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Urantia Book Paper 179 The Last Supper
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem ... The Last Supper
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Paper 179 The Last Supper
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Introduction
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DURING the afternoon of this Thursday, when Philip reminded the Master about
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the approaching Passover and inquired concerning his plans for its celebration,
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he had in mind the Passover supper which was due to be eaten on the evening of
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the next day, Friday. It was the custom to begin the preparations for the
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celebration of the Passover not later than noon of the preceding day. And since
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the Jews reckoned the day as beginning at sunset, this meant that Saturday's
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Passover supper would be eaten on Friday night, sometime before the midnight
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hour.
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The apostles were, therefore, entirely at a loss to understand the Master's
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announcement that they would celebrate the Passover one day early. They
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thought, at least some of them did, that he knew he would be placed under
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arrest before the time of the Passover supper on Friday night and was therefore
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calling them together for a special supper on this Thursday evening. Others
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thought that this was merely a special occasion which was to precede the
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regular Passover celebration.
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The apostles knew that Jesus had celebrated other Passovers without the lamb;
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they knew that he did not personally participate in any sacrificial service of
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the Jewish system. He had many times partaken of the paschal lamb as a guest,
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but always, when he was the host, no lamb was served. It would not have been a
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great surprise to the apostles to have seen the lamb omitted even on Passover
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night, and since this supper was given one day earlier, they thought nothing of
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its absence.
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After receiving the greetings of welcome extended by the father and mother of
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John Mark, the apostles went immediately to the upper chamber while Jesus
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lingered behind to talk with the Mark family.
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It had been understood beforehand that the Master was to celebrate this
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occasion alone with his twelve apostles; therefore no servants were provided to
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wait upon them.
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1. THE DESIRE FOR PREFERENCE
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When the apostles had been shown upstairs by John Mark, they beheld a large and
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commodious chamber, which was completely furnished for the supper, and observed
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that the bread, wine, water, and herbs were all in readiness on one end of the
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table. Except for the end on which rested the bread and wine, this long table
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was surrounded by thirteen reclining couches, just such as would be provided
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for the celebration of the Passover in a well-to-do Jewish household.
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As the twelve entered this upper chamber, they noticed, just inside the door,
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the pitchers of water, the basins, and towels for laving their dusty feet; and
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since
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no servant had been provided to render this service, the apostles began to look
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at one another as soon as John Mark had left them, and each began to think
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within himself, Who shall wash our feet? And each likewise thought that it
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would not be he who would thus seem to act as the servant of the others.
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As they stood there, debating in their hearts, they surveyed the seating
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arrangement of the table, taking note of the higher divan of the host with one
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couch on the right and eleven arranged around the table on up to opposite this
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second seat of honor on the host's right.
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They expected the Master to arrive any moment, but they were in a quandary as
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to whether they should seat themselves or await his coming and depend on him to
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assign them their places. While they hesitated, Judas stepped over to the seat
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of honor, at the left of the host, and signified that he intended there to
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recline as the preferred guest. This act of Judas immediately stirred up a
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heated dispute among the other apostles. Judas had no sooner seized the seat of
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honor than John Zebedee laid claim to the next preferred seat, the one on the
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right of the host. Simon Peter was so enraged at this assumption of choice
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positions by Judas and John that, as the other angry apostles looked on, he
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marched clear around the table and took his place on the lowest couch, the end
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of the seating order and just opposite to that chosen by John Zebedee. Since
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others had seized the high seats, Peter thought to choose the lowest, and he
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did this, not merely in protest against the unseemly pride of his brethren, but
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with the hope that Jesus, when he should come and see him in the place of least
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honor, would call him up to a higher one, thus displacing one who had presumed
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to honor himself.
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With the highest and the lowest positions thus occupied, the rest of the
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apostles chose places, some near Judas and some near Peter, until all were
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located. They were seated about the U-shaped table on these reclining divans in
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the following order: on the right of the Master, John; on the left, Judas,
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Simon Zelotes, Matthew, James Zebedee, Andrew, the Alpheus twins, Philip,
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Nathaniel, Thomas, and Simon Peter.
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They are gathered together to celebrate, at least in spirit, an institution
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which antedated even Moses and referred to the times when their fathers were
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slaves in Egypt. This supper is their last rendezvous with Jesus, and even in
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such a solemn setting, under the leadership of Judas the apostles are led once
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more to give way to their old predilection for honor, preference, and personal
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exaltation.
