Jesus: Taste and See...Part 1
Taste and See Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8 . A savory supper with a bitter twist Before Jesus ’ death, his disciples prepared him a celebratory supper . Jesus climbed the steps to the upper room. A week earlier, He’d sent Peter and John to find a donkey for His kingly ride into Jerusalem . During the initial period of Unleavened Bread , these disciples encountered a city dweller carrying a water vessel, and they hired his upper chamber. While the nation prepared for Passover , travelers to Jerusalem could hire rooftop chambers, accessed by exterior staircases without disturbing the owner. Approximately fifteen hundred years earlier, Jehovah had delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt . Under God’s instructions, they killed a perfect lamb, roasted it in the fire, along with bitter herbs, and smeare...