Our Lord's first miracle was...
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Our Lord's first miracle was water made into wine at Cana; his last miracle was wine made into blood in the Upper Room.
If Jesus had a 'Last' Supper, it implies he has a first supper and a second, third, fourth, etc. It is probable that Jesus regularly held solemn religious meals with his disciples. Jesus went to Jerusalem frequently for feasts and was an observant, if critical, Jew. The last week of his life was tense. He felt his arrest and possible death (by stoning) were close at hand. He pre-arranged this Thursday night supper, whatever else it may have been, as a farewell celebration with speeches, spoken and acted out with basin and towel, and chalice and paten. The location of the borrowed dining room was a secret even to the apostles until they were led there by a man carrying a pitcher.
The importance of what he did that night is so important to Christians that the memory of it and reenactment of it has been a regular part of Christian gatherings for centuries. To reinforce this, some of the resurrection appearances took place at solemn fellowship meals.
God manifests himself through history by giving ordinary events extraordinary meaning beyond the perception of their participants. From the Last Supper the Son of God becomes known, through the Holy Spirit.
If Jesus had a 'Last' Supper, it implies he has a first supper and a second, third, fourth, etc. It is probable that Jesus regularly held solemn religious meals with his disciples. Jesus went to Jerusalem frequently for feasts and was an observant, if critical, Jew. The last week of his life was tense. He felt his arrest and possible death (by stoning) were close at hand. He pre-arranged this Thursday night supper, whatever else it may have been, as a farewell celebration with speeches, spoken and acted out with basin and towel, and chalice and paten. The location of the borrowed dining room was a secret even to the apostles until they were led there by a man carrying a pitcher.
The importance of what he did that night is so important to Christians that the memory of it and reenactment of it has been a regular part of Christian gatherings for centuries. To reinforce this, some of the resurrection appearances took place at solemn fellowship meals.
God manifests himself through history by giving ordinary events extraordinary meaning beyond the perception of their participants. From the Last Supper the Son of God becomes known, through the Holy Spirit.
