The first version is with a Shofar feel. The second, a ballad version, is at the bottom of page. It is hard to describe the feelings of having struggled through and researching these past posts. God bless!
similarly themes posts:
A Sacred Trip reading the 4 gospels in the Holy Lands- Elder Cook and Elder Holland-(previously missionary companions in their youth)
Jesus Walked the Land - with Healing in His Hands
Spiknard to Annoint Jesus' Feet- a lesson from Mary
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The Last Supper, in the Upper room
Was a Passover celebration
A tradition of thanks that Israel
Was freed to become a Zion nation
The meal is set in order a "seder' in Hebrew
This celebration reads as a book
Along with the food there are things to say and do
The wine, there are four cups, let's take a deeper look
In Exodus six the Lord made them four promises
He brought them out of Egypt, from the Pharoah's yoke
He freed them of slavery-these both He has fulfilled
He will redeem them with an outstretched arm, judging mightily
He will drink this final cup with them in the kingdom of heaven
Moses at the burning bush- this was the Lord
The plagues, the miracles came from Him
The fleeing through the parted sea- His handy work
Too, Mount Sinai, the watered rock and manna from Heaven
Before Jesus and the apostles
Enter the upper room, each touches the wall
The kiss of the Mezuzah
In covenant with the oneness of God
With The first cup, the Cup of Blessing
The Lord washed His hands
as a sanctifying cleansing
A celebration grand
That again in Paradise they could meet
out of spiritual slavery
the bondage of sin
The end of the fear of death
For they could be with Him
With the second cup, the cup of plagues
Three unleavened matzahs, the Godhead
The middle one in half, set aside, to wait
All wash their hands, Jesus washes their feet
One has betrayed Him, Jesus taught
The bitter herbs are eaten
Judas is given bread dipped in sop
He leaves, as the story of Moses is given
With the third cup, by design
He mixed the water with the wine
As a sign of things yet to come
When they would pierce Him, though the Son
He mixed the water with the wine
As a sign of things yet to come
When they would pierce Him, though the Son
Love one another. The promise of peace.
The torn bread, He blessed the sacrament started here.
The Cup after Supper-the cup of
redemption;
Not a dry eye, such were the tears
Jesus did not drink of the blood of the vine
It was His gift He left behind
In our hearts, Him we can find
We were not left in the world to walk blind
The Hallel, in praise they sang solemnly
Jesus was that God of the Old Testament
Their praise of deliverance took on new meaning
Of what they'd partaken had added significance
The fourth cup, our inheritance
Is for a later time, to be given
The cup of completion.
We will all drink this one...with Him !
out of spiritual slavery
the bondage of sin
The end of the fear of death
For we will be with Him
“I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
I will free you from being slaves to them, and
I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.”
[Exodus 6:6-7]
1.I will bring you out. slavery (The blessing is said and the host washes his hands)
The Cup of Blessing or sanctification/
(out of the world and out of spiritual slavery of sin and the fear of death.)- the Kiddush, which means sanctification
2. I will rid you of bondage. liberty (The three unleavened matzah are brought out. The middle one is broken in half and set aside. They represent the Godhead and Jesus is torn/ All wash their hands) The washing of feet.
The Cup of Plagues/
Before Eating-telling the story of the Passover/Exodus
the bitter herbs are eaten
Judas is given the bread dipped in sop.
3. I will take you for my people. covenant people- Love one another. The promise of peace. The torn bread was blessed and torn as sacrament. (Jesus did not drink the blood of the vine)The Cup after Supper-the cup of redemption;
became The Blood of the sacrament.
Psalms 113 to 118 – the ‘hallel’, the praise psalms – are sung.
(in praise of the plagues that brought deliverance.)
4. I will be to you God. inheritance.The cup of completion. We will drink this one with Him in our Father's kingdom.
FOUR PROMISES
6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:See wonderful commentary here: http://www.differentspirit.org/articles/passover_meal.php
7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Exodus 6
John 13:1–35
1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
26 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.
27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