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They were still engaged in voicing angry recriminations when the Master
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appeared in the doorway, where he hesitated a moment as a look of
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disappointment slowly crept over his face. Without comment he went to his
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place, and he did not disturb their seating arrangement.
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They were now ready to begin the supper, except that their feet were still
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unwashed, and they were in anything but a pleasant frame of mind. When the
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Master arrived, they were still engaged in making uncomplimentary remarks about
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one another, to say nothing of the thoughts of some who had sufficient
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emotional control to refrain from publicly expressing their feelings.
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2. BEGINNING THE SUPPER
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For a few moments after the Master had gone to his place, not a word was
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spoken. Jesus looked them all over and, relieving the tension with a smile,
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said: "I have greatly desired to eat this Passover with you. I wanted to eat
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once more before I suffered, and realizing that my hour has come, I arranged to
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have this supper with you tonight, for, as concerns the morrow, we are all in
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the hands of the Father, whose will I have come to execute. I shall not again
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eat with you until you sit down with me in the kingdom which my Father will
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give me when I have finished that for which he sent me into this world."
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After the wine and the water had been mixed, they brought the cup to Jesus,
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who, when he had received it from the hand of Thaddeus, held it while he
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offered thanks. And when he had finished offering thanks, he said: "Take this
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cup and divide it among yourselves and, when you partake of it, realize that I
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shall not again drink with you the fruit of the vine since this is our last
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supper. When we sit down again in this manner, it will be in the kingdom to
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come."
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Jesus began thus to talk to his apostles because he knew that his hour had
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come. He understood that the time had come when he was to return to the Father,
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and that his work on earth was almost finished. The Master knew he had revealed
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the Father's love on earth and had shown forth his mercy to mankind, and that
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he had completed that for which he came into the world, even to the receiving
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of all power and authority in heaven and on earth. Likewise, he knew Judas
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Iscariot had fully made up his mind to deliver him that night into the hands of
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his enemies. He fully realized that this traitorous betrayal was the work of
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Judas, but that it also pleased Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia the prince of
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darkness. But he feared none of those who sought his spiritual overthrow any
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more than he feared those who sought to accomplish his physical death. The
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Master had but one anxiety, and that was for the safety and salvation of his
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chosen followers. And so, with the full knowledge that the Father had put all
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things under his authority, the Master now prepared to enact the parable of
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brotherly love.
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3. WASHING THE APOSTLES' FEET
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After drinking the first cup of the Passover, it was the Jewish custom for the
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host to arise from the table and wash his hands. Later on in the meal and after
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the second cup, all of the guests likewise rose up and washed their hands.
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Since the apostles knew that their Master never observed these rites of
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ceremonial hand washing, they were very curious to know what he intended to do
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when, after they had partaken of this first cup, he arose from the table and
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silently made his way over to near the door, where the water pitchers, basins,
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and towels had been placed. And their curiosity grew into astonishment as they
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saw the Master remove his outer garment, gird himself with a towel, and begin
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to pour water into one of the foot basins. Imagine the amazement of these
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twelve men, who had so recently refused to wash one another's feet, and who had
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engaged in such unseemly disputes about positions of honor at the table, when
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they saw him make his way around the unoccupied end of the table to the lowest
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seat of the feast, where Simon Peter reclined, and, kneeling down in the
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attitude of a servant, make ready to wash Simon's feet. As the Master knelt,
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all twelve arose as one man to their feet; even the traitorous Judas so far
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forgot his infamy for a moment as to arise with his fellow apostles in this
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expression of surprise, respect, and utter amazement.
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There stood Simon Peter, looking down into the upturned face of his Master.
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Jesus said nothing; it was not necessary that he should speak. His attitude
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plainly revealed that he was minded to wash Simon Peter's feet. Notwithstanding
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his frailties of the flesh, Peter loved the Master. This Galilean fisherman was
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the first human being wholeheartedly to believe in the divinity of Jesus and to
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make full and public confession of that belief. And Peter had never since
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really doubted the divine nature of the Master. Since Peter so revered and
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honored Jesus in his heart, it was not strange that his soul resented the
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thought of Jesus' kneeling there before him in the attitude of a menial servant
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and proposing to wash his feet as would a slave. When Peter presently collected
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his wits sufficiently to address the Master, he spoke the heart feelings of all
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his fellow apostles.
