Romans 6:5

“If we have participated in what is like [Christ’s] death, we will participate in what is like his resurrection.”

In our baptism we said we were “burying” the old way of living and “resurrecting” to a new one. That act looked forward to renewed fellowship with God through a new identity with his Son. Friendship with God is not the kind of thing that can be finished business The meaning of breaking bread together corresponds with the meaning of our original commitment. It acknowledges our ongoing concern to be God’s people by ongoing affirmation to walk in the new life.

As the burial in water connects with cleansing based in the physical, these elements connect with that same event in our Lord’s ministry, where He gave up his flesh and shed his blood in pursuit of a higher righteousness. Observing the symbols of his flesh and blood in that event draws us into that same pursuit.