The Last Supper
Question 1:
Jesus' last meal with the disciples has become very important for Christians today. Using Mark's Gospel explain this importance for Jesus and his disciples.
Christians throughout the world, have many different names, practices, and interpretations of the Last Supper. But the main significance for all Christians is that when Jesus and his disciples went to the "large upstairs room, prepared and furnished", where they were going to prepare like any other Jew for the "supposedly" joyous celebration of the Passover, that it was to be Jesus' last, which he already had knowledge of.
The different names given to the service, usually help[s us understand the emphasis which is being given. For example; Thanksgiving, Communion, Last Supper and Holy Meal. However, to truly understand the celebration of the Eucharist today, we must look into its history and the importance it had for those who first celebrated it.
So, little did the disciples know that what was essentially a Jewish feast celebrating the freedom of slavery, would result to the replacement of the Old Testament Passover, with a New Testament meaning.
Question 1:
Jesus' last meal with the disciples has become very important for Christians today. Using Mark's Gospel explain this importance for Jesus and his disciples.
Christians throughout the world, have many different names, practices, and interpretations of the Last Supper. But the main significance for all Christians is that when Jesus and his disciples went to the "large upstairs room, prepared and furnished", where they were going to prepare like any other Jew for the "supposedly" joyous celebration of the Passover, that it was to be Jesus' last, which he already had knowledge of.
The different names given to the service, usually help[s us understand the emphasis which is being given. For example; Thanksgiving, Communion, Last Supper and Holy Meal. However, to truly understand the celebration of the Eucharist today, we must look into its history and the importance it had for those who first celebrated it.
So, little did the disciples know that what was essentially a Jewish feast celebrating the freedom of slavery, would result to the replacement of the Old Testament Passover, with a New Testament meaning.