Believers have disagreed on the form and function of the Lord’s Supper for centuries — some churches don’t even practice it anymore. In this episode, we pick up right where yesterday’s conversation on baptism left off, comparing our own very different memories of communion growing up, and then digging into what it actually is: a symbolic act of remembrance, looking back, around, and forward, not a magical transformation of bread and juice.
We trace it all the way back to the Last Supper and the traditional four cups of the Passover meal, and land on one specific cup Jesus reinterpreted that night — the third cup, the cup of blessing — recast as the cup of the new covenant in His blood. Dr. Abidan Shah explains why He deliberately did not drink the fourth and final cup, and what it means that He’s still waiting to drink it with all of us, together, in His Father’s kingdom. The episode closes with practical guidance for anyone whose church doesn’t currently practice communion, and why Clearview moved from a quarterly ritual to a deeply participatory observance every six weeks.