The sixth day of the ninth month in the 2729th year of our dispersion.

A little update for those who may still be alive and watching out there. A busy season has ended and now I have a bit of time, again. So, as I was reading in Malachi, I saw where our Father said: "'A son honors his father, and a servant his master Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?' says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. "But you say, 'How have we despised Your name?' You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, 'How have we defiled You?' In that you say, 'The table of the LORD is to be despised.' But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?" says the LORD of hosts. "But now will you not entreat God's favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?" says the LORD of hosts. "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD of hosts, "nor will I accept an offering from you. For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts. "But you are profaning it, in that you say, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.' You also say, 'My, how tiresome it is!' And you disdainfully sniff at it," says the LORD of hosts, "and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?" says the LORD. "But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and My name is feared among the nations."

Now. I have heard several interpretations of what Paul meant by "The Lord's Table" when he wrote the following: "I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons." Many say he refers to the Eucharist. Of course Messiah was speaking of the yearly Passover when he said to celebrate it in His remembrance. So the bread and the wine at Passover is equated by Paul here with animal sacrifices. We know this because he uses the terminology "the table of the Lord" which was very specifically in the previous passage to refer to animal sacrifice. "The nation Israel" is contrasted with the Gentile believers in Corinth who are not sacrificing at the Temple in Jerusalem. Their participation in the Passover, though, is equal in status to (and would normally be accompanied by) sharing in a blood sacrifice to YHWH. Obviously you cannot sacrifice to our Father and then turn around and sacrifice to Molech or a goat demon. Combined worship is not allowed.

Why does Paul leave out the most distinct and obvious part of the Passover - the lamb? I am guessing because the uncircumcised were not allowed to eat a Passover lamb, and Paul encouraged those who were uncircumcised to remain so. Why? I still cannot tell.