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After a few moments of this great embarrassment, Peter said, "Master, do you
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really mean to wash my feet?" And then, looking up into Peter's face, Jesus
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said: "You may not fully understand what I am about to do, but hereafter you
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will know the meaning of all these things." Then Simon Peter, drawing a long
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breath, said, "Master, you shall never wash my feet!" And each of the apostles
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nodded their approval of Peter's firm declaration of refusal to allow Jesus
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thus to humble himself before them.
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The dramatic appeal of this unusual scene at first touched the heart of even
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Judas Iscariot; but when his vainglorious intellect passed judgment upon the
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spectacle, he concluded that this gesture of humility was just one more episode
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which conclusively proved that Jesus would never qualify as Israel's deliverer,
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and that he had made no mistake in the decision to desert the Master's cause.
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As they all stood there in breathless amazement, Jesus said: "Peter, I declare
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that, if I do not wash your feet, you will have no part with me in that which I
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am about to perform." When Peter heard this declaration, coupled with the fact
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that Jesus continued kneeling there at his feet, he made one of those decisions
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of blind acquiescence in compliance with the wish of one whom he respected and
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loved. As it began to dawn on Simon Peter that there was attached to this
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proposed enactment of service some signification that determined one's future
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connection with the Master's work, he not only became reconciled to the thought
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of allowing Jesus to wash his feet but, in his characteristic and impetuous
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manner, said: "Then, Master, wash not my feet only but also my hands and my
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head."
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As the Master made ready to begin washing Peter's feet, he said: "He who is
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already clean needs only to have his feet washed. You who sit with me tonight
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are clean--but not all. But the dust of your feet should have been washed away
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before you sat down at meat with me. And besides, I would perform this service
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for you as a parable to illustrate the meaning of a new commandment which I
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will presently give you."
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In like manner the Master went around the table, in silence, washing the feet
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of his twelve apostles, not even passing by Judas. When Jesus had finished
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washing the feet of the twelve, he donned his cloak, returned to his place as
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host, and after looking over his bewildered apostles, said:
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"Do you really understand what I have done to you? You call me Master, and you
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say well, for so I am. If, then, the Master has washed your feet, why was it
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that you were unwilling to wash one another's feet? What lesson should you
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learn from this parable in which the Master so willingly does that service
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which his brethren were unwilling to do for one another? Verily, verily, I say
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to you: A servant is not greater than his master; neither is one who is sent
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greater than he who sends him. You have seen the way of service in my life
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among you, and blessed are you who will have the gracious courage so to serve.
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But why are you
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so slow to learn that the secret of greatness in the spiritual kingdom is not
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like the methods of power in the material world?
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"When I came into this chamber tonight, you were not content proudly to refuse
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to wash one another's feet, but you must also fall to disputing among
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yourselves as to who should have the places of honor at my table. Such honors
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the Pharisees and the children of this world seek, but it should not be so
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among the ambassadors of the heavenly kingdom. Do you not know that there can
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be no place of preferment at my table? Do you not understand that I love each
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of you as I do the others? Do you not know that the place nearest me, as men
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regard such honors, can mean nothing concerning your standing in the kingdom of
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heaven? You know that the kings of the gentiles have lordship over their
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subjects, while those who exercise this authority are sometimes called
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benefactors. But it shall not be so in the kingdom of heaven. He who would be
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great among you, let him become as the younger; while he who would be chief,
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let him become as one who serves. Who is the greater, he who sits at meat, or
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he who serves? Is it not commonly regarded that he who sits at meat is the
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greater? But you will observe that I am among you as one who serves. If you are
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willing to become fellow servants with me in doing the Father's will, in the
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kingdom to come you shall sit with me in power, still doing the Father's will
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in future glory."
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When Jesus had finished speaking, the Alpheus twins brought on the bread and
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wine, with the bitter herbs and the paste of dried fruits, for the next course
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of the Last Supper.
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4. LAST WORDS TO THE BETRAYER
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For some minutes the apostles ate in silence, but under the influence of the
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Master's cheerful demeanor they were soon drawn into conversation, and ere long
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the meal was proceeding as if nothing out of the ordinary had occurred to
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interfere with the good cheer and social accord of this extraordinary occasion.
