Their Eyes Were Watching God Passage Analysis

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We see here that Paul’s purpose was to lay a foundation of knowledge to his audience. Specifically, he wanted them to know five things about the Jewish forefathers, particularly those forefathers that were contemporaries of Moses and the wilderness experience. 1. “All [of them were] under the cloud.” 2. “All [of them] passed through the sea.” 3. “All [of them] were baptized.” 4. “All [of them] ate the same spiritual food.” 5. “All [of them] drank the same spiritual drink.” “Under the cloud” is a clear reference to the “pillar of cloud” (Exodus 13:21) that “went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them.” The “pillar of cloud” also protected them by coming between them and their enemy: Then the Angel of God, who was going in front …show more content…

Unity is clearly the theme and the result of the Lord’s Supper. As the Lord’s Supper creates unity in the body of Christ, it is clearly a church ordinance. There is the possibility that the Lord Supper is somehow related to Passover in a more significant way that is commonly thought. Significant contributions of the text to the practice The Lord’s Super should probably not be practiced in an environment of dis-unity or division, as this would go against one of the primary tenants of this passage. The Lord’s Supper appears to be a church ordinance to be practiced in unity, building within the church, the body of Christ. At least at some level, safeguards should be in place to protect the Lord’s Supper from dis-unity, division, and people who are not members of the body of Christ. I do not think this passage does as far as justifying “fencing” the Lord’s Table; but it does go as far as protecting the message of unity as a function of the Lord’s