Summer 2004
Thoughts on Communion by Jerry Hyde

Dear bro. Taylor

Am in agreement with "Food for thought"
Other things which are indirectly related with communion I see :
Hebrews 9:27,28.
"And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the
judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that
look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."
Jesus took the appointment of death that was on man, that we might take
the life that is offered in Him. This relates to "I stand at the door and
knock..will sup with him and he with me... He will take our curse, and
give us of his life.

Nearly all the people in the scriptures who had an intervention in their
bodies for longevity were standing in a time of transition, Enoch, Naomi,
Caleb, Moses, Simeon, etc.
The manna in the wilderness bred worms and stank if kept overnight,
except the double portion on the sixth day which was preserved for the
seventh day. Also the manna which was in the ark was preserved to be
taken into the land of Canaan which typifies Rest.

The flaming sword and Cherubims were placed to keep the Way of the tree
of life, not to close the way. I believe this speaks of a word and
ministry that will invite us through the fire back to the tree of life.
Of course part of that is what you are teaching about communion. Bread is
bread, meaning His BODY. It also typifies the WORD, really the same
thing. The flaming sword.. The living anointed word. The Cherub-that
which guards and covers His glory in the inner sanctuary. Originally the
Holy of Holies was to be on the outside, not on the inside, and I think
is the realm of the body, meaning God's life and glory visable and
manifested, not hidden as it is today.

Zion was an enemy stronghold which David conquered. The enemy essentially
said "If you can take our sick and lame, then you will be able to take
the city. David conquered the sick and lamb, then he conquered the city.
Christ healed the sick and lame, then he conquered death itself. Zion
therefore is the place of total victory, and is the place where the Lord
sits to reign in David's throne forever. Christ intercedes as great high
priest after order of Melchizedek which speaks of an endless life. This
is the kind of priesthood the overcomers in Rev. 5 are singing about.
"Thou hast made us..................we shall reign". That is transition
between two days. The process is over (the end of the second day--they
are qualified to reign, the third day.) This is the Kingdom that will
rule the earth for 1000 years. Jesus sits on the throne of dominion over
death itself, surely we should be seeing more healings and deliverances,
if they are less powerful than the powers of death which He conquered.

So when he said "I will build my church and the gates of hell will not
prevail", he meant death itself will not prevail over the house I am
building. When he teaches
"consider the lilies, Solomon was not arrayed as one of these", it could
be interpreted by Paul's writing in 1 Cor 15:49-58 this mortal must put
on immortality---etc--- and 2Cor 5:1-4 "not that we would be unclothed,
but clothed upon."

Verse 10 says that everyone might receive the things done in his body,
according to that he has done, whether good or bad. This seems to refer
to what we have done will manifest what we ARE, and our body will receive
life to that extent, and will affect the quality and degree of HIS LIFE
in us. When John said in 1 John he that has this hope in himself purifies
himself, he was not referring to a hope of Christ's character, but a hope
of His image in his resurrection.

The overcomers in Rev. 5 are around the throne which is Christ total
dominion. They worship him on the basis of what he has been able to do IN
THEM, and has done it.
Around about the overcomers are the angelic host. They are released by
the worship of the overcomers who worship the LAMB who liveth and was
dead. Around about the angelic host are the rest of the created world.
They worship and receive revelation and change on the basis of the
revelation of angels who receive revelation from the overcomers who
worship out of a finished work done in them by the LAMB who is filled
with the Glory of His Father. Wheels within wheels. We have made the
error of teaching the resurrection as something in heaven after we die,
and the benefit of obedience to the Lord as some reward, when it is
really to release a better quality of resurrection in us. For the dead
and the living, it is a hope that is to be manifested down here on the
earth. Whew!! I am reluctant to teach too much about it. Could lead to
trouble.

I think Jesus meant "your fathers ate manna in the wilderness in unbelief
and are dead." Not only did they die in the wilderness, instead of going
across the Jordan, but they missed out on the hope of the kind of
resurrection life he is referring to. They ARE dead, not they died.

Do you think it should be taught more openly, or should it only be given
at certain times to certain people??? I am really not sure. But what you
are teaching about this is very real to me. I you ever would want to use
this little e-mail, or combine it with your, you are welcome to do so.

Highest regards
Jerry