21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Colossians 1:21-22
19 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Luke 22:19
These verses explain why in the ordinance of communion we use broken bread to represent his body broken for us. I was formerly “alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,” and he “reconciled” me, that I might stand before him “holy and blameless and beyond reproach,” by way of “His fleshly body through death.”
I was estranged, an enemy, evil, with enmity towards God (Ephesians 2:16), yet Jesus sacrificed himself for me. He presented his sinless body unto death that he might present me personally and us collectively as the Bride of Christ, “holy and blameless and beyond reproach” before his Father.
Paul uses the word apokatallasso for reconciliation, which is katallasso (to change) on steroids, to indicate complete and total reconciliation.
It’s important to understand only we are at enmity with God. He remains always a loving God. How else can He love the world so much that he gave his only son? (John 3:16)
One last observation. Only when we are reconciled with him, can we finally commune with him. Otherwise, the commemorative act is meaningless.
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