Central Baptist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia

God gives his people a variety of images in the bible to convey truth. The rainbow was given so that we would know because of God’s love He is never going to flood the earth again. We are given bread and wine, communion elements, to be reminded of Jesus’s sacrifice for us. That ties into the most iconic Christian image, a cross. There’s another image that appears from Genesis all the way through Revelation. An image that is central to the type of relationship God desires with his people. It’s a table. Sharing a table is one of the most uniquely human things we do. No other creature consumes food at a table. So, God uses the table to remind us that there’s more to food than fuel. God uses the table as a place of connection, a place where broken sinners find belonging and restoration, a place of blessing, a place of mission, a place of fellowship. So much happens at the table. Join us for our next series, The Table. You’ll never see the table the same way again.