Seeing Jesus in the Passover

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Have you ever wondered about the significance of the Passover meal?

Perhaps you’ve read Luke 22:14-23 and asked what the meaning behind this meal is, and why God gave the Israelites the Passover meal in the beginning.

Seeing Jesus in the Passover will completely transform how you read the events of the Last Supper.

You see, the Last Supper holds tremendous meaning, and the significance of Jesus leading the Passover meal with His disciples at the Last Supper is immeasurable.

Jesus was literally telling them, with each part of the meal, about what was about to happen in the next few hours of His life, and yet, it was all cloaked in symbolism and tradition.

They couldn’t see it yet.

But they would soon.

Seeing Jesus in the Passover

In order to truly grasp the significance of the Last Supper, we have to understand the meaning of each of the parts of the Passover meal and how it was celebrated.

And there is nothing more exciting than looking at the Passover meal through the lens of Jesus Christ.

I love the phrase “The Old Testament is Jesus concealed, the New Testament is Jesus revealed”, because it is so true.

Passover table set for Passover, signifying Jesus in the Passover

To grasp the full significance of Jesus taking the bread that night, breaking it, and then saying, “This is my body which is broken for you…” you need to understand what the afikomen is and how it was used in the Passover meal every year.

You see, every year, since the disciples were babies, they had witnessed the man of the house break the afikomen and pass it around to everyone at the table.

But what is the afikomen?

I could explain it, but not nearly as well and as exciting as this wonderful Messianic Jewish brother in this video:

In that moment when Jesus lifted that bread, He knew He was about to face the most horrific torture any human could endure, and yet He allowed His body to be beaten and bruised for us – because through His suffering we would be eternally healed.

How could I not, then, surrender my life to Him in absolute grateful servitude – not living for myself, but for Him, for the rest of my days?

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