The Last Supper
7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” 9“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
10He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
13They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
14When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”
1718For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 21But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him.” 23They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
The Passover will soon have a new meaning!!
Ok, I'm referencing that comment to this scripture, not to what might happen this year. Have you ever noticed the parallels between the first passover (for all Israel) and this passover (for the disciples)?
Hold that thought for a bit.
Ever since that first Passover that was held by the Israelites and eaten in a hurry, the annual Passover meal had become for the Israelites like what Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner has become to families of today. It was a time when families would get together and share in a good meal and celebrate something important. Planning was to be made to make sure that a "proper dinner" would take place, I mean the Passover was a big deal to the Jewish people. So despite all the hub-bub that was going on with Jesus this week and his disciples, how did it get to be that not even one of them thought about the upcoming passover and make sure at least something was set up for it? How is it that not even 1 of the 12 even remembered about the Passover
The day of the meal is when Jesus tells them to go prepare, he doesn't ask if they have, he tells them to do it because he knows they haven't. (once again, he bails them out) but he also knows that everything is going to be done in a hurry tonight, just like it had been many years before in Egypt. Christ new what was coming but once again, the disciples were blind as to what was about to happen. They didn't realize just how fast the next 24 hours would go. But how could they not know? it's not like they hadn't been told on a few different occasions what was going to happen.
Wait, is this like us? We know what is going to happen, Christ will return..... Are we ready??????
The passover no longer means that the angel of death has passed over the Jews, but it now means that the wages of sin have been paid. Do you accept that?
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