THURSDAY
Maunday Thursday reminds us of the Passover meal.
The Passover meal is rich with tradition, history, and hope for those who partake of it.
The seder meal would be symbolic as each item on the plate would call the participants to remember the Exodus event. The bitter herbs remind them of their sweat and tears as slaves. The matzo or unleavened bread reminds them that the command to escape Isreal gave them no time to let their bread rise. (Exodus 12:39)
Each glass of wine would represent either a reminder of God's judgment or blessings. Traditionally lamb would be eaten as the Passover lamb would be slaughtered and prepared.
A slaughtered lamb was to remind them of how God instructed the Jews to cover their doorpost in the blood of a Lamb so that the 10th plague (angel of death) would pass over them. Judgment on Egypt but redemption for the Jews.
Jesus on Thursday night would share a traditional Passover (seder) meal with His disciples.
Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:7-30; and John 13:1-30.
On that Thursday evening, Jesus would bring attention to something new.
1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
We would come to understand that He was to be like the Passover Lamb without spot or blemish and that by His sacrifice we would be permanently atoned for our sins.
Covered by His blood we are protected from judgment, the cup of wrath.
The Passover meal would have 3 loaves of Matzo or unleavened bread. At the end of the meal, a loaf would be broken and passed around. Exodus 12:15 God commands that leaven would be a symbol of sin. As to why Jesus in Luke 12:1 warns us to beware of the hypocrisy (leaven) of the Pharisee's teachings.
Jesus takes the final loaf of bread and breaks it to remind all who partake of this meal that the sacrifice of Christ would involve the torture of His body.
As 1 Cor 5:7 states above,
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
The sacrifice of Christ makes us as unleavened free from the leaven of sin. Made new so that we may live in liberty and not be enslaved to sin.
The 3rd cup of wine during the Passover meal is known as the cup of redemption or blessing.
Traditionally Jews had contributed this cup as a blessing to come with the return of Elijah or a type of Elijah as one to prepare for the coming of the Messiah.
Malachi 4:5-6 Niv
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
Matthew 11:7–14, Matt 17:12
Jesus told the Jews that Elijah had already come through John the Baptist as a type of Elijah.
The time of blessing had arrived. John the Baptist had prepared the way. The Lamb of God, Messiah to the Jew, Savior to the Gentile, had finally arrived. What a blessing. The cup of redemption for all to partake in.
Jesus initiates a new covenant and speaks of pouring the red wine to represent the pouring out His blood (which would take place on Friday).
For all who sit and eat at the Lord's table find redemption, judgment will pass over you as you are atoned and covered by the blood of Christ our Passover lamb. Jesus did what animal sacrifices could not.
Hebrews 10:4 (ESV)
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
His body was torn and blood spilled on our behalf. For all covenants are sealed in blood as began with the old Mosaic Covenant so begins the New Covenant of Christ. (Hebrews 9:24-28).
Indeed, under the law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. (Hebrews 9:22)
Jesus fully man and fully God was the only sacrifice that would redeem us. Perfect, sinless, and equally human, He was the only one who could stand in for the human need of a Savior. As to why, Jesus needed to be born as a human but sinless as also being fully divine.
FRIDAY
Why is Good Friday good? Why do we call good the death of our Savior?
Well because we know the whole story. We know that without Friday there would be no Sunday. And without both, we would still be left to our sins.
Do not ignore, turn away, or deny the very one who chose to die for you.
Today is good because it was the mission of Jesus and the will of God. As made very evident in John 18:10-11, “Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)
11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
And in Matthew, he states, “Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”
Jesus could have very easily dodged the situation or conquered Rome/the world with 12 legions of angels.
But Jesus chose to drink the cup of judgment so that we may drink the cup of redemption (reference to yesterday's post).
It is good because God through the incarnation of a man, willingly gave His life to save us.
Don't ignore the call of God. Come to Jesus and accept what He has done for you.