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After some time had elapsed, in about the middle of this second course of the
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meal, Jesus, looking them over, said: "I have told you how much I desired to
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have this supper with you, and knowing how the evil forces of darkness have
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conspired to bring about the death of the Son of Man, I determined to eat this
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supper with you in this secret chamber and a day in advance of the Passover
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since I will not be with you by this time tomorrow night. I have repeatedly
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told you that I must return to the Father. Now has my hour come, but it was not
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required that one of you should betray me into the hands of my enemies."
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When the twelve heard this, having already been robbed of much of their
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self-assertiveness and self-confidence by the parable of the feet washing and
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the Master's subsequent discourse, they began to look at one another while in
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disconcerted tones they hesitatingly inquired, "Is it I?" And when they had all
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so inquired, Jesus said: "While it is necessary that I go to the Father, it was
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not required that one of you should become a traitor to fulfill the Father's
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will. This is the coming to fruit of the concealed evil in the heart of one who
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failed to love the truth with his whole soul. How deceitful is the intellectual
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pride that precedes the spiritual downfall! My friend of many years, who even
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now eats my bread, will be willing to betray me, even as he now dips his hand
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with me in the dish."
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And when Jesus had thus spoken, they all began again to ask, "Is it I?" And as
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Judas, sitting on the left of his Master, again asked, "Is it I?" Jesus,
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dipping the bread in the dish of herbs, handed it to Judas, saying, "You have
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said." But the others did not hear Jesus speak to Judas. John, who reclined on
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Jesus' right hand, leaned over and asked the Master: "Who is it? We should know
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who it is that has proved untrue to his trust." Jesus answered: "Already have I
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told you, even he to whom I gave the sop." But it was so natural for the host
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to give a sop to the one who sat next to him on the left that none of them took
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notice of this, even though the Master had so plainly spoken. But Judas was
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painfully conscious of the meaning of the Master's words associated with his
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act, and he became fearful lest his brethren were likewise now aware that he
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was the betrayer.
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Peter was highly excited by what had been said, and leaning forward over the
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table, he addressed John, "Ask him who it is, or if he has told you, tell me
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who is the betrayer."
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Jesus brought their whisperings to an end by saying: "I sorrow that this evil
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should have come to pass and hoped even up to this hour that the power of truth
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might triumph over the deceptions of evil, but such victories are not won
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without the faith of the sincere love of truth. I would not have told you these
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things at this, our last supper, but I desire to warn you of these sorrows and
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so prepare you for what is now upon us. I have told you of this because I
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desire that you should recall, after I have gone, that I knew about all these
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evil plottings, and that I forewarned you of my betrayal. And I do all this
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only that you may be strengthened for the temptations and trials which are just
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ahead."
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When Jesus had thus spoken, leaning over toward Judas, he said: "What you have
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decided to do, do quickly." And when Judas heard these words, he arose from the
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table and hastily left the room, going out into the night to do what he had set
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his mind to accomplish. When the other apostles saw Judas hasten off after
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Jesus had spoken to him, they thought he had gone to procure something
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additional for the supper or to do some other errand for the Master since they
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supposed he still carried the bag.
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Jesus now knew that nothing could be done to keep Judas from turning traitor.
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He started with twelve--now he had eleven. He chose six of these apostles, and
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though Judas was among those nominated by his first-chosen apostles, still the
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Master accepted him and had, up to this very hour, done everything possible to
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sanctify and save him, even as he had wrought for the peace and salvation of
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the others.
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This supper, with its tender episodes and softening touches, was Jesus' last
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appeal to the deserting Judas, but it was of no avail. Warning, even when
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administered in the most tactful manner and conveyed in the most kindly spirit,
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as a rule, only intensifies hatred and fires the evil determination to carry
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out to the full one's own selfish projects, when love is once really dead.
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5. ESTABLISHING THE REMEMBRANCE SUPPER
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As they brought Jesus the third cup of wine, the "cup of blessing," he arose
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from the couch and, taking the cup in his hands, blessed it, saying: "Take this
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cup, all of you, and drink of it. This shall be the cup of my remembrance. This
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is the cup of the blessing of a new dispensation of grace and truth. This shall
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be to you the emblem of the bestowal and ministry of the divine Spirit of
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Truth. And I will not again drink this cup with you until I drink in new form
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with you in the Father's eternal kingdom."
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The apostles all sensed that something out of the ordinary was transpiring as
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they drank of this cup of blessing in profound reverence and perfect silence.
