Truth is upon the lips of a dying man
( part 2 )
At the last supper we read in the gospel of Luke that Jesus “ Eagerly desired to eat the Passover meal before he suffered “ ( Luke 22v15)
The reason is that he was about to visibly dramatise his death before it took place. This final supper was to be a lasting memory- his death ‘above all ‘was to be remembered . Jesus fulfils the the prophetic words of John the Baptist that he is “The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world “ ( John 1v35) .
By taking the bread – breaking it and saying “This is My body “ he is also fulfilling that he is The Bread of life that came down from heaven. Three lessons we learn from the last supper :
- It was central to Jesus’s thinking
- It must be central to our thinking
- We obey by taking the Eucharist
In part 2 of “Approaching the cross” I cover this in greater detail I hope you can take type during this Lenten season to listen in