14When the hour had come, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. 15And He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;…16for I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves;…
18for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes." 19And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
Did you know that not a bone was broken in Jesus's body in the Crucifixion Sacrifice? That is a clue to the application of the symbology of the Passover cum Jesus the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world!
20And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.…
It is at this point in the Passover Seder that Jesus completed the Passover as brought forth in Judaism. NOW He institutes The New Covenant celebration ... but someone would betray Him, and in so doing fulfill the prophecy in Daniel 9! ... Messiah is cut off.
21"But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table. 22"For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!"
Woe to those who would seek to persuade people that the institution of faux Christianity can continue to sacrifice The Son of Man, for He came and Died once for all, for all time. He was no victim, He IS the Lamb slain fromt he foundation of the wotld. Slain once by His own willing sacrifice. By The Spirit those who believe in Him, faithe in Him as their Savior, by faith they consume the Sacrifice and are alive forever more, by Faith not perfidious waferized cannibalism.
Taking bread and wine in Passover symbology IN REMEBRANCE of His Sacrifice, the believer, the faither connects to the Eternal Life available only in Him. You cannot eat a literal wafer and it be transmogrified into the actual body, blood, soul, and DIVINITY of Jesus. But that is exactly what the fAux Christian religion of Catholicism demands their adherents believe! And worse still, this same religion demands the adherents believe the priest is so powerful that God The Son must bow to the command of the priest and get continuously sacrificed on the pagan catholic altar!
Nice commentary, but it’s extra biblical.