Unity and Communion in the Relationship between „Ș abat” and „Eucharist” from the New Testament Perspective

Abstract

In the present study, there will be emphasized the fact that between Ș abat and Eucharist there is a relationship of obvious continuity, due to the accomplishment of Rest day through and by the Resurrection. God’s Day is marking the beginning of a perpetual liturgical today, in which, thorough the expectation of the Eucharistic anamnesic, the relationships between Man and God come back to their genuine purpose, according to the model of Ș abat celebrated in the Eden Garden. In the ephemeral historical plan, the succession and repeatability of the rest days expresses the state of human being of living the seventh day as a preparation for the perpetual day of Resurrection. In other words, between the two formulas, with which there is emphasized, on one side, the uncessed preparation for the Holy Liturgy, namely ,,Șabat after Șabat”, and on the other side, the extension of Liturgy in daily life, , namely the „Liturgy after Liturgy”, the continuity being given through the Communion with the Holy Sacraments. Therefore, by receiving the Eucharist, we become eternal into the Kingdom’s rest, and the body of the Ressurected Lord, the true temple, offers in the new creation the coesion of the faithful, which, in the past times, was offered to the biblical people by the relationship between temple and Ș abat.

Keywords

• șabat
• eucharist
• resurrection
• anamnesis
• communion
• eternity