Comments on: Unleavened SDA-style Communion Bread Recipe

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:28:09 +0000

Just to clarify- I only add honey to the recipe for bread that I am making at home for common consumption. I would never add honey to bread that is being made to be used in the Passover Supper to represent our Lamb. That is a solemn ceremony of course and that bread should be set apart, just as He is Set-Apart.

By: Bev

Bev — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:36:43 +0000

In response to Janet, Sept 11, 2008:

You wrote that the early Christians celebrated The Lord\’s Supper or communion every first day of the week and I tried to find a scripture reference for this but I cannot.

By: suzanne day

suzanne day — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:45:29 +0000

The Lord is comming soon. May he find us seeking Him and not desperate house wives.

By: suzanne day

suzanne day — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:44:25 +0000

This is so shamful to mix commumion bread with desperate house wives the Lord is comming soon. Let Him fimd you seeking Him and not the desperate house wives.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:28:49 +0000

In response to Don’s question on June 7 about “but can anyone give me a scripture reference that states leftover Lord Supper bread should be burned or buried?”:

Going back to the original Passover meal, Exodus 12:10 states “Don’t leave any of it until morning; if there are leftovers, butn them in the fire.” But this was specifically referring to the Passover lamb (which was to be roasted whole, not raw or boiled, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs), and the Israelites were also commanded to eat it “fully dressed with your sandals on and your staff (walking stick) in your hand. Eat in a hurry . . .” (Ex. 12:11).

When Jesus shared His final Passover meal with his disciples, he passed the bread and the wine saying “Take, eat. This is my body . . . Drink this, this is my blood, God’s new covenant poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins.”

There are no New Testament references to burning the leftover unleavened bread; this practice is a reference to the original Passover commands in Exodus, not a command or practice to the church of the New Testament.

The churches who require this usually believe in transubstantiation, meaning they believe the bread and wine, once prayed over (or “blessed”), miraculously transform into the literal body and blood of Christ. Clearly this was not the case at the Lord’s Last Supper, since He had not yet been crucified and was alive with His disciples during that meal. (Perhaps a truly bizarre form of self-cannibalization?!) No, He was using a metaphor, symbolism to focus the disciples’ minds on what lay ahead for Him, and as a memorial once He was gone. Nor do any of the later references in the New Testament letters mention burning the leftover bread; the references to the bread and wine being Christ’s body and blood speak of them as being a memorial, not as a miraculous transformation. The miracle was in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection; the New Testament church took the “Lord’s Supper” or “communion” every first day of the week as a remembrance of and a memorial to Christ’s sacrifice and his victory over death for the purpose of our salvation.

The doctrine of transubstantiation is a fundamental tenet of Catholic and many other groups, and has been a point of controvery for centuries.

By: Vivienne

Vivienne — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:03:08 +0000

I think you will find that the bread was required to be unleavened because leaven is symbolic of sin.

By: Chr

Chr — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:54:44 +0000

Been looking for this recipe every where. thanks for posting it!

By: brooke

brooke — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:49:46 +0000

I disagree with your remark that “communionservice should not be o solemn”. Are you not aware of why we partake of communion? We do this in rememberance of the sacrifice our Lord made for us on the cross. My five year old daughter has a better view than you. I am offended by this and that you lead others to believe that SDA’s take such a service so lightly. Never eat left over bread from service. It is disrespectfull. feel free to eat a fresh, unblessed batch to eat at home. But, never take the service so lightly and disrespect what our Lord has asked us to do to honor him. Thank you.

By: don

don — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:30:46 +0000

plan 2 use this recipe in a couple of weeks… but can anyone give me a scripture reference that states leftover Lord Supper bread should be burned or buried ? thanx…don romans 12:12

By: Alilia

Alilia — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:53:10 +0000

You can modify this recipe to your heart’s content for home consumption, but if you are using it for an actual communion service you shouldn’t. This bread represents the perfect sinless body of Christ that was given for us, and bleached flours, pork oil (are you KIDDING ME? - talk about unclean…) etc., would just be disrespectful.