This week, as you know, we are acknowledging the tremendous sacrifice of our Lord. Last night Jesus and his closest disciples would have eaten the "seudah maphsehket," or Last Supper. That special meal honoring the firstborn who were to be judged in Egypt.
It was eaten in the first hour of Passover, which would have been about 6:00 last night. This pf course, is where Yeshua says to commemorate this day by drinking wine that symbolizes His blood that establishes the New Covenant, and by eating unleavened bread that symbolizes His body where we become united.
Right after they ate, late last night, early this morning, Jesus and His disciples went to the Garden and it is in the wee hours before daylight, when the disciples had a difficult time staying awake. As you can imagine, those disciples were pretty tuckered out. Jesus prayed with drops of blood dripping from his face. Then Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss and shortly after midnight last night, early this morning, our Lord was arrested.
A few hours ago, He would have been tried and convicted of blasphemy. He was abused, beaten, spat upon, scourged and about this time he will be walking to be nailed to a Roman cross by Roman soldiers.
About 3:00 this afternoon, Jesus will die for OUR sins. If we were there and looked around, we would could witness the slaughter of the Passover Lambs being performed in the Temple grounds. Somewhere around ¼ million sheep are going to be killed and their blood collected between the hours of 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm, stopping as the sun drops to the horizon.
During all of this, the women who knew Jesus will be rushing around trying to get the Roman soldiers to remove Jesus’ corpse from the cross, because they have to get Him buried immediately or He will just lay exposed for at least 2-days. But before the sun sets today, our Lord will be entombed, and yes, it is still Thursday, Passover Day, where our Protected Sacrifice died for our sins!
The butchered lambs are placed in the thousands of ovens located all around Jerusalem so the hundreds of thousands of visiting pilgrims can cook their Passover Lambs. It is still Passover Day. Shortly after the 3 stars become visible (when it is dark enough to appear in the night sky), Passover Day (Thursday) will end and Friday, the first day of Matza (the feast of unleavened bread), will begin. At sunset TODAY, the first day of Matza or Unleavened Bread will begin (leaven symbolizing sin) and Jesus' body was put in the tomb!
Friends, as horrible as this is to think of, it was necessary for our Redemption. As Paul said, if He hadn't died, our Redemption could not occur. But praise God, in three days we can celebrate because our Lord WILL arise!
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