...So he sent us into the town to get the supper ready so we could participate in the feast that evening. It was the custom of the Jews.
John and I left for the market and we left the lord behind in the town...
on the way I set my eyes on a man trying to set his donkey for a journey. And I asked, “John, I remember rabbi told us to meet some man in the city and tell him that he has need for his house. Is this him? " I said.
John focuses sternly to see if the description fits that of the man the Lord described to us....
"ehmm... I think so, let us just approach him and find out if he is the one, it won't hurt" John said.
So we set out. He seemed a little grumpy and fat. "Sir we would love to secure your uppermost chamber for the feast toda..."
Before I was done with my speech, he darts his thoughts at us.
"disciples of the Jesus right?"
We nod in unison.
"the room is all yours".
We move into this narrow room that was lighted by the evening sun. It had two windows opposite each other and one facing the temple. There was a long table made out of cedar, polished with oil. A lamp laid on the side table. John and I set the table, lit the lamp and began to talk about how strange the lord seemed lately with all his talk about his death. We even laughed about when I rebuked him and he rebuked me smack-dab...
John said he thought I would have fainted knowing that I loved attention.
I laughed it away although it offended me that he thought I sought attention... As we gallivanted the issues that happened, we started to hear footsteps
"ah, it must be our brothers and the Lord" John said.
I flanked for the door and opened it,
"rabbi" with a kiss I welcomed him. "shalom" he responded, but it didn't seem more like a greeting, it seemed like he was sending me a message.
...we all sit...
Judas was sitting at the right hand side of the Lord, john sat at the other side and rested on his chest, I sat beside John. Thomas...i am actually laughing as I am writing this part, Thomas my friend sat at the extreme. He always liked to view things more scrupulously. Very critical about his beliefs. He was always saying to the master "spare us now, for you are God and we are but men. Let us not go where there is trouble"...haha... Moving on...
...we began to eat...
The lord took the bread and said the strangest thing I ever heard "THIS IS MY BODY, BROKEN FOR YOU..."
It is forbidden!! How could we eat his body?
We just ate anyway swallowing it and not looking at his statement but it haunted me especially.
The shocker came when he took the wine, he said "THIS IS MY BLOOD POURED OUT FOR YOU..."
why lord, why? Why make us drink and eat you? Why? It is against the law. It is a taboo, we could die for this. I was unsettled so I whispered to John "how can he even turn this wine to his blood? How? "
John chuckled and said "I am bewildered my self sir, but remember he turned water to wine"
Jesus knowing our thoughts said "I say things that can only be understood by spirits." he gently strokes John's hair.
"There is a life which you will live that would not be by the arms of flesh. My blood would be the source of that life. Remember I am not from here, where I am you would soon be there and understand the things I say. For the words I speak unto you are spirit and LIFE. my life is not in the physical blood but in my words. My words are me, I am my words, my words are my life. For man shall live by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God. By drinking this wine and eating this bread, you would remember what I will do for you in no time from now. The word would abide in you. I will abide in you. I will dwell in you. And cleanse you. When you drink this, and eat the bread remember that I dwell in you and you dwell in me. We have become one, because anyone that eateth the blood of another has become one with him. Divinity uniting with humanity, common with uncommon."
I was dizzy from all this strange speaking until John called my name...
"Peter...Peter, understandeth thou what the Lord speaks?".
"I don't John, I don't!!" but I trust he should be right, at least he was right about everything else.
Soon it would be clear what he meant... Very soon.
I love, love, love this! This is beautiful!
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