The Passover Replaced By The Lord’S Supper
THE PASSOVER REPLACED
BY THE LORD'S SUPPER
In Luke 22:7-23 the Man-Savior instituted His supper as a replacement of the Old Testa ment Passover. In the Old Testament the Pass over was a great matter, a matter that may be considered equal to God's creation. In the Old Testament we first have the record of God's creation. Then we see that the man created by God fell and eventually went down into Egypt. When God was about to save His people from bondage in Egypt, He ordained the feast of Passover. The Passover was the time when God's people were saved and brought back to their right, which had been lost. The observance of the Passover lasted for more than fifteen hun dred years, from the time of Exodus 12 until the night in which the Man-Savior had the last Passover with His disciples.
Luke 22:7-23 is a crucial section of the Word, for it marks the ending of the Old Testament Passover. Here we see that the Man-Savior insti tuted His supper, the Lord's table, to replace the Old Testament Passover. From this we see that