Preparation for Passover

Living in Covenant

A Fulfilled Covenant

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Jesus Institutes the New Covenant

Mark 14:12-16 The Message

12 On the first of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the day they prepare the Passover sacrifice, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations so you can eat the Passover meal?”
13-15 He directed two of his disciples, “Go into the city. A man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him. Ask the owner of whichever house he enters, ‘The Teacher wants to know, Where is my guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ He will show you a spacious second-story room, swept and ready. Prepare for us there.”
16 The disciples left, came to the city, found everything just as he had told them, and prepared the Passover meal.

For Reflection

Thus begins a story that is stunningly real.  Jesus, knowing his fate, begins to close his Earthly ministry.  He is to fulfill his Father's will and see his commission to its human end. Is it planning on his part or has God intervened to provide a place for the drama to play out? Were there other "disciples" unseen and embedded in the culture, who commanded by God paved the way for Jesus? We may never know. But, whatever the case may be, even at the end, Jesus blends his power with the skills of humans.  Jesus does not rule alone. Jesus has friends.

Jesus shows us that He and His Father partner with the Creation. Jesus has shown that we too have a friend in high places who not only understands our human condition but has lived it.  

Pray

Praise God for the gift of God's son, Jesus.  Pray so that you may also carry the burden of humanity as Jesus has.  Pray so that you develop an increasingly intimate relationship with the living Christ.

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