A little food for thought, or maybe a riddle to ponder. Why is it that Jesus focused on the bread and the cup / wine instead of the "passover lamb" during the Last Supper aka Passover meal? It seems that the sacrificial Lamb would make for a more succinct "object lesson" as opposed to the cup. One of the many things I have pondered and meditated upon over the past several weeks leading up to Passover week and this Ressurection weekend. Everything Jesus said and did was deliberate and with a purpose. Have a blessed weekend and remember, the tomb is empty and Jesus is indeed alive and calls out to all to commune with Him.
Book of Luke. “19And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 20In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.…”
The interesting thing is neither, in the context that Jesus placed them, are part of the Passover seder. It would have been foreign to the disciples. So, the question is, as a 1st century follower of Christ, how did they unravel what Jesus meant when everything they knew was through the lens of Moses and the exodus out of Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the promised land?
I believe it was symbolic. Jesus is the lamb. He used the bread to depict his fleshly body that he was giving up for us and the wine as the pouring out of his blood so we would have life. I don’t think that they did understand until Jesus was crucified and had risen.
About 5-6 years ago I started a new journey in the Scriptures. I started trying to view and understand Scripture outside my 21st western concept. It has opened a whole new dimension to the Bible, much completely opposite what I have understood to be "the truth of the Word." It has been an amazing journey to try to see through the lens outside my normal worldview.
The OVER-commercialization of Christian HOLYdays turned me off from a number of things done in the name of celebrating a specific event, like Easter and Christmas. Magic bunnies and fat jolly men in flannel are NOT the focus of these days
But, those looking to cash in on those days will do everything they can to convince you that they are right and you should celebrate the way they prescribe.
My family got away from the commercial, false, festivities many years ago. Watching people literally FIGHT each other over TOYS for their spoiled little brat kids was the final straw. You can't GET ANY farther from the TRUE "reason for the season" than GROWN ADULTS fighting over a stinking doll.
They sing of PEACE on Earth and GOODWILL towards all, then trun around and suckerpunch the person that got between them and the THING they desire (which is not to know their Lord and Savior).
I have seen over the past 5 years or so a shift of people who are like me and so many others I now. They are turning away from the greed and false idols that they have been told are the reason for celebration. They are turning back to the TRUTH of these HOLY days. That Christ lives and is our only way to our Heavenly Father.
I feel that the greed and idolatry are a direct result of the original sin AND it has run through cycles throughout the history of mankind.
It's a personal mandate for me to look beyond the commercialization of high holidays and see what I am meant to in order to improve myself and follow God's path. I am not always successful - more unsuccessful than not.
Great commentary! I’ve never seen that picture of the stone and tomb before (or if I have it didn’t have much impact); very powerful!
Btw the bunny thing is real - rabbits being the only mammal that ovulates on demand (so the perfect fertility symbol), and also the moon has a hare in it (small and standing profile in the lower left if I remember rightly, which many cultures see while we focus on the much larger head-on face of the “man in the moon”), and the moon of course is tied to fertility cycles (monthly tides of the earth and human bodies). So that’s the pagan aspect of spring renewal which the chicken eggs obviously fit into, although strangely (magically you could say) paired with bunnies…and then of course the inclusion of chocolate which is rumored to be a popular aphrodisiac or at least a serotonin and dopamine stimulator which makes us happy and contented. All of which in a roundabout way ties in beautifully to the whole idea of spiritual resurrection (the idea of spring time renewal taken to another quantum level).
A little food for thought, or maybe a riddle to ponder. Why is it that Jesus focused on the bread and the cup / wine instead of the "passover lamb" during the Last Supper aka Passover meal? It seems that the sacrificial Lamb would make for a more succinct "object lesson" as opposed to the cup. One of the many things I have pondered and meditated upon over the past several weeks leading up to Passover week and this Ressurection weekend. Everything Jesus said and did was deliberate and with a purpose. Have a blessed weekend and remember, the tomb is empty and Jesus is indeed alive and calls out to all to commune with Him.
Book of Luke. “19And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 20In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.…”
The interesting thing is neither, in the context that Jesus placed them, are part of the Passover seder. It would have been foreign to the disciples. So, the question is, as a 1st century follower of Christ, how did they unravel what Jesus meant when everything they knew was through the lens of Moses and the exodus out of Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the promised land?
I believe it was symbolic. Jesus is the lamb. He used the bread to depict his fleshly body that he was giving up for us and the wine as the pouring out of his blood so we would have life. I don’t think that they did understand until Jesus was crucified and had risen.
About 5-6 years ago I started a new journey in the Scriptures. I started trying to view and understand Scripture outside my 21st western concept. It has opened a whole new dimension to the Bible, much completely opposite what I have understood to be "the truth of the Word." It has been an amazing journey to try to see through the lens outside my normal worldview.
The OVER-commercialization of Christian HOLYdays turned me off from a number of things done in the name of celebrating a specific event, like Easter and Christmas. Magic bunnies and fat jolly men in flannel are NOT the focus of these days
But, those looking to cash in on those days will do everything they can to convince you that they are right and you should celebrate the way they prescribe.
My family got away from the commercial, false, festivities many years ago. Watching people literally FIGHT each other over TOYS for their spoiled little brat kids was the final straw. You can't GET ANY farther from the TRUE "reason for the season" than GROWN ADULTS fighting over a stinking doll.
They sing of PEACE on Earth and GOODWILL towards all, then trun around and suckerpunch the person that got between them and the THING they desire (which is not to know their Lord and Savior).
I have seen over the past 5 years or so a shift of people who are like me and so many others I now. They are turning away from the greed and false idols that they have been told are the reason for celebration. They are turning back to the TRUTH of these HOLY days. That Christ lives and is our only way to our Heavenly Father.
I feel that the greed and idolatry are a direct result of the original sin AND it has run through cycles throughout the history of mankind.
It's a personal mandate for me to look beyond the commercialization of high holidays and see what I am meant to in order to improve myself and follow God's path. I am not always successful - more unsuccessful than not.
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Great commentary! I’ve never seen that picture of the stone and tomb before (or if I have it didn’t have much impact); very powerful!
Btw the bunny thing is real - rabbits being the only mammal that ovulates on demand (so the perfect fertility symbol), and also the moon has a hare in it (small and standing profile in the lower left if I remember rightly, which many cultures see while we focus on the much larger head-on face of the “man in the moon”), and the moon of course is tied to fertility cycles (monthly tides of the earth and human bodies). So that’s the pagan aspect of spring renewal which the chicken eggs obviously fit into, although strangely (magically you could say) paired with bunnies…and then of course the inclusion of chocolate which is rumored to be a popular aphrodisiac or at least a serotonin and dopamine stimulator which makes us happy and contented. All of which in a roundabout way ties in beautifully to the whole idea of spiritual resurrection (the idea of spring time renewal taken to another quantum level).
Have a beautiful and blessed Resurrection Day!!!!!