Post by foxjj on Oct 4, 2022 7:01:28 GMT
This Is My Body
Luke 22:7-20: “Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked. He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.” They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And 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.” In 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.”
The annual Passover meal is symbolized by the use of unleavened bread know as matzo, which is made solely from flour and water. The Torah contains an instruction to eat unleavened bread, specifically on the night of Passover. Due to the baking method, matzo has markings in the form of strips, and is pricked with a fork in order to prevent it rising. As Christians we see the stripes and piercing symbolical of Jesus’s suffering as foretold in Isaiah 53:5-6: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
In a place of prominence on the table are 3 pieces of matzo called the bread of affliction stacked one on top of the other. (To a Christian the Trinity comes to mind.) At the beginning of the meal the middle piece is taken out and broken in two. One of the broken piece’s is returned to its place between the two unbroken pieces. The other broken piece is wrapped in a linen cloth and hidden for later. At the end of the meal, the children search for the piece of matzo that was wrapped in cloth and hidden earlier. The one who finds it receives a reward. For Christians this holds two significant’s. The reward reminds us of the thirty pieces of silver that Judas received for his betrayal. The second represents the Resurrection of Jesus, who’s body had been buried wrapped in linen as we read in John 20:3-8: “So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.”
The Passover meal shows clearly how the Old Covenant and New Covenant come together in Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus identified Himself as the One who fulfilled the Old Covenant when He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In 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.” The New Covenant would be establish the next day when Jesus was scourge, leaving deep strips on His body. He was then pierced by the nails that held Him to the cross on Calvary’s hill, where He bled and died for the Atonement of our sin.
Today, let us give praise to Jesus, Our Passover Lamb.
John Joseph Fox.
Luke 22:7-20: “Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked. He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.” They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And 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.” In 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.”
The annual Passover meal is symbolized by the use of unleavened bread know as matzo, which is made solely from flour and water. The Torah contains an instruction to eat unleavened bread, specifically on the night of Passover. Due to the baking method, matzo has markings in the form of strips, and is pricked with a fork in order to prevent it rising. As Christians we see the stripes and piercing symbolical of Jesus’s suffering as foretold in Isaiah 53:5-6: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
In a place of prominence on the table are 3 pieces of matzo called the bread of affliction stacked one on top of the other. (To a Christian the Trinity comes to mind.) At the beginning of the meal the middle piece is taken out and broken in two. One of the broken piece’s is returned to its place between the two unbroken pieces. The other broken piece is wrapped in a linen cloth and hidden for later. At the end of the meal, the children search for the piece of matzo that was wrapped in cloth and hidden earlier. The one who finds it receives a reward. For Christians this holds two significant’s. The reward reminds us of the thirty pieces of silver that Judas received for his betrayal. The second represents the Resurrection of Jesus, who’s body had been buried wrapped in linen as we read in John 20:3-8: “So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.”
The Passover meal shows clearly how the Old Covenant and New Covenant come together in Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus identified Himself as the One who fulfilled the Old Covenant when He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In 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.” The New Covenant would be establish the next day when Jesus was scourge, leaving deep strips on His body. He was then pierced by the nails that held Him to the cross on Calvary’s hill, where He bled and died for the Atonement of our sin.
Today, let us give praise to Jesus, Our Passover Lamb.
John Joseph Fox.