Meditate on this Passover dinner
and what Jesus said to His disciples.
As they were eating, Jesus
took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the
disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it, for this is my body." And
he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and
said, "Each of you drink from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the
covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive
the sins of many. Mark my words—I will not drink wine again until the day I
drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom." Matthew 26:26-29
The body of Christ. The blood of Christ.
Shed for many—for everyone. The blood confirms the covenant of the sacrifice of
Jesus for the sins of the people since the time of Adam and Eve.
You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new
covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of
forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.
Hebrews 12:24
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The Lamb sacrificed for all.
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Jesus gave it all. His body…and
His blood. He was the sacrificial lamb. Remember the first Passover. God had
chosen the Hebrew people, the nation of Israel, the descendants of Jacob,
grandson of Abraham, to be His chosen people. They had become slaves in Egypt
and Moses was sent by God to set them free. Not just the firstborn sons…but all
of the Hebrew people. They were His Firstborn. There had been nine plagues sent
by God to change the Egyptians hearts—specifically their ruler Pharoah’s heart—so
that the Hebrew people would be set free. Free to worship their God. The tenth
plague was the Death of the First Born. That firstborn would have included all
of the Hebrew people, but God spared them by having them sacrifice a lamb and
sprinkle the blood of that lamb on the doorposts of their homes. The angel of
death passed over those homes. In all other unmarked homes throughout Egypt,
the firstborn sons died that night. Read it for yourselves in Exodus 1-15,
specifically Exodus 11-12. The Passover meal that was first eaten that night
was the sacrificed lamb and unleavened bread. Over a thousand years later, this
was the meal that Jesus and His disciples were celebrating in remembrance of
the first Passover. Now Jesus was going to be the Passover Lamb—so take away
the sins of the world. He was initiating the remembrance of Himself in the
bread and wine of the meal—representing His body and His blood, shed for
mankind’s sins. We remember that same sacrifice each time we take communion at
church. Actually, we don’t even have to be taking communion to remember what Jesus
Christ did for us. Moment by moment we can
remember. Jesus gave it all.
Prayer ~ Lord Jesus, Thank You seems
hardly enough to say for what You did for me…for my family, friends and
neighbors…the whole world throughout all of time. You gave it all…all Your
life. Such obedience. Obedience. That is all I have to give. Help me to be
obedient to You and to our Heavenly Father.
Verse of Salvation ~ [One day
we will hear this in Heaven.] And they were shouting with a great roar,
"Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the
Lamb!" Revelation 7:10
© 2021 Text, photos and illustrations by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.
New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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