EAT and LIVE: Discovering Christ Through the Bible's Story of Eating

EAT and LIVE We eat every day. But have you ever stopped to ask: Why does the Bible begin with eating? In Genesis, humanity's tragedy began with eating. Adam and Eve ate the fruit God had forbidden, and through that one act of eating, sin and death entered the world. Then why did God send Jesus Christ as the Bread of Life? Why did Jesus break bread with His disciples on the night before His crucifixion and establish the Lord's Supper? And why does the Bible end with the fruit of the tree of lifeand the river of the water of life? This book follows one remarkable story from Genesis to Revelation. From the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Eden to the Passover Lamb, the manna in the wilderness, the appointed feasts, Jesus Christ as the Bread of Life, the Lord's Supper, the marriage supper of the Lamb, and finally the tree of life in the New Jerusalem, this book gently and clearly unfolds one theme that runs throughout the entire Bible. As you read, you may discover anew that the Bible is not merely a collection of many different stories, but one story of redemption flowing toward one Person - Jesus Christ. You may also discover that the Lord's Supper is more than a ceremony observed from time to time. It points us to a life of eating Christ and living in Him every day. The Bible begins with eating, and it is completed with eating. Death entered through eating what God had forbidden. Life came to us through Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life. And so, even today, we eat Christ and live. EAT and LIVE.