The centerpiece of this richly symbolic meal (Passover ceremony) is the Seder (order) plate. On the Seder plate there are five or six different Passover foods, each symbolizing a unique element of the Exodus story. At various points in the Seder...
The events (The Last Supper) described in the 22nd chapter of Luke wre written about 30 years after the events dook place and 10 years after Paul had penned his two letters to the Corinthians. Luke did not write a historical account of the evening...
There were by some estimates, 1,000,000 pilgrims and 1,000,000 native Jews in Jerusalem for the Passover Feast. Tensions were extremely high and the last thing Caiaphas or Herod wanted was a riot that would attract the attention of Rome.
Many of us observed Thanksgiving in some form or another. If you are extremely blessed, you spent some time with family and/or friends around a table while eating some traditional food dishes and catching up with what was happening in their lives. In...
Every word that Jesus spoke was holy scripture. Because he was, and is God, every word he spoke was the word of God. Our God is a God of economy, therefore, there were no wasted words. Jesus did not embellish the truth nor did he apologize for the...
During Old Testament times the authenticity of one who claimed to be a prophet was established by
way of their prophecies coming to pass. Jesus is using the upcoming destruction in 70 AD as a means of giving them something they can “rap their heads...
Jesus challenges them concerning where they have placed their faith. Jerusalem and the temple had become objects of religious and national pride. Jesus made it very clear that not only were these merely objects that could disappear, but that the...