Mark 14:12-25
It is said that the Last Supper is the point where Jesus instituted the Priesthood of the Church. With what is going on it seems pretty amazing to me. As Jesus fully grasps what is about to come down He is moving forward with the institution of the church basically and doing so as he confronts some hard facts. Judas is about to betray him and Peter, his go to to, # 1 guy, is about to deny him 3 times at one of the most crucial points in the whole scenario. This is powerful stuff. We're not talking about a disagreement between two people, these Apostles were what we might consider best bro's. They travelled, ate, laughed, dined and did everything together. And yet, Judas does what he does, Peter does what he does and the entire lot of Apostles run and hide like cowering children when Jesus is a arrested and crucified.
I am painting a picture here not so much to engage you in the drama but to see the drama and know that Jesus still proceeded as planned. I often say that God loves you so much, each and every one of us, that if we were the only person on earth, Jesus would still willingly take on human form and die for you. That is the awesome, humbling realization. Jesus did it for his seemingly rotten Apostles and He is willingly dying on the cross for us.
The extent of Jesus' love is our example for sure and one I am not certain I can live up to. I am not sure Jesus thinks I can do it either. He watched so closely as his cherished brothers and Apostles let him down and he still died for them. That's it ! Jesus set this in motion just to show us in the most intimate of ways that He is giving us a blank check. We should not be like the tenant farmers in the bosses vineyard, we should not squander what God trusts us with which is our lives and the lives of our brothers.
Today is our call to be the church, to renew our own priesthood and to never forget in worship or service what we have been shown to do and how to act.
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