Luke 22

In the big city,
for the final week.
They gather together for passover;
the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

From several different directions
I have heard parallels
between the traditional Jewish feasts,
and how the spiritual events unfolded
in the life
and death
of Jesus.

Luk 22:7
And the day of the Unleavened Bread came,
when the passover must be killed.

Maybe they couldn't see it
whle being in the midst of it,
but hindsight being 20/20
Can anyone deny the obvious parallel
between the unblemished lamb being sacrificed
and the innocent Jesus being slaughtered?

Luk 22:19
And He took bread and gave thanks,
and He broke it and gave it to them, saying,
This is My body which is given for you,
do this do in remembrance of Me.
Luk 22:20
In the same way He took the cup,
after having dined, saying,
This cup is the new covenant in My blood,
which is being poured out for you.

If my own mind can grasp the significance,
(at least in a shallow surface kinda way)
of how thousand of years of faithful observance
to a set of traditions
pointed the way
to the ultimate fulfillment of all that preparation,
imagine how much more significant it was to Jesus.

I'm sure he "got it".

I'm sure he would have been pleased had others "got it"

so...

What do we read about next?

Luk 22:24
And there was also a dispute among them
as to which of them seems to be greater.

SHEESH...!

People are the same everywhere, huh?

I know how I feel
when I'm trying to explain something
that I think is significant
to my own children
and I can tell they don't get it.

or when I'm talking to my own wife
about something I think is significant,
and I can tell she doesn't understand,

I get frustrated.
I feel a little helpless
and a little hopeless.
I sulk.

Fortunately,
Jesus sets a better example than I do.
(grin)

Luk 22:25
And He said to them,
The kings of the nations exercise lordship over them.
And they who exercise authority on them
are called benefactors.
Luk 22:26
But you shall not be so:
but the greater among you, let him be as the lesser,
and he who governs, as one who serves.
Luk 22:27
For which is the greater;
he who reclines, or he who serves?
Is it not he who reclines?
But I am among you as He who serves.

From that point on,
the party is over.

He prays.
He is betrayed by someone close.
He is taken.
He is mocked.
He is beaten.
A close friend denies knowing him.

The point that is being highlighted to me right now,
is how quickly and obviously we see things diverge.

Men turn to torture and blasphemy,
Friends fall away,
but Jesus remains on his narrrow path.

Even while knowing what the cost was going to be,
He remains honest and strong and courageous.

I feel weak.
.