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The old Passover commemorated the emergence of their fathers from a state of
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racial slavery into individual freedom; now the Master was instituting a new
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remembrance supper as a symbol of the new dispensation wherein the enslaved
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individual emerges from the bondage of ceremonialism and selfishness into the
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spiritual joy of the brotherhood and fellowship of the liberated faith sons of
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the living God.
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When they had finished drinking this new cup of remembrance, the Master took up
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the bread and, after giving thanks, broke it in pieces and, directing them to
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pass it around, said: "Take this bread of remembrance and eat it. I have told
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you that I am the bread of life. And this bread of life is the united life of
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the Father and the Son in one gift. The word of the Father, as revealed in the
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Son, is indeed the bread of life." When they had partaken of the bread of
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remembrance, the symbol of the living word of truth incarnated in the likeness
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of mortal flesh, they all sat down.
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In instituting this remembrance supper, the Master, as was always his habit,
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resorted to parables and symbols. He employed symbols because he wanted to
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teach certain great spiritual truths in such a manner as to make it difficult
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for his successors to attach precise interpretations and definite meanings to
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his words. In this way he sought to prevent successive generations from
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crystallizing his teaching and binding down his spiritual meanings by the dead
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chains of tradition and dogma. In the establishment of the only ceremony or
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sacrament associated with his whole life mission, Jesus took great pains to
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suggest his meanings rather than to commit himself to precise definitions. He
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did not wish to destroy the individual's concept of divine communion by
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establishing a precise form; neither did he desire to limit the believer's
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spiritual imagination by formally cramping it. He rather sought to set man's
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reborn soul free upon the joyous wings of a new and living spiritual liberty.
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Notwithstanding the Master's effort thus to establish this new sacrament of the
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remembrance, those who followed after him in the intervening centuries saw to
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it that his express desire was effectively thwarted in that his simple
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spiritual symbolism of that last night in the flesh has been reduced to precise
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interpretations and subjected to the almost mathematical precision of a set
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formula. Of all Jesus' teachings none have become more tradition-standardized.
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This supper of remembrance, when it is partaken of by those who are
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Son-believing and God-knowing, does not need to have associated with its
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symbolism any of man's puerile misinterpretations regarding the meaning of the
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divine presence, for upon all such occasions the Master is really present. The
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remembrance supper is the believer's symbolic rendezvous with Michael. When you
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become thus spirit-conscious, the Son is actually present, and his spirit
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fraternizes with the indwelling fragment of his Father.
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After they had engaged in meditation for a few moments, Jesus continued
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speaking: "When you do these things, recall the life I have lived on earth
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among you and rejoice that I am to continue to live on earth with you and to
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serve through you. As individuals, contend not among yourselves as to who shall
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be greatest. Be you all as brethren. And when the kingdom grows to embrace
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large groups of believers, likewise should you refrain from contending for
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greatness or seeking preferment between such groups."
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top of page - 1943
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And this mighty occasion took place in the upper chamber of a friend. There was
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nothing of sacred form or of ceremonial consecration about either the supper or
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the building. The remembrance supper was established without ecclesiastical
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sanction.
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When Jesus had thus established the supper of the remembrance, he said to the
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apostles: "And as often as you do this, do it in remembrance of me. And when
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you do remember me, first look back upon my life in the flesh, recall that I
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was once with you, and then, by faith, discern that you shall all some time sup
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with me in the Father's eternal kingdom. This is the new Passover which I leave
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with you, even the memory of my bestowal life, the word of eternal truth; and
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of my love for you, the outpouring of my Spirit of Truth upon all flesh."
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And they ended this celebration of the old but bloodless Passover in connection
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with the inauguration of the new supper of the remembrance, by singing, all
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together, the one hundred and eighteenth Psalm.
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top of page - 1944
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem Tuesday Morning In The
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Temple The Last Temple Discourse Tuesday Evening On Mount Olivet Wednesday, The
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Rest Day Last Day At The Camp The Last Supper The Farewell Discourse Final
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Admonitions And Warnings In Gethsemane The Betrayal And Arrest Of Jesus Before
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The Sanhedrin Court The Trial Before Pilate Just Before The Crucifixion The
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Crucifixion The Time Of The Tomb The Resurrection Morontia Appearances Of Jesus
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Appearances To The Apostles And Other Leaders Appearances In Galilee Final
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Appearances And Ascension Bestowal Of The Spirit Of Truth After Pentecost The
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Faith Of Jesus
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