Day 242..."Passover of Old, Then, and Now"

Our II Chronicles reading ties in with our New Testament reading today regarding Passover. This is Maundy Thursday and these traditions do blend together, as Jesus shares the Last Supper with His disciples in the Upper Room. Hezekiah does restore respect and observance of the Passover and the Feast of Unleaven Bread. As he remembers his loyalty to God, Hezekiah is very blessed. Isaiah places humankind in their place with the question..."“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’or ‘Your work has no handles’?" Surely God is our Maker and we do not tell the potter what to shape! We have read again Mark's account of the Passover in the Upper Room. The Seder Dinner and Maundy Thursday drama will weave together these dramatic scenes, in the last evening before the Cross. These extemely emotional times are what we know as "the passion." Almost every possible human emotion is experienced in these hours ranging from joy to complete despair.