Nancy De Maswalgemuth wants us to consider the eternal significance of Jesus

hosting the Passover meal for his disciples.

And in this meal, as Jesus breaks the bread as he distributes the wine, he is saying, I'm giving myself to you.

I am your servant, I am your host, I am your meal. I am the bread of life I give myself up for you. This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy Damas Walgemuth, author of Adorned,

living out the beauty of the gospel together.

For April 17, 2024, I'm Dana Gresch.

Jesus was about to endure great suffering, yet serving and showing hospitality to his disciples

was important to him. His invitation and longing for fellowship extends to us.

Nancy explains as she continues in a series called You're Welcome Here.

I think one of the most remarkable You're welcome here.

I think one of the most remarkable demonstrations of true hospitality

is a meal that takes place in the Gospel of Luke chapter 22. It's what we commonly refer to as the Last Supper. In fact if you read through the book of Luke you'll see that there are many

references to Meals, many of them involving Jesus in the book of Luke.

But this particular meal was the last supper that Jesus was going to eat with his disciples

before he went to Calvary, before he went to lay down his life. In this particular

instance Jesus is the host and he is the servant. He hosted a Passover meal

right before his crucifixion.

So we come to Luke 22, verse 7, he says,

Then came the day of unleavened bread when the Passover lamb must be killed.

And of course we know that Jesus is our Passover, the Lamb of

God who was going to be killed shortly for the salvation of the world. It was the

time of the Passover feast and celebration

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