What Old Testament events foreshadow the Passover preparations in Luke 22:11? Setting the scene: Luke 22:11 “‘The Teacher asks, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’” The first Passover foretells the moment (Exodus 12) • “Each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.” (v. 3) • “You are to keep it until the fourteenth day… and slaughter it at twilight.” (v. 6) • “Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood… and apply it to the lintel and the two doorposts.” (v. 22) • God-given instructions, done inside a designated house, mirror Jesus’ pre-arranged upper room and His own role as the Lamb. A lamb already appointed on Moriah (Genesis 22:7-8, 13-14) • “God Himself will provide the lamb.” • Abraham’s obedience and God’s foreknowledge echo the hidden yet sovereign arrangements behind the guest room. A chosen place for national Passovers (Deuteronomy 16:5-7) • “You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the LORD your God is giving you, but at the place the LORD will choose.” • The principle of one divinely selected location foreshadows the single, prepared upper room in Jerusalem. Renewal Passovers highlight careful preparation • Joshua 5:10-12 – first Passover in the land after crossing the Jordan: the people “kept the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day.” • 2 Chronicles 30 (Hezekiah) – priests and Levites “prepared” themselves and the sacrifices (vv. 15-17, 19). • 2 Chronicles 35 (Josiah) – “They slaughtered the Passover offerings… and prepared the Passover for all who were present” (vv. 11-13). – Repeated verbs “prepared” and “set in order” anticipate the disciples’ task. An upper room made ready for a prophet (2 Kings 4:8-10) • The Shunammite woman says, “Let us make a small room on the roof… so that whenever Elisha comes to us, he can stay there.” • A furnished upper room, kept available for God’s servant, prefigures the furnished upper room reserved for the Messiah. Threads tied together • Each Old Testament scene weaves the same pattern: God appoints the place, provides the lamb, and instructs His people to prepare. • Luke 22:11 gathers those threads—Jesus directs His disciples to a pre-selected room, at the exact hour, to fulfill the ultimate Passover the earlier events anticipated. |
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