Preparation for the Passover (Thursday Afternoon)

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Discover how Luke symbolically portrays Christ as the unleavened bread—pure revelation who unites divine justice and mercy, fulfilling Scripture to establish eternal peace.

Luke 22:7–13

v7. The day of Unleavened Bread:

  • Leaven = Teaching.
  • Unleavened bread indicates bread without teaching; symbolically, it refers to Jesus as untaught by man. Christ is the pure bread from heaven—His truth untouched by human doctrines, entirely given by divine revelation. His body (bread) is the direct revelation from God, not mixed with human traditions.

v7. Passover lamb must be killed:

  • Passover points directly to the cross. The killing of the Passover lamb explicitly signifies Christ’s sacrificial death.

v8. Peter and John:

  • Peter = Rock (justice) Rock (צור): Righteousness (צ) clearly distinguished by revelation (ור). Peter symbolizes the justice of God, the foundational truth, or binding nature of God's righteousness fulfilled in Christ.
  • John = Yahweh’s grace (mercy) John symbolizes God’s mercy. Peter and John sent together indicates the joining of justice and mercy found perfectly in Christ’s cross.

v10. Man bearing a pitcher of water:

  • Man = Christ.
  • Water = Word of God containing law (justice) and grace (mercy).
  • Jesus (the man) bearing the pitcher (the fullness of Word) symbolizes Christ carrying the entire weight of Scripture—both law and grace, justice and mercy, fully revealed and fulfilled in Him.

v10. Entering the city (Jerusalem):

  • Jerusalem = Teaching of Peace. The man (Christ) entering Jerusalem symbolizes Christ coming to fulfill and establish the true teaching of peace, reconciling justice (Peter) and mercy (John) through His sacrifice.

v11. Master of the house:

  • Symbolically, the Master of the House represents the Father.
  • The disciples approach the Father through Christ ("the Teacher"), illustrating how Christ mediates a place of peace prepared by the Father.

v12. Large furnished Upper Room:

  • Upper room = Heavenly place or spiritual realm of communion.
  • Large and furnished emphasizes the full sufficiency of Christ’s prepared place (heavenly teaching of peace), lacking nothing—complete in justice and mercy, fully ready for intimate fellowship with His disciples (His Bride).

Summary of Sensus Plenior:

In this passage, Luke symbolically portrays Christ (man) as the one who perfectly fulfills the entire Word of God (water)—both the demands of justice (Peter, the rock) and the extension of mercy (John). He enters into the true teaching of peace (Jerusalem) prepared by the Father (Master of the House), to provide a heavenly place (large furnished upper room) of communion.

Christ, the unleavened bread, untaught by human doctrine, is the pure revelation from God. His death (Passover killed) unifies divine justice and mercy perfectly, establishing lasting peace.

This symbolic interpretation reveals Christ’s fulfillment of Scripture, reconciling God’s justice and mercy, and establishing a place of eternal peace through His death and resurrection.

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