Holy Thursday

 

It was Passover and every Jew had gathered as they had done for over 2 thousand years. 

They were re-living for themselves their own Passover. 

They were going to sacrifice a Lamb. 

 And the blood of the Lamb was going to be poured out on the doorposts of their homes. 

And The flesh of the Lamb was going to be eaten;

And they were going to be set free from slavery and led to the Promised Land. 

This Passover however was different from all the others. 

This night, as Jesus gathered with His disciples in the upper room. 

He Himself was the Lamb of God Who was to be sacrificed. 

The flesh of the Lamb that was going to be eaten was His own. 

As He said, “Take this all of you and eat of it,

For this is My Body, which will be given up for you.”

And the Blood of the Lamb that was shed was His own,

As He said, “Take this all of you and drink from it;

For this is the Chalice of My Blood;

The Blood of the New and Eternal Covenant 

Which will be poured out for you and for many;

For the forgiveness of sins.”

Tonight is our Passover, our Paschal Feast. 

As Christians have done for over 2 thousand years. 

We have gathered around the Table of the Lord. 

Whose flesh we will eat

And Whose Blood will be poured out. 

So that we may be set free from all that holds us down and all that holds us back 

So that we might enter the Promised Land

The Kingdom of Heaven.