Let us fully understand the importance of Holy Communion!
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 26:
26 Now while they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My Body.”
27 And when He had taken a cup of wine and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you;
28 for this is My Blood of the Covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it with you, new, in My Father’s Kingdom.”
Jesus expressed this Truth, “In Me, you see the priesthood of Melchizedek reappearing.” It was held in obeyance while the Law was the Covenant. Now in the New Covenant, the priesthood of Melchizedek is being restored.
Melchizedek was both King and Priest. Under the Law of Moses, the priest could not be king and priest. Those offices were separate. They could not be united because the priests had to come from the tribe of Levi and the kings from Judah. The king could never be a priest, and the priest could never be a king. This shows the inferiority of the Levitical priesthood to the Order of Melchizedek.
By His act at the Last Supper, Jesus revealed the reinstatement of the Order of Melchizedek. Jesus revealed that He is both Priest and King of Righteousness. By this act, He instituted the New Covenant in His Blood. His Blood was to be poured out for the forgiveness of sins once and for all time.
Paul provides additional revelation about Holy Communion as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 10:
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion (koinonia) of the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ?
17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
The word koinonia means fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, a proof of fellowship. We are affirming that we take Communion in common with all other believers in Christ. We all identify with Christ when we partake of Holy Communion.
18 Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
The priests who sacrificed at the altar were the same who ate the sacrifice revealing a direct connection between eating the sacrifice and the altar on which it was offered as a sacrifice.
Paul further clarifies:
19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?
20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s Table and of the table of demons.
22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Do not have anything to do with idolatry or participate with anything to do with demons. This issue is reflected in the account of Abram at the first Communion.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 14:
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
Abram was confronted by two kings: the king of Sodom and Melchizedek, the king of Salem. Abram had to make a choice. One king represented the temporary world leading toward sin and death, and the other represented Eternal Salvation.
The king of Sodom tried to tempt Abram:
21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.”
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
In other Words, Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raised my hand to YAHWEH, God Most High, and I pledged a solemn oath to the Possessor of Heaven and earth.” Abram rejected the temptation and then said:
23 that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’-
24 except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”
The king of Sodom was using the same temptation that the devil used when he tried to tempt Jesus by offering the world if He would only bow down and submit to the ruler of darkness.
We must not allow anything unholy to be entertained in our walk with Christ. We are not to compromise our participation in Holy Communion!