harvestoc.net blog, Monday, November 9, 2009
Audio, Mark 14 'Christ, Our Passover' (8-Nov-09 Morning Serial Reading)
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There is an interesting contrast between four views of the Passover here. For the priests and scribes, the Passover is an inconvenience that gets in the way of murdering Jesus, both of which are irrelevant concerns by comparison to their status. For Judas, the Passover and Jesus Himself are irrelevant concerns by comparison to the money bag. For the disciples, the Passover is a very important religious ceremony for which they must prepare. For Jesus, the Passover is a foreshadowing that He is about to replace in giving His body and blood, but even the Lord’s Supper is a meal that looks forward to its own being replaced and obsolete by the kingdom’s coming in glory. What a Passover meal is our Christ! His body the truest nourishment and strength; His blood the truest safety and gladness.
There is an interesting contrast between four views of the Passover here. For the priests and scribes, the Passover is an inconvenience that gets in the way of murdering Jesus, both of which are irrelevant concerns by comparison to their status. For Judas, the Passover and Jesus Himself are irrelevant concerns by comparison to the money bag. For the disciples, the Passover is a very important religious ceremony for which they must prepare. For Jesus, the Passover is a foreshadowing that He is about to replace in giving His body and blood, but even the Lord’s Supper is a meal that looks forward to its own being replaced and obsolete by the kingdom’s coming in glory. What a Passover meal is our Christ! His body the truest nourishment and strength; His blood the truest safety and gladness.
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