Yes — bread and wine in Scripture together point forward to the Lord's Supper, picturing Christ's broken body and shed blood.
Les Feldick shows that bread and wine first appear together when Melchizedek brought them to Abram in Genesis 14 — an event he calls a subtle prophecy. In the upper room, Jesus later took bread and the cup in a way that believers recognize as the Lord's Supper, and Paul repeats it in 1 Corinthians 11.
Genesis 14:18 — Records the first combined appearance of bread and wine, when Melchizedek brought them to Abram.
Matthew 26:26-29 — Jesus takes bread and the cup at the supper, giving them the meaning of His body and blood.
1 Corinthians 11:23-25 — Paul repeats the account of the Lord's Supper, connecting bread and wine to Christ's broken body and the new testament in His blood.
The first place bread and wine appear together in the Bible is the account of Melchizedek. Genesis 14:18 records that Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God. In Matthew 26, at the supper on the night He was betrayed, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to His disciples; He also took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them. Paul later reminds the Corinthians that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread and gave thanks and broke it, and likewise took the cup after supper. These are the main scriptural events where bread and wine are used together.
Les Feldick explains that Melchizedek's bread and wine were unusual because bread and wine were not what was normally used in the sacrifices of Abraham's day and were never used in tabernacle worship or the Old Testament economy. He calls the act a subtle prophecy: the bread and wine spoke of Christ's broken body and shed blood and pointed to the death, burial, and resurrection — the whole idea of the Lord's Supper. Abraham likely had no concept of the meaning, but God knew the end from the beginning. When Jesus administered bread and wine in Matthew 26, He gave no doctrinal exposition, no explanation, and no instructions for practice — the matter is simply dropped. Les identifies the upper room as the first instance of practicing the cup and broken bread, while the very first picture of the Lord's table was the bread and wine Melchizedek brought to Abraham.
Les teaches that this was not what they normally used in sacrifices of Abraham's day and that bread and wine were not used in tabernacle worship or alluded to elsewhere in the Old Testament economy. He calls it a subtle prophecy pointing to the Lord's Supper — the broken body and shed blood of Christ and ultimately the resurrection. Abraham may not have understood, but God did.
According to Les, Jesus gave no doctrinal exposition on the bread and wine. He only said, this is My body and this is the blood of the new testament, but no explanation or instructions were given. Les says it is just dropped like a hot potato. He also notes Jesus said He would not drink of the fruit of the vine until He drinks it new in His Father's kingdom.
Les says the whole idea of the Lord's Supper is the resurrection. Melchizedek's bread and wine already pointed to the death, burial, and resurrection. So the bread and wine of the Lord's table are tied to Christ's broken body and shed blood that make resurrection possible.
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that he's ever retracted it, that the account of Moses and the burning bush was just a figment of some good Jew's imagination. What is that? That's absurd! And how can I say it? Because hopefully I've shown you now in just these last few moments how the Bible is so meticulously put together that the theme never loses.
A Subtle Prophecy
Les calls Melchizedek's bread and wine a subtle prophecy pointing to the Lord's Supper and the resurrection.
Unusual in Old Testament Worship
Bread and wine were not used in tabernacle worship or the Old Testament economy; they spoke of His broken body and shed blood.
Communion of Blood and Body
The cup of blessing and broken bread are the communion of Christ's blood and body, and the first practice was in the upper room.
No Doctrinal Exposition
Jesus gave no doctrinal explanation or instructions for the bread and wine at the Last Supper.
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I imagine that when they got ready to have the Lord's Table, they realized, well now we can't satisfy a whole day's energy with a little cup or swallow of wine, and one little piece of unleavened bread. And so they said, let's just start bringing some food and we can have a real supper out of it. But it led to excesses, and so now Paul has to bring them some criticism.
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When you come together therefore in the one place, this is not to eat the Lord's Supper, for in eating every one taketh other of his own supper, one as hungry as another drunken. Now wait a minute. The Lord's Supper in every denomination I've ever visited is nothing more than a piece of unleavened bread of some sort, and a little cup of grape juice or wine.
First Picture of the Lord's Table
The very first picture of the Lord's table was when bread and wine were brought to Abraham by Melchizedek; Jesus still gave no explanation.
Genesis 14:18: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
The first record of bread and wine together; Melchizedek brings them to Abram.
Matthew 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.
Jesus takes the bread at the supper and connects it to His body.
Matthew 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.
Jesus points forward to drinking the fruit of the vine again in the kingdom.
1 Corinthians 10:16: The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
Paul connects the cup and bread of the Lord's table to communion with Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:23-24: For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Paul repeats the account of the Lord's Supper on the night Jesus was betrayed.
1 Corinthians 11:25: After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Paul records Jesus taking the cup after supper and connecting it to the new testament in His blood.
In the Bible they first appear together when Melchizedek brings them to Abram. Les Feldick teaches this was a subtle prophecy of the Lord's Supper, pointing to Christ's broken body and shed blood and to the resurrection.
According to Les, Jesus gave no doctrinal exposition or instructions about the bread and wine. He simply said, this is my body and this is my blood of the new testament, and then the matter is not developed further in the Gospel accounts.
Les says it was a subtle prophecy. It was not part of normal Old Testament sacrifices or tabernacle worship; it pointed ahead to the Lord's table and the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
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