End. It looks back to what Jesus did and said “on the night when he was betrayed” (1 Cor. 11:23) and recalls his death on behalf of all men. But it looks forward to the Parousia.’19 Wenham20 helpfully sums up the point about the Last Supper being set against the context of the Passover schematically as follows: The Passover The Lord’s Supper In the old age of law and the prophets In the new age of the kingdom Was the great festival meal of people. Is to be the new celebratory God’s meal of God’s
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