44: I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer last supper (Luke 22:1 – 23)

The religious leaders didn’t want it happen during the feast for they feared the people. However, God wanted Jesus to be crucified as the Passover Lamb. Jesus, knowing this, arranged the Passover meal with His disciples and explained the meaning of His sacrifice: the installment of the new covenant in Jesus’ blood.

👉 Read Luke 21:25-38

Q1. The religious leaders dared not to try to capture Jesus during the feast. Then how did it come for Jesus to be crucified during the feast?  (3)

Satan triggered it. This shows Satan is the head enemy.

Judas did not agree with Jesus’ way, but he hesitated to leave Jesus. Satan triggered and strengthened their willingness into action.

Just as we have a heart to love God, the Holy Spirit strengthens our hearts to dedicate our lives to God. Human beings have a willingness toward either good or evil, and the spirit—good or evil—strengthens that willingness.

Here, we can say God intervene indirectly into Jesus’s crucifixion. 

V7. V1. Keep mentioning of the feast tells Jesus’ crucifixion was intended by God to be on the feast. “Passover lamb is to be sacrificed “ this is redundant and so thus emphasis is here 

Q2.  “(       ) when you have entered the city, a man carrying (    ) will meet you. Follow him into the house and tell the master of the house, (                         ). And he will show you a large room furnished; prepare it there. “ 

“(Look  ) when you have entered the city, a man carrying ( a water jar ) will meet you. Follow him into the house and tell the master of the house, (  Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?  ). And he will show you a large room furnished; prepare it there. “

The Passover table was prearranged for Jesus and his disciples. It was a divine preparation by God. And Jesus knew it. “just as he had told “

Q3. Jesus desired to eat Passover meal with them before the (        ). But, He won’t eat until it is fulfilled in (        ) and until (                   ) comes. 

Jesus desired to eat Passover meal with them before the ( crucifixion  ). But, He won’t eat until it is fulfilled in ( heaven ) and until ( the kingdom of God  ) comes. 

Jesus is the fulfillment of the Passover Lamb, and the completion of their salvation will be the final fulfillment of their deliverance from sin and death. Thus, from this Passover meal until the final deliverance from heaven, we are living through the “Passover night”—waiting for the completion of our salvation. Therefore, there is no other Passover until the completion of their salvation.

(v14) “when the hour has come” The Passover meal was a part of offering the Lamb of God as their sin offering. From the meal, the offering has already started.  

Q4. “This is my (      ) which is given for you. Do this in (       ).” And in the same way he took the cup, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the (      ) covenant in my (      ).”

“This is my ( body ) which is given for you. Do this in ( remembrance of me ).” And in the same way he took the cup, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the ( new ) covenant in my ( blood ).”

Through betrayal. It is God’s will. But woe to the man. 

Q5. When Jesus said he would be betrayed, what was the disciples’ response?

They wanted to know who would betray Jesus.

They did not pay attention to why God had ordained that the Son of Man be betrayed. Instead, they were concerned about making sure they were not the betrayer or about judging others. 

Jesus explained the meaning of His death, wanted them to remember it, and physically gave His life to them to eat, symbolized by the bread and the cup—sharing in the one life of Jesus.

This Passover sacrifice was arranged by God, allowing Satan to enter Judas. The Passover meal was arranged by Jesus, who loved His disciples and wanted them to be the first beneficiaries of His redemptive sacrifice. However, His disciples had no idea what was taking place.