The Dipped Bread

You too Talmidah. I hope you and your family have a peaceful Shabbat.

Arunma: Now every Passover that has succeeded the first, including the church's regular celebration of the eucharist, is a memorial of the first Passover, and it is meant to remind us of those events. However, just as the children of Israel are not once again delivered from Egypt at every Passover, so too does Christ not literally lead them out of Egypt. Therefore, when Christ at the Passover with his disciples, this was meant to act as a symbolism of the true Passover, which is salvation in Jesus Christ.

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Talmidah said:

OK that makes sense. Now, one more question (and I'm operating on very little sleep so I apologize if I'm incoherent ) Thinking back to your previous post and that of LittleLamb...if Jesus was the Passover lamb, how is it that he was eating the Passover meal (which would have included the Passover lamb)?
Ah symbolism! Thank you for the explanations, arunma. I appreciate it. I won't back online until early next week, but I'm sure I'll have some interesting discussions to read when I do! Take care

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Hi Talmidah. There was a show on TV not too long ago about this very thing.
I normally don't read commentaries but I found this view from a "messianic" interesting. Thoughts? Peace.


http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/po-eat.htm

[SIZE=+1]Several conflicting opinions exist regarding the meal that took place on the last night of Christ's life. Many people believe that Yeshua ate a Passover meal with his disciples, as the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke appear to indicate. Others disagree, pointing to John's Gospel, which clearly shows that this "last supper" occurred before the Passover feast. Is there a way to reconcile the two differing accounts? Can both accounts be correct?........................
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We can see that the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) do not conflict with John's account of the "last supper" when understood correctly. A careful study of all four Gospels shows that Yeshua and the disciples did not eat the Passover meal. There was no way they could have, since the time had not yet come to sacrifice the Passover lambs. They simply prepared for the Passover by deleavening the location they planned to use for the Feast. Afterward they ate some type of celebratory or prepatory meal on the evening of Nisan 14. At this supper, Yeshua instituted the New Covenant symbols of the bread and wine. After the meal, Judas Iscariot rose and left to betray Christ. When approached with an open mind and the belief that the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35), we can reconcile all these accounts. [/SIZE]

Well it looks like I spoke hastily. There is another opinion after all.

Anymore views on Judas and the "last supper" and the blood of the New Covenant?

Jeremiah 31:31 " Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah --[SIZE=+2] [/SIZE]

Matt 26:27 and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, `Drink ye of it--all; 28 for this is my blood of the New Covenant, that for many is being poured out--to remission of sins;