The Exodus and the Passover Seder loom large in the
imagination and experience of Israel...to this day. They are “defining moments” in the history of God’s people.
Jesus’ last meal is the Passover with his disciples. It is a meal rich with imagery that
corresponds to Jesus work in ‘saving’ or salvaging, not only humanity, but all
of Creation (see Romans 8:18-25; Colossians 1:15-20).
The central image is the lamb.
In the Exodus, a lamb is sacrificed and the blood is put
upon the doorposts and the lintel of each Hebrew house. (I remember watching The Ten Commandments and noticing that
Joshua puts the lamb’s blood on the door in the shape of a cross).
The blood of the lamb saves the people from the Angel of
Death.
So there’s no escaping the meaning when John the Baptist
gives Jesus the title of “Lamb of God.”
Do you have special meals?
What do they remember, commemorate, or symbolize?
What is one of your favorite or most special experiences of
Holy Communion? --P/T
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