throwing in leaven via all kinds of theological concepts. What is worse is that Satan at every step tries to undo that plan and true tares look like wheat until maturity. So do bad versus good grapes.

In short, trust God and not man. Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you and not doctrines of men about mankind in general. Abide in Christ and not the intellectual sand castles of men no matter how complex they might be. God gave all of us the ability to choose. Choose wisely!

1 John 2:26-27 "I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him."

 

[Follower Of Christ]

Isaiah 25:6-8

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
And he will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.

 

[for_his_glory]

Institution of the Lord's Supper giving what the bread and the wine represents.

Mat 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Mat 26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Mat 26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

The Parable of the Weeds
Mat 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Mat 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Mat 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Mat 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Mat 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Mat 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

The wheat (those in Christ) are those who received the word of God and kept His word in their hearts and the tares are those who heard the word, but rejected it.

I Am the True Vine

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

Those who are drafted into the vine are those who have truly accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior and will be with Him for all eternity.

The fullness of the Gentiles makes up all of Israel that will be saved. As Ephraim mixed himself up with other nations that was a foreshadowing of the Gentiles being grafted into Israel meaning all of Israel will be saved that have faith in God as being part of the covenant God made with Abraham, Genesis 12:1-3; 48:17-19; Hosea 7:8. Jesus told the Apostles to proclaim the Gospel first in Jerusalem, then Judea, then Samaria and then to the ends of the world, Acts 1:8; 8:14-17, Samaria is the fulfillment of the restoration of Israel as both Jew and Gentiles both dwelt there.