Dawn is Coming // Last Supper

Dawn is Coming // Last Supper

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Group Discussion & Life Challenge

Use these notes as discussion prompts for your group, or in your personal time with God.

Connect:

Get to know each other. Connect, warm up to each other, fellowship.

Care:

Carry each other’s burdens. Share life’s challenges and practice Soul Care. Pray together.

Challenge:

● Shank Bone, Zeroa: Used to remind us of the Passover lamb and also as a symbol of God’s outstretched arm with which he delivered Israelites from Egypt.
● Roasted Egg, Beitzah: Not in the Bible, but utilized after 70 AD commemorated destruction of the temple.
● Bitter Herbs, Maror: Represents the bitterness of slavery. Referenced in Jn. 13:26
● Unleavened Bread, Matzah: Represents provision of manna in the wilderness. Jesus equates his body with the matzah in Lk. 22:19, He broke the matzah and said this represented his body 1 Cor.
11:24
● Sweet mixture, charoset: Represents the mortar used by the Israelite slaves to make bricks. Even in slavery and hard work it can be sweet with remembering God’s faithfulness.
● Greens, Karpas: The greens represent life, yet before you eat them you dip in salt water, representing tears of life and how hard it can be.
● 4 Cups of wine: Each cup is a symbol of God’s judgment and salvation. First is the Kiddish cup, cup of sanctification, then the cup of plagues, the cup of redemption, finally the cup of Hillal, or praise.
Jesus raised the cup before the supper (Lk. 22:17-20).
1. How does understanding Passover and these elements change how you view Jesus as our sacrificial lamb?
2. Take time to read Ex. 1-13, these chapters remind us of our slavery to sin, as the Israelites were in slavery. How do the images of slavery impact how you view redemption provided by Jesus, our lamb?
3. As we enter this Easter season, how can you anticipate the hope of eternity in your daily life?

Clarify:

Does anyone need clarity on something? Are there any big God questions you are wrestling with?

Celebrate:
Celebrate life’s successes and God’s provision. Worship God’s presence. Time to brag about God.

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Discussion Prompts

Through the Bible in one Year

Join us in reading through the entire Bible in one year. Each day of this plan guides you through passages from both the Old and New Testaments, allowing you to see connections between the history of our faith, and the fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan. Readings average four chapters in length, so it is posible to do. When you use the YouVersion Bible App, you can even have the app read the Bible text to you – very useful when you are in the car or otherwise occupied with your hand.

All you need to do is click the link to the Bible Plan, which should lead you straight to the Bible app. Your two options are now (1) to read the plan on your own, one day at the time. Or (2) you can make it more fun and rewarding, by sharing the plan with one or more friends, and then even “Talk about it”.

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