Speaker 1: Hello again and welcome back to kids' Bible stories. Today's
Speaker 1: story is called a Supper to Remember, and this comes
Speaker 1: from Matthew Chapter twenty six, John Chapter thirteen and First
Speaker 1: John Chapter one, verse nine. And a quick reminder that,
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Speaker 1: I have adapted some of this, so please read the
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Speaker 1: link will be in today's show notes too. Today marks
Speaker 1: the beginning of a special series as we dive into Easter.
Speaker 1: Easter is more than colorful eggs and chocolate bunnies. It's
Speaker 1: a time when we remember and celebrate the most incredible
Speaker 1: and meaningful events in the life of Jesus. Why is
Speaker 1: Easter so important for Christians? Well, tell me out out
Speaker 1: what is Easter? I'll wait.
Speaker 2: You see the time when we celebrate when Jesus died
Speaker 2: on the cross for us and he washed wey all
Speaker 2: of our sins.
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: Well, God wise from the dead the people in the tomb,
Speaker 2: because they said, then there was an angel and you
Speaker 2: should go tell the world God isn't dead.
Speaker 1: Yes. On Christmas we celebrate Jesus's birth, and on Easter
Speaker 1: is when we celebrate the gift Jesus gave us when
Speaker 1: he died and rose again. It's a time when we
Speaker 1: reflect on the ultimate act of love, sacrifice, and justice
Speaker 1: that Jesus made for us. Easter is the big moment
Speaker 1: in the story of God's plan for our redemption, washing
Speaker 1: away our sins.
Speaker 2: Hooray, hooray.
Speaker 1: So buckle up for a journey to the pages of
Speaker 1: the Bible as we set the stage for the events
Speaker 1: leading up to Jesus's death and resurrection. Let's jump right in.
Speaker 1: As we open the pages of the Bible, we find
Speaker 1: Jesus preparing his disciples for what is about to happen.
Speaker 1: Let's listen in. Jesus said to his disciples, as.
Speaker 3: You know, the passover is two days away, and the
Speaker 3: son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.
Speaker 1: I wonder how Jesus's disciples responded to what he said.
Speaker 1: Were they scared? Do they think, no way, that can't
Speaker 1: happen to Jesus. Do you think what Jesus said will
Speaker 1: happen though, yes, yes, because he is always right. Let's
Speaker 1: keep listening. Then, the chief priests and the elders of
Speaker 1: the people assembled in the palace of the high Priest,
Speaker 1: whose name was Caiaphas, and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly,
Speaker 1: but not during the festival, they said, or there may
Speaker 1: be a riot among the people. While Jesus was in
Speaker 1: Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper. A woman
Speaker 1: came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume,
Speaker 1: which she poured on his head as he was reclining
Speaker 1: at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were upset.
Speaker 2: Why waste this?
Speaker 1: They asked.
Speaker 3: This perfume could have been sold at a high price,
Speaker 3: and the money could be given to the poor.
Speaker 1: Aware of this, Jesus said to them.
Speaker 3: Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a
Speaker 3: beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have
Speaker 3: with you, but you will not always have me. When
Speaker 3: she poured this perfume on my body, she did it
Speaker 3: to prepare me for burial. Truly, I tell you, wherever
Speaker 3: the Gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has
Speaker 3: done will also be told in memory of her.
Speaker 1: While all this was happening in the shadows, Judas is Scariot,
Speaker 1: one of the twelve disciples, quietly slipped away from the group.
Speaker 1: His heart, clouded by a betrayal that had been set
Speaker 1: in motion, led him to the religious authorities, seeking to
Speaker 1: use this moment to turn against Jesus. What are you
Speaker 1: willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?
Speaker 1: Judas asked the chief priests and elders. They struck a
Speaker 1: deal that would seal the fate of the very one
Speaker 1: who had walked alongside him, shared meals, and performed miracles.
Speaker 1: Thirty pieces of silver exchanged hands, a price tag on
Speaker 1: the betrayal of Jesus, and from that time Judas looked
Speaker 1: for a good opportunity to betray Jesus. Now withsteners, we
Speaker 1: find ourselves in a room where something extraordinary is about
Speaker 1: to happen, the Last Supper. Have you heard of this? Yes,
Speaker 1: let's continue. On the first day of the festival of
Speaker 1: unlovend Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked.
Speaker 3: Lord, where do you want us to make the preparations
Speaker 3: for you to eat the Passover? He replied, go into
Speaker 3: the city to a certain man and tell him. The
Speaker 3: teacher says, my appointed time is near. I am going
Speaker 3: to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.
Speaker 1: The disciples did as Jesus directed them and prepared the passover. Listeners,
Speaker 1: do you remember, way way back when God God's people
Speaker 1: were in Egypt, there was a pharaoh, sound familiar pharaoh
Speaker 1: treated them terribly and made them slaves. But who rescued them.
Speaker 2: God.
Speaker 1: Yes, some of you may have said Moses, God did
Speaker 1: choose Moses to lead them out, but it was God
Speaker 1: who truly rescued them. Remember God sent the plagues parted
Speaker 1: the Red Sea. Well. In order to remember that time
Speaker 1: and thank God for rescuing them, they had a celebration
Speaker 1: called the Passover. Okay, let's see what they are preparing
Speaker 1: to do for this special time. The disciples listened to
Speaker 1: Jesus and prepared the place to celebrate the Passover. In
Speaker 1: a room adorned with a warm glow of oil lamps,
Speaker 1: the air was thick with anticipation as Jesus and his
Speaker 1: disciples gathered for the sacred Passover meal. The atmosphere buzzed
Speaker 1: with a mixture of excitement and an underlying awareness that
Speaker 1: something significant was about to unfold. As they sat around
Speaker 1: a low table laden with bread, bitter herbs, and wine,
Speaker 1: Jesus took on the role of a servant. A basin
Speaker 1: filled with water stood nearby, and Jesus, with love gleaming
Speaker 1: in his eyes, began to wash the dusty, grimy feet
Speaker 1: of his disciples.
