{"id":9961,"date":"2026-10-25T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2026-10-25T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:16:00","slug":"the-last-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=9961","title":{"rendered":"THE LAST MEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>THE LAST MEAL<\/u><\/b><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Luke 22: 1-23<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9961-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/10-25-2026.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/10-25-2026.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/10-25-2026.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Betrayal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Luke 22:1-6 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0He went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of a crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew 26:14-16 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">14 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and said, \u201cWhat will you give me if I deliver him over to you?\u201d And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Psalm 41:9 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Even my close friend in whom I trusted, <span class=\"poetry2\">who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Luke 22:7-13 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cGo and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0They said to him, \u201cWhere will you have us prepare it?\u201d<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0He said to them, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cBehold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">and tell the master of the house, \u2018The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?\u2019<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Passion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Luke 22:14-18 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">14 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said to them, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cI have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cTake this, and divide it among yourselves.<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Revelation 19:6-9 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"noindent\">\u00a0Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, <\/span><span class=\"poetry1\">\u201cHallelujah!<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\">For the Lord our God<\/span> <span class=\"poetry2\">the Almighty reigns.<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Let us rejoice and exult <span class=\"poetry2\">and give him the glory,<\/span> for the marriage of the Lamb has come, <span class=\"poetry2\">and his Bride has made herself ready;<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0it was granted her to clothe herself <span class=\"poetry2\">with fine linen, bright and pure\u201d\u2014<\/span> <span class=\"noindent\">for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.<\/span> <span class=\"ind\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the angel said to me, \u201cWrite this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.\u201d And he said to me, \u201cThese are the true words of God.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Covenant<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Luke 22:19-20 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cThis is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cThis cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jeremiah 31:31-34 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">31 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0\u201cBehold, the days are coming, declares the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">32 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">33 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">34 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, \u2018Know the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>,\u2019 for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cThis is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cThis cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord\u2019s death until he comes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Treachery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Luke 22:21-23 (ESV)<\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.<\/p>\n<p><b>John 13:27-30 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">27 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cWhat you are going to do, do quickly.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">28 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">29 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, \u201cBuy what we need for the feast,\u201d or that he should give something to the poor.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">30 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.<\/p>\n<p><b>Revelation 3:20 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE LAST MEAL Luke 22: 1-23 by Rev. 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