Maunday Thursday reminds us of the Passover meal.
The Passover meal is rich with tradition, history, and hope for those who partake of it.
The seder meal would be symbolic as each item on the plate would call the participants to remember the Exodus event. The bitter herbs remind them of their sweat and tears as slaves. The matzo or unleavened bread reminds them that the command to escape Isreal gave them no time to let their bread rise. (Exodus 12:39)
Each glass of wine would represent either a reminder of God's judgment or blessings. Traditionally lamb would be eaten as the Passover lamb would be slaughtered and prepared.
A slaughtered lamb was to remind them of how God instructed the Jews to cover their doorpost in the blood of a Lamb so that the 10th plague (angel of death) would pass over them. Judgment on Egypt but redemption for the Jews.
Jesus on Thursday night would share a traditional Passover (seder) meal with His disciples.
Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:7-30; and John 13:1-30.
On that Thursday evening, Jesus would bring attention to something new.
1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
We would come to understand that He was to be like the Passover Lamb without spot or blemish and that by His sacrifice we would be permanently atoned for our sins.
Covered by His blood we are protected from judgment, the cup of wrath.
The Passover meal would have 3 loaves of Matzo or unleavened bread. At the end of the meal, a loaf would be broken and passed around. Exodus 12:15 God commands that leaven would be a symbol of sin. As to why Jesus in Luke 12:1 warns us to beware of the hypocrisy (leaven) of the Pharisee's teachings.
Jesus takes the final loaf of bread and breaks it to remind all who partake of this meal that the sacrifice of Christ would involve the torture of His body.
As 1 Cor 5:7 states above,
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
The sacrifice of Christ makes us as unleavened free from the leaven of sin. Made new so that we may live in liberty and not be enslaved to sin.
The 3rd cup of wine during the Passover meal is known as the cup of redemption or blessing.
Traditionally Jews had contributed this cup as a blessing to come with the return of Elijah or a type of Elijah as one to prepare for the coming of the Messiah.
Malachi 4:5-6 Niv
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
Matthew 11:7–14, Matt 17:12
Jesus told the Jews that Elijah had already come through John the Baptist as a type of Elijah.
The time of blessing had arrived. John the Baptist had prepared the way. The Lamb of God, Messiah to the Jew, Savior to the Gentile, had finally arrived. What a blessing. The cup of redemption for all to partake in.
Jesus initiates a new covenant and speaks of pouring the red wine to represent the pouring out His blood (which would take place on Friday).
For all who sit and eat at the Lord's table find redemption, judgment will pass over you as you are atoned and covered by the blood of Christ our Passover lamb. Jesus did what animal sacrifices could not.
Hebrews 10:4 (ESV)
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
His body was torn and blood spilled on our behalf. For all covenants are sealed in blood as began with the old Mosaic Covenant so begins the New Covenant of Christ. (Hebrews 9:24-28).
Indeed, under the law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. (Hebrews 9:22)
Jesus fully man and fully God was the only sacrifice that would redeem us. Perfect, sinless, and equally human, He was the only one who could stand in for the human need of a Savior. As to why, Jesus needed to be born as a human but sinless as also being fully divine.
FRIDAY
Why is Good Friday good? Why do we call good the death of our Savior?
Well because we know the whole story. We know that without Friday there would be no Sunday. And without both, we would still be left to our sins.
Do not ignore, turn away, or deny the very one who chose to die for you.
Today is good because it was the mission of Jesus and the will of God. As made very evident in John 18:10-11, “Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)
11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
And in Matthew, he states, “Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”
Jesus could have very easily dodged the situation or conquered Rome/the world with 12 legions of angels.
But Jesus chose to drink the cup of judgment so that we may drink the cup of redemption (reference to yesterday's post).
It is good because God through the incarnation of a man, willingly gave His life to save us.
Don't ignore the call of God. Come to Jesus and accept what He has done for you.
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