HOLY WEDNESDAY ~ The 4th
Day of the Ancient Week
[ Although we believe The LORD JESUS CHRIST
was crucified on the 4th day of the Ancient Week ( i.e., Wednesday) and ate the
Passover on Tuesday night, we observe the church Remembrance of Good Friday
simply to stay in Fellowship with our Brothers and Sisters in CHRIST who remember
His+ Crucifixion and Resurrection, in accordance with the Western Church
Calendar. The important issue is to
honor CHRIST JESUS, not the “calendar” day. ]
In the night in which Our LORD+ was betrayed, HE+ took bread in
His+ sinless Hands, and when HE+ had given thanks, HE+ broke it . . .
And
HE+ took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it,
and
gave unto them, saying,
“THIS is My+
Body
Which is given for you:
this
do in remembrance of ME+.”
LUKE 22:19
+ + +
I+ , I+, am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven: if any man eat of This Bread, he shall live for ever:
and
the Bread
that
I+
, I+ will give
is
My+
Flesh,
which
I+
, I+ will
give
for
the LIFE of the world.
JOHN 6:51
+ + +
This is what His+ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane accomplished:
HE+ broke His+ own Body Himself+ in the act of breaking the Unleavened Bread with
His+ own Hands.
Let’s read it again carefully:
HE+ took bread in His+ sinless Hands,
and when HE+ had given
thanks,
HE+ broke it . . .
and
gave unto them, saying,
“THIS
is My+ Body
Which is given for you:
this
do in remembrance of ME+.”
+ + +
The LORD JESUS CHRIST made good on His+ Word to His+ Heavenly
FATHER in the Garden of Gethsemane,
--- after sweating great drops of blood
--- after asking The FATHER that This Cup would be removed from
HIM+ .
But when That Cup was
NOT removed . . .
Then, HE+ Himself+ took the Passover Bread in His+ own Hands and broke
Himself +, putting in motion His+ own Crucifixion.
Minutes earlier, The LORD JESUS gave Judas Divine Permission to
accomplish His+ betrayal.
JESUS answered, He it is, to whom I+
shall give a sop, when I+ have dipped it. And when HE+ had dipped the sop, HE+ gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon. JOHN 13:26
And after the sop satan
entered into him. Then said JESUS unto him, That
thou doest, do quickly. JOHN 13:27
He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. JOHN 13:30
[Commentaries point out that the SOP
was dipped into a sauce, perhaps a dip
made of beaten and crushed nuts and fruit juices.
The bread of the LORD’S Communion was
not dipped into any sauce, as recorded
in the Gospels.
It seems that although Judas ate of
the Passover Meal along with the other Disciples,
he did not partake of the Bread and Wine of The LORD’S Supper.
The LORD JESUS CHRIST was Master over His+ own flesh. HE+“learned
obedience by the things which HE+ suffered.”
HE+ knew His+ FATHER’S Will and HE+ did it.
HE+ did it all for you . . . for me.
+ + +
Let us pray:
LORD JESUS CHRIST, thank YOU+ for choosing over and over again
The FATHER’S Will. Thank YOU+ for
agreeing with The FATHER’S Will, even though it meant Your+ agony and death.
O LORD JESUS, thank YOU+ for Your+ submission our Heavenly
FATHER in the Garden and at the Passover Table.
By Your+ obedience to His+ Will, I have my sins washed
away. By Your+ death, I have Life.
Help me to choose our FATHER’S WILL for my life, so that Your+
Life can be shared with others who are as dead in their sins as I was. Amen.
Worthy is THE LAMB+
Worthy is THE LAMB+ !
Worthy is THE LAMB+
that was slain !
