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THE LAST SUPPER
Intro: In our prison system, a condemned prisoner is usually allowed to choose what they will have for their last meal.
Some of their choices are interesting.
· Gary Gilmore – The first man executed after the death penalty was reinstated in 1977, chose hamburgers, eggs, potatoes and bourbon, which was smuggled into his cell.
· Ted Bundy – A serial killer executed in Florida in 1989, had a burrito and mexican rice.
· Timothy McVeigh – Executed in 2001 for his part in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK had two pints of Mint Chocolate Chip ice Cream.
· John Wayne Gacy – A serial killer who murdered at least 33 young men and buried them under his house, had Kentucky Fried Chicken, fried shrimp, french fries, strawberries and Diet Coke.
· Walter LaGrand – Executed in  Arizona in 1999, asked for six fried eggs, 16 strips of bacon, one large serving of hash browns, a pint of pineapple sherbet, a breakfast steak, a cup of ice, 7-Up, Dr Pepper, Coke, hot sauce, coffee, two sugar packs, and four Rolaids.
In our text today, the Lord Jesus Christ gathers with His disciples to partake in His last meal.
He does not have the privilege of requesting what He will eat for His last supper, but the meal He eats may just be the most important meal ever eaten.
The meal Jesus Christ eats on the eve of His death is a meal that was designed by God the Father to exalt God the Son.
It is a meal that preaches the Gospel.
It is a meal that displays the grace of God.
It is a meal that signifies the creation of a new spiritual covenant between God and repentant sinners.
I want to join Jesus and His men at The Last Supper.
I want you to see The Preparations For The Supper; The Problem At The Supperand The Picture In The Supper.
These details help us to understand why The Last Supper was significant then and what it means for our lives today.
The Lord has a word here for you, if you will hear it.
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12  The Purpose For The Preparations – Our text says the disciples came to Jesus wanting to know where He wanted to observe the Passover meal.
The Passover was the main feast of the Jewish religious year.
It was to be held on the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, ; .
The first month of their calendar roughly corresponds with April on our modern calendar.
The Passover was a feast designed to commemorate the night God “passed over” Israel when the death angel destroyed the first born of Egypt during the last of ten plagues God sent to judge Egypt.
The Passover was also called “The Feast Of Unleavened Bread”, because no yeast or leavened bread was to be used or even kept in the house during the days of the feast.
The regulations for the Passover are found in .
According to verses 1-11 of that passage, every family in Israel was to take the following steps.
· They were to choose a lamb, which was to be killed on the evening of the Passover, .
· They were to take the blood of the lamb and put some on the door posts of their homes, .
· They were to roast the lamb over a fire and eat it with bitter herbs and unleavened bread, .
· They were to eat this meal dressed for a journey, with their shoes on, their walking sticks in their hands and they were to eat it in as though they were in a hurry, .
The order of the meal is as          follows:
· They drank a cup of red wine mixed with water, .
· There was a ceremonial washing of hands which symbolized the need for spiritual and moral cleansing.
· They ate the bitter herbs, which symbolized their bondage in Egypt.
· They drank a second cup of wine, at which time the head of the household explained the meaning of Passover.
· They would then sing the first two of the Hallel Psalms, .
· Next, the lamb was brought out, and the head of the household distributed pieces of it with the unleavened bread.
The unleavened bread symbolized haste.
There was no time to allow the dough to rise before the journey would begin.
· They drank a third cup of wine.
· Then, they would conclude the meal by singing the rest of the Hallel Psalms, .
This was the meal the disciples were asking about.
Orthodox Jews still observe the Passover the same way it has been observed for thousands of years.
Sadly, they are oblivious to its symbolic meaning.
It will be worth our time to stop here and talk about the Passover meal, because it is a wonderful picture of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
· The feast involved a lamb, .
Notice that called for Israel to choose “a lamb”.
This could have been any lamb at all.
Then, it is called “the lamb” in verse 4.
This refers to the particular lamb that was chosen for the meal.
Then, it is called “your lamb” in verse 5.
This makes the meal very personal.
They were to select the lamb on the “tenth day of the month”, , and they were to keep the lamb until the “fourteenth day” of the month, .
There would be an attachment that would develop between the family and the little lamb.
This was intentional, God wanted them to see the high cost of sin.
He wanted them to understand that salvation is an intensely personal business.
Jesus Christ is not just “a Savior”, one among many, He is “the Savior”.
His saving work is not accomplished in your life until you can say that Jesus is “your Savior.”
Is Jesus your Savior?
Have you abandoned every other hope of salvation to embrace the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior?
· The lamb was to be without “blemish”, .
This is a picture of perfection and purity.
This lamb speaks of the Lord Jesus because He is also without blemish.
He is the sinless Savior, ; .
· The lamb was to be slain and its blood applied to the door posts of the house, ; .
The family was to gather inside the house and eat the meal.
When the death angel passed through the land to kill all the first born children, those who were in homes with blood on the doors would be safe.
Again, this is a picture of Jesus Christ.
The only shelter anyone has against the wrath of Almighty God is the blood of Christ!
If you ever hope to be saved, you must some to Jesus Christ by faith and when you do, His blood washes every sin away, ; .
His blood is the only shield against the wrath and judgment of God, .
· The lamb was to be roasted with fire, .
Fire is a picture of judgment and it reminded Israel that the judgment of God was being poured out on sinful Egypt and the only thing that prevented Israel from being judged along with Egypt was the blood of the lamb who had died to save them.
The lamb had been judged in their place.
This also pictures the Lord Jesus, Who was judged in the place of His redeemed ones, ; ; .
· The lamb had to be eaten, .
It did no good to simply select a lamb.
It did no good to just kill the lamb.
The lamb had to be appropriated by the individual.
The same is true with Jesus.
His death on the cross is meaningless for you until you receive Him by faith.
His death cannot save you until you turn to Him and receive Him into your heart and life.
Listen to what the Word of God says: ; ; ; .
Have you received Jesus as your Savior?
· There is much more that could be said about the Passover and the lamb.
These few thoughts simply remind us that salvation is not an option; it is a necessity!
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Saviour, you will face God in judgment some day.
If you are saved by His grace, you will never face the awful wrath of God.
His blood has forever turned away the wrath of God from those who believe, Ill.
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Some people don’t like to talk about the blood.
They make fun of us Baptists with our “bloody, slaughterhouse religion”.
I would just remind you that there is no salvation apart from the shed blood of the Lamb, .
You may not like the blood, but it is the blood of Jesus that washes all sin away, ; .
The blood of Jesus is the only thing that can reconcile a lost sinner to a holy God, .
I think I’ll just stick with the blood!
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