Passion - Day 04
Day 04: Thursday, March 30
Read Luke 22:7-30; Luke 22:39-46 - The Last Supper and the Garden
Highlight
This supper occurs during the celebration of Passover, the holy week when Jewish people celebrate how God liberated them from slavery in Egypt and invited them into a new covenant relationship with him. The meal has certain elements that carried meaning already, but he uses the symbols of Passover to reveal the meaning of his coming death.
The broken bread was his broken body that he would give up for his people. And the wine represented the blood that would establish a new covenant between God and his people. A new relationship that would be based on grace and forgiveness and sealed by the giving of the Holy Spirit. Like the lamb sacrificed to save the Israelites in Exodus 12, Jesus would be sacrificed to save his people. The lamb’s blood saved them, Jesus’ blood would save us.
In his prayer, Jesus mentions a “cup” being taken from him. This is imagery from the Old Testament, where God’s wrath against sin was described as being in a cup that would be poured out on those who deserved punishment. Jesus is in anguish as he imagines tasting the wrath of His Father, someone he has enjoyed a perfect relationship with since before time itself. When we drink the cup of communion, we celebrate our perfect relationship with God. But we can only drink his cup of celebration because Jesus drank our cup of wrath.
Reflection
Every passage in the Bible, including the one you just read, is “...inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.” 2 Timothy 3:16
Prayer
Let the passage we just read guide your prayers. Use the acronym ACTS.
Adoration - Praise God for the truth this passage communicated about him.
Confession - Confess to God the thing that this passage showed you is wrong in your life.
Thanksgiving - Thank God for what this passage taught you was true about you and for the ways He is already helping you to do what is right.
Supplication - Ask God for help to do what this passage teaches to do and accomplish the good works he has for you.
Read Luke 22:7-30; Luke 22:39-46 - The Last Supper and the Garden
Highlight
This supper occurs during the celebration of Passover, the holy week when Jewish people celebrate how God liberated them from slavery in Egypt and invited them into a new covenant relationship with him. The meal has certain elements that carried meaning already, but he uses the symbols of Passover to reveal the meaning of his coming death.
The broken bread was his broken body that he would give up for his people. And the wine represented the blood that would establish a new covenant between God and his people. A new relationship that would be based on grace and forgiveness and sealed by the giving of the Holy Spirit. Like the lamb sacrificed to save the Israelites in Exodus 12, Jesus would be sacrificed to save his people. The lamb’s blood saved them, Jesus’ blood would save us.
In his prayer, Jesus mentions a “cup” being taken from him. This is imagery from the Old Testament, where God’s wrath against sin was described as being in a cup that would be poured out on those who deserved punishment. Jesus is in anguish as he imagines tasting the wrath of His Father, someone he has enjoyed a perfect relationship with since before time itself. When we drink the cup of communion, we celebrate our perfect relationship with God. But we can only drink his cup of celebration because Jesus drank our cup of wrath.
Reflection
Every passage in the Bible, including the one you just read, is “...inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.” 2 Timothy 3:16
- What in this passage did the Spirit bring to light for you?
- What are you going to do in your life to respond to this passage?
Prayer
Let the passage we just read guide your prayers. Use the acronym ACTS.
Adoration - Praise God for the truth this passage communicated about him.
Confession - Confess to God the thing that this passage showed you is wrong in your life.
Thanksgiving - Thank God for what this passage taught you was true about you and for the ways He is already helping you to do what is right.
Supplication - Ask God for help to do what this passage teaches to do and accomplish the good works he has for you.
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