Taste my words and know they are good

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One thing that has always been very interesting to me was the Passover. I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and have studied Judaism, but have never been able to experience the Passover. From what I have heard and read about it, the Passover attempts to replay the events of the exodus by putting these events into taste. Each dish in the meal has significance and its taste also symbolizes this. For example, the bitter herbs represent the suffering and tears of the people while they were in slaver and its taste is suppose to represent that. Not only that, but there is also a lot of examples of the word of God tasting good in the bible. The word of God is compared to honey in Psalms in the way how it taste sweet as honey. Food in all is a religious experience so it is only natural that the scriptures talk about it. Not only that food is a lifeline and no human animal or living thing can exist without it. In the same way that we need food to live that same contrast is made with the scriptures. In a sense the scriptures say that they are just as necessary as food. Because in a way they are life force and also must have a taste.
One of the most sought out taste is something sweet. So in a way we seek out something that is sweet because it is most desirable. This contrast in a way is how we can easily bring scripture and food together and how it taste. However Christianity is one of the religions that revolutionizes this in a way. Christianity revolutionizes this because it talks about how the scripture became flesh and blood and that flesh and blood became food for us. Thus communion which is the scriptures became our life force and it is good for us.

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