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Passion of Christ

  1. Lesson One
    From Triumphal Entry to Criminal’s Arrest (Luke 19–23)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Death of the Messiah: Crucifixion and Burial (Matt 27, Mark 14:1–15:20, Luke 23, John 19)
    24 Activities
  3. Lesson three
    Suffering Messiah (Psalm 22, Is 53, Zech 1–13)
    19 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Sacrifice and Passover (Mark 14:1–26, Luke 22:1–46, John 13–14)
    14 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    Resurrection and Witnesses (Ezek 37:1-14, 47:1-12, Matt 28, John 16, 20)
    20 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
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As the Passover meal was an important rite for Israel, the “Last Supper” marked a point of transition for Jesus’ followers and became a similarly significant ritual in the church. The similarities and differences between these two meals are outlined below. 

Passover …The Lord’s Supper …
Is the great festival meal celebrating the birth of God’s peopleIs the new celebratory meal of the birth of God’s people
Commemorates the liberation of the people of Israel from enslavement in EgyptCommemorates the liberation of believers from every nation from their enslavement to sin
Participants associated themselves with redemption and a covenant with GodParticipants associated themselves with redemption and a covenant with God 
Participants look back to the Exodus and forward to God’s salvationParticipants look back to the cross and resurrection and forward to the consummation of the kingdom of God

Source: David E. Garland, A Theology of Mark’s Gospel, 2015, p. 481.