1. THE SHARING OF LIFE! Passover

2. Ancient idea of a sharing of a meal 1) Sharing Food 2) Food is a source of LIFE 3) Sharing Life We are sharing life with the people we eat with The quality of the food speaks of the quality of the realationship…of the life shared!

3. Passover The meal…the sharing of life ROASTED LAMB- acceptable sacrifice UNLEAVENED BREAD – haste to leave Egypt BITTER HERBS – to remind them of the bitterness of their slavery WINE - celebration

4. …BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB MARKING THEIR HOUSES HEBREWS SAVED

5. JESUS IS THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE…BY HIS BLOOD WE ARE SAVED! THE LAST SUPPER: JESUS’ LAST PASSOVER MEAL JESUS BECOMES THE LAMB OF GOD…THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OFFERED TO THE FATHER ON OUR BEHALF. BY HIS BLOOD WE ARE SAVED! JESUS

6. PASSOVER MEAL THE LAST SUPPER ROASTED LAMB UNLEAVENED BREAD BITTER HERBS WINE JESUS BECOMES THE LAMB OF GOD UNLEAVENED BREAD BECOMES HIS BODY WINE BECOMES HIS BLOOD WE SHARE LIFE WITH CHRIST AND IN CHRIST BY EATING HIS BODY AND BLOOD THAT GIVES US LIFE! THE LAST SUPPER

7. PASSOVER TO LAST SUPPER The saving actions of Christ are forshadowed. The Spiritual Sense  Allegorical sense – WE COME TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS AND HIS MISSION AND MESSAGE  Anagogical sense- WE LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR SALVATION