#132 Luke 22:7-13 The Last Supper – Prepare the Passover Meal
On July 16, 2023 by Amy BurginJoy:
Episode #132 Luke 22:7-13
Welcome
Amy:
Welcome to The Christgazing Podcast. We are so glad you are here! I’m Amy Burgin.
Joy:
I’m Joy Burgin.
Amy:
Christgazing, kind of like stargazing, is the act of looking steadily and intently at Jesus. This podcast makes room for beholding Jesus by pondering His Word. In his book, The Awe of God, John Bevere wrote:
In the stillness of our souls, in union with the Holy Spirit, we can behold Jesus as we ponder His Word. Gazing into His face illuminates God’s glory in our hearts and subsequently causes our holy awe to level up…beholding Him we are promised to be made “more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
That’s what this podcast is all about. Each week we read a portion of scripture several times and create stillness after each reading so we might also be still and know God more. I’m excited to behold Jesus with you today.
We’re in a series that takes us through the book of Luke. In today’s episode, we start a six-week sub-series titled The Last Supper. We get to see, know, and ponder the way Jesus thought, spoke, and behaved at the last supper, only hours before his arrest.
Pour Out Your Heart to God
Amy:
Before we read today, take time to share your heart with God. We do this each week; we draw intimately close to God, pouring out our hearts to him, which makes room for him to pour out his heart to us. So bring God your thanksgiving, grief, fear, joy, anger, excitement, desires, questions, and concerns in this next minute.
What Does This Passage Say About God?
Joy:
As I read today’s passage, consider the question, what does this say about God?
Luke 22:7-13 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.
10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
13 They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.
Again?
Luke 22:7-13 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.
10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
13 They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there
Take the next few moments to consider what this says about God.
[Pause and know]What Does This Passage Say About People?
Joy:
As I reread today’s passage, consider the question, what does this say about people?
Luke 22:7-13 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.
10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
13 They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there
Take a minute to consider what this says about people.
[Pause and know]Lord, What Would You Have Me Know Or Do Today?
Joy:
As I read for the last time, ask God, “Lord, what would you have me know or do today in response to this passage?” If it helps, put yourself in the narrative.
Luke 22:7-13 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.
10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
13 They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there
Take a minute to ask God, “Lord, what would you have me know or do in response to this passage?”
[Pause and listen]Blessing
Joy: Christgazer, the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. And may you keep your face turned to Jesus today and know him more.
One Response
Amy:
These preparations have often intrigued me. When I ponder this passage, I sometimes think the man with the guest room knew Jesus personally and had previously made arrangements with Jesus to use the guest room for this Passover meal. Other times, I wonder if the man with the guest room had only been in prayer and heard instructions with his spiritual ears to prepare his guest room and expect the teacher.
I don’t know which it is. But I know this. The disciples had the privilege of knowing God in the flesh. They could hear his instructions with their physical ears. We don’t have that privilege. We must listen to his instructions with our spiritual ears. It takes faith for us to hear and obey, so my prayer today is that God would give us ears to hear his instructions and increase our faith to follow them.
We may not be able to hear Jesus with our physical ears, but as we pray and obey, I trust that, like the disciples, we will find everything just as Jesus said we would.
Closing
Amy:
You can find a link to a transcript of this episode and all our episodes at amyburgin.com. Joy and I will be back again next week to go Christgazing together. Until then, don’t forget — when you put your trust in Christ, you are one in whom he dwells and delights, a dearly loved child of God. You are royalty in his everlasting, unshakeable kingdom. Though trouble abounds, Christ prevails, and so do you.
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