Text - 1 Samuel 16, the anointing of David
Baptism is a sign of our entrance into life, the new, clean, joyous, abundant life of Jesus, the Christ. The Lord’s Supper is a sign of our new life nourished, and continually fed.
Remember, at the sacrifice, there was an anointing. The true anointing of our Messiah took place before time, when the Father anointed the Son to proclaim good news to the poor, release to the captives. But the Son was not anointed simply to proclaim this as our prophet, but also to accomplish this as our High Priest and sacrifice. The anointing leads to the sacrifice. The great shepherd is anointed to teach and guide the sheep as their teacher, to sacrifice Himself as their priest, so they wouldn’t have to go to the altar, and to shepherd and rule the sheep, as their king.
Look not on the outward appearance of things here (1 Sam 16:7), but look beyond: the bread is the body of the Anointed One, sacrificed for you; the wine is the blood of the Anointed One, shed for many, for the remission of your sins.
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