The New Exodus & New Passover
Explain the Original Exodus
When God Delivered The Israelites From Egypt In Times Of Moses
Where was the Manna Kept?
The Manna was kept in the Tabernacle (inside the Ark of the Covenant)
What is the other type of sacrifice besides sacrificing animals?
Unbloody sacrifice: often consisted of bread & wine
When did Jesus complete the Passover?
At the cross after drinking 4th cup of wine
“After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop & put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.”
What does the Eucharist mean to you?
Everyone answers to get points
No right or wrong
Explain the Original Passover
In order to protect their first-born children, the Israelites marked their doors with lamb's blood so the angel of death would pass over them.
What was the original manna, & what is the new manna?
Manna was miraculous “bread from heaven” given directly by God to his people for them to eat during the exodus
The Eucharist is the new manna
What was the Bread of Presence?
“Bread of the Face” was meant to be a kind of memorial of the heavenly banquet in which Moses & the elders “saw” the God of Israel while they “ate & drank” in Mount Sinai
Why did Jesus refuse to drink wine on the way to the cross?
Jesus refused to drink the wine while carrying the cross because He did not wish to dull the pain of His sufferings in the midst of His passion
Also, it was not time yet
What is a covenant?
A contract between God and His people, it includes God's promises to us and conditions
When did Jesus Establish the New Exodus & the New Passover?
During the Last Supper, the Jewish Easter Celebration
What did the manna taste like? What did it represent? [150 pts]
Why did it stop? [150 pts]
The Manna was like "wafers made with honey", it foretaste of the promised land
Once the exodus was complete, the manna was no longer necessary
Compare the Bread of Presence & the Eucharist
(Looking for 2 Main Points)
1. Ordinary Bread Before Being Consecrated by Priests
2. Was an Everlasting Covenant & Jesus is saying to “Behold, God’s love for you”
What Happened On The Night Of Jesus Arrest Before The Crucifixion?
Jesus’ Prayer in Gethsemane
Jesus is praying to the Father about the fourth cup, the final cup of the Passover liturgy
Jesus' is anxious by the time this new Passover is finished, Jesus will be dead
What did the first Christians believe about the Eucharist?
The apostolic Church Fathers & their successors believed in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, NOT SYMBOLIC.
In the very first generation after the apostles, the Church was already having to defend the reality of Jesus' presence in the Eucharist.
100 pts each
1. Who is the New Moses?
2. Between Who is the New Covenant Between?
3. Who is the New Temple?
4. New Promise Land?
1. Jesus
2. Between God & Us
3. Jesus
4. Heaven
Give an overview of the 'Bread of Life Discourse'
It was after Jesus feeding 5k miracle & they asked for a sign for the Messiah
“I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat & not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
Who was Melchizedek?
The first man to be called “priest” in the Bible was Melchizedek. In ancient Jewish tradition, they believed him to be Shem, the righteous firstborn of Noah.
Melchizedek’s sacrifice of Bread & wine was connected by Jewish tradition with the Bread & wine of the Presence.
Melchizedek, as a priest, taught Abraham how to offer.
Explain 1 of 3 possible references Jesus made during the Last Supper about the 4 Passover Wine Cups
1. Jesus explains the meaning of the unleavened bread, just like a Jewish father would do after drinking the second cup but instead of referring to the past exodus from Egypt & the “body” of the Passover lamb, Jesus identifies the bread with His own “body”
2. Jesus identified with His own blood as the third cup of wine. "Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
3. Jesus says He will not take 4th Cup yet. “Then he took a cup, gave thanks, & said, ‘Take this & share it among yourselves; for I tell you [that] from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.’"
What did the cloud on top of the Tabernacle mean?
Gods Presence
What Were the 5 First Passover Instructions?
100 pts each
1. Choose an Unblemished Male Lamb
2. Sacrifice the Lamb
3. Spread the Blood of Lamb
4. Eat the Flesh of Lamb
5. Keep Passover as Remembrance
Give an overview of the significance of the disciples leaving because of Jesus 'hard saying'
Disciples leaving is significant because Jesus did not back down, & He pointed at something even more astonishing, Him being God Himself.
"Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?"
How was the Bread of Presense similar to Jesus' miracle of feeding the crowd?
Even a small piece of the Bread of the Presence could provide miraculous sustenance: “every priest, who obtained a piece thereof as big as an olive, ate it & became satisfied with some eating thereof & even leaving something over.."
Jesus multiplied five loaves of bread, such that “all are & were satisfied,” & there was even some “left over”
What Happened/ What was the Road to Emmaus? [250 pts]
What Does it Mean (connect to Eucharist)? [250 pts]
1. Two Disaples were walking on that road right after Jesus cruxification & Jesus appeared to them but they did not recognize Him until the breaking of the bread
2. Jesus was pointing them to the way He would be present with them from now on
After His ascension into heaven, He would no longer be with them under the appearance of a man
He would only be present under the appearance of the Eucharistic bread
Name the 2 reasons its not cannibalism to eat Jesus body & blood through the Eucharist
1. Jesus Divine Nature
2. The Resurrection
It's not the dead body of Jesus which will be in the Eucharist, but His living resurrected body full of the Spirit of Life