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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Mark 14:17-31
It is the moment of the last supper. In this intimate hour of parting, when the Lord Jesus would speak freely with affection to His own, a burden overwhelms His soul. It was not because of the approaching cross, but it was the unspeakable sadness of knowing that, among the twelve, there is a man who has decided to betray Him. "One of you . . . shall betray me." In their turn, the disciples become sad and question one another. They do not have here the confidence in themselves which will appear in vv. 29, 31, when they, and particularly Peter, protest their devotion.
When the traitor has gone out, the Lord institutes the holy feast of remembrance. He blesses the bread, breaks it and distributes it to His own; He takes the cup, gives thanks and gives it to them. And He explains the significance of these symbols which are simple but solemn, representing the great deeds of which they are a continual reminder: His body given, His blood shed, sure foundations of our faith. Reader, would you not have loved to have been in this upper room around your Saviour? Then, instead of "celebrating" His birth once a year according to the traditions of the religious world, why not join, each first day of the week, with those who show forth His death, whilst awaiting His return?
Then the Lord Jesus goes with His eleven disciples to the mount of Olives.