Speaker 2: Who, Jesus, while you washing all feet?
Speaker 3: Yeah, we should be washing yours.
Speaker 1: The disciples, surprised by this unexpected act of servitude from
Speaker 1: their teacher, soon embraced the incredible humility and love in
Speaker 1: this gesture. Once the foot washing concluded, Jesus, his gaze
Speaker 1: filled with both tenderness and seriousness, addressed his disciples.
Speaker 3: I have eagerly desired to eat this passover meal with
Speaker 3: you before I suffer, He shared, Truly, I tell you
Speaker 3: one of you will betray me.
Speaker 1: Silence, dishes stopped clanking, people stopped chewing. A sense of
Speaker 1: weight settled over the room as Jesus told them about
Speaker 1: the betrayer in their midst They were very sorrowful and
Speaker 1: began to say to him, one after another.
Speaker 3: Is it I, Lord? He answered, he who has dipped
Speaker 3: his hand in the dish will betray me? The son
Speaker 3: of Man goes as it is written of him. But
Speaker 3: woe to the man by whom the son of man
Speaker 3: is betrayed.
Speaker 1: Do you remember who we heard will betray him? He
Speaker 1: made the deal for thirty pieces of silver? Say it
Speaker 1: out loud if you know.
Speaker 2: Jesus.
Speaker 1: Yes, Judas, who would betray him, answered, is it I, Rabbi?
Speaker 3: You have said it? So?
Speaker 1: Jesus replied, let's press pause I have so many questions.
Speaker 1: If they all know it's Judas. I wonder if they
Speaker 1: tried to talk him out of it. Did they try
Speaker 1: to get him to leave, or maybe watch him closely
Speaker 1: wanting to prevent it from happening. What did they have
Speaker 1: to think about all of this? Well, I don't know,
Speaker 1: but I'm always curious. Okay, back to our story. Then,
Speaker 1: in the flickering light of the oil lamps, Jesus took bread,
Speaker 1: and after blessing it, broke it and gave it to
Speaker 1: the disciples.
Speaker 3: Saying, take eat. This is my body.
Speaker 1: And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks,
Speaker 1: he gave it to them, saying.
Speaker 3: Drink of it, all of you, for this is my
Speaker 3: blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for many,
Speaker 3: for the forgiveness of sins.
Speaker 1: As the disciples ate, they were not just partaking in
Speaker 1: a regular meal. They were sharing in a profound moment
Speaker 1: of intimacy with their teacher. The Last Supper is significant
Speaker 1: in Christian faith. It is filled with love, humility, and
Speaker 1: foreshadowing that means showing what is to come. Jesus, knowing
Speaker 1: the events that would happen, used this time to establish
Speaker 1: a reminder for all of us of his sacrifice. The
Speaker 1: breaking of bread symbolizes his body given for us, and
Speaker 1: the shared cup symbolizes his blood, which seals the new
Speaker 1: Covenant with forgiveness of sins. That is an incredible thing.
Speaker 2: Hellelujah.
Speaker 1: But the disciples still didn't quite understand exactly what Jesus
Speaker 1: was talking about. They didn't understand the depth of his
Speaker 1: words and actstions in that moment. Well, that is it
Speaker 1: for our story today. But before we go, let's think
Speaker 1: about what we just heard. The very special meal we
Speaker 1: heard Jesus share with his disciples to celebrate the Passover
Speaker 1: is called the Last What the Last Supper good? Do
Speaker 1: you ever see people take communion at your church? Yes,
Speaker 1: we do this because of the Last Supper. Communion is
Speaker 1: a way we remember this special moment. It's so important
Speaker 1: because it reminds us of what Jesus did on the cross.
Speaker 1: You heard Jesus talk about the bread and the wine,
Speaker 1: but he was saying they are symbols for something else.
Speaker 1: Jesus was saying, these things are like me, I will
Speaker 1: be broken for you. We heard Jesus say this would
Speaker 1: happen for the forgiveness of what.
Speaker 2: Sins.
Speaker 1: What's a sin. Guess out loud, thanks for sharing. Sin
Speaker 1: is when we disobey God. So do you and I sin? Sometimes? Yes,
Speaker 1: yeah we do. But guess what. Jesus was the only
Speaker 1: perfect person, not a single human. None of us are perfect,
Speaker 1: which means all of us sin. But there is good news.
Speaker 1: The Bible says that if we confess our sins, he
Speaker 1: is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and
Speaker 1: to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Because of Jesus we
Speaker 1: are forgiven. We have a savior. When you believe in him,
Speaker 1: you are chosen and holy. In the Bible, Paul even
Speaker 1: calls Christians saints whoa wow. I hope that you can
Speaker 1: think about that this week. We have to stop for today.
Speaker 1: Next week we'll pick up in the garden. What do
Speaker 1: you think will happen with Judas? Tune in next week
Speaker 1: to find out. Thanks again for listening, and as always,
Speaker 1: bye for now.