In memorial talks - -if you have not dozed off by then--, a void occurs, when the speaker drops from the cup of the new covenant 'forgiveness of 'SINs' to the small number of partakers, like explained in this week's 'study', pararaph 18: "-- Jesus INDICATED that only those who will reign* in his heavenly kingdom are to PARTAKE. * with him absent.
read Luke 22:28-30. "-- COVENANT with you for a KINGDOM-- you will eat and drink--in my KINGDOM--"
In the talk this switch from the NEW covenant to the later KINGDOM covenant is never clear.
Nowhere did Jesus "indicate" or commanded , or commented to the effect , that the symbolism of partaking would be "only for those that WILL reign in his heavenly kingdom. to wit:
The enjoinder in John 6 refers to everlasting life, not immortality.
The RE-AFFIRMING of the Kingdom covenant was not part of the Memorial, but as a reiteration of the previously made Kingdom-rule-covenant recorded in Math. 19:28. and
In both cases it was prompted by untoward behaviour of the disciples, i.e. fighting among themselves for prominence and objections to too strigent demands. further:
Jesus passed the bread and wine to people with a PRONOUNCED, and CONFIRMED Earthly hope. at best it can be said that they were POTENTIAL kingdom rulers. "many are called, few are chosen". wt writers: -- [all] faithful OS servants are potential 'anointed'"--. so:
it is not only a leap of faith to buy into the "DRY" lord's supper, it is also the leap, the void from the cleansing New Covenant Cup to the inclusive Kingdom Klub.
caveat: ingenious story spinning on the 'talking snake tale', does not make it factual or relevant.