Replacing the Old Passover with the New
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 22:7 And the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the
passover had to be sacrificed (15) And He said to them, With
desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I
suffer, (16) For I tell you that I shall by no means eat it
until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. (19) And He took a
loaf and gave thanks, and He broke it and gave it to them,
saying, This is My body which is being given for you; do this
in remembrance of Me. (20) And similarly the cup after they had
dined, saying, This cup is the new covenant established in My
blood, which is being poured out for you
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 22:7-23 the Man-Savior instituted His supper as a
replacement of the Old Testament Passover. In the Old Testament
the Passover was a great matter, a matter that may be
considered equal to God's creation. In the Old Testament we
first have the record of God's creation. Then we see that the
man created by God fell and eventually went down into Egypt.
When God was about to save His people from bondage in Egypt, He
ordained the feast of Passover. The Passover was the time when
God's people were saved and brought back to their right, which
had been lost. The observance of the Passover lasted for more
than fifteen hundred years, from the time of Exodus 12 until
the night in which the Man-Savior had the last Passover with
His disciples.
Luke 22:7-23 is a crucial section of the Word, for it marks the
ending of the Old Testament Passover. Here we see that the Man-
Savior instituted His supper, the Lord's table, to replace the
Old Testament Passover. From this we see that the night in
which the Lord instituted His supper was a time of transition.
A transition was taking place from the Old Testament Passover
to the New Testament supper of the Lord. This is matter of
great importance.
Luke 22:7 speaks of the day on which the Passover was
sacrificed. In the Jewish calendar, which was according to
their Scripture, a day began with the evening (Gen. 1:5). In
the night of the last Passover day, the Man-Savior first ate
the Passover feast with His disciples and then instituted His
supper for them. Following that, He went with the disciples to
the Garden of Gethsemane at the Mount of Olives. There He was
arrested and brought to the high priest, where He was judged by
the Sanhedrin late in the night. In the morning of the same
day, He was delivered to Pilate to be judged by him and was
sentenced to death. Then He was brought to Golgotha and
crucified there at the third hour (today's nine o'clock) in the
morning, remaining on the cross until the ninth hour (today's
three o'clock) in the afternoon, for the fulfillment of the
type of the Passover.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 422-424. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/16/02)
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