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HOLY WEEK ACTION POINTS – THURSDAY
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
SERVE ONE ANOTHER AS HE SERVED US
While Wednesday was a day of preparation and relaxation for the King of Kings, it was the calm before the storm of the Day before Passover…and the Crucifixion! Four major events took place on this final Thursday (or Maundy Thursday) of our Lord’s earthly Life.Here are the Four Major Events in Order:
1. The Institution of Communion, and the New Covenant.
2. The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet.
3. The High Priestly Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and His Agony (John 17).
4. The Betrayal of Jesus by the treacherous Judas.Of these, the Washing of the Disciples Feet stands as a summation of WHY Jesus came to live and die as the humble, Suffering Servant. Anyone accustomed with Middle Eastern customs know that anything to do with feet – from shoes and sandals to washing dusty, dirty feet is the domain of the lowest of slaves.
1. The Institution of Communion, and the New Covenant.
2. The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet.
3. The High Priestly Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and His Agony (John 17).
4. The Betrayal of Jesus by the treacherous Judas.Of these, the Washing of the Disciples Feet stands as a summation of WHY Jesus came to live and die as the humble, Suffering Servant. Anyone accustomed with Middle Eastern customs know that anything to do with feet – from shoes and sandals to washing dusty, dirty feet is the domain of the lowest of slaves.
Yet, here was the Creator of Everything in the Universe, on the ground with a basin of water, washing the same feet of sinful men. Of these men, one would sell Him out to be killed, one would deny Him three times, the rest would run for the hills and only one would stand up with Him on the Day of His murder – the Apostle John!!!!