Ponderings of a disciple: Maundy Thursday Emmanuel Kids

Maundy Thursday

Today is a special day in the Christian calendar.
Today we remember the Last Supper.
But, to really get into it, there is a much bigger story.
So why not turn your evening into a night for story telling?
Get comfortable, get ready, for a story that spans thousands of years!

Getting ready - you will need:

Bible if you have one
means to watch YouTube videos

The Back Story

Read aloud:

The story today is of the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples. We remember this meal every time we take Holy Communion.

But when Jesus got together with his disciples, they weren't just having any old evening meal together.
This was a festival day! A special meal. A meal you ate only once a year. This meal was "the Passover"!

Passover was a once a year celebration of what God did way back near the beginning of the Bible. It was God's great rescue plan to get his people out of slavery in Egypt, and take them into their own land where they could worship God freely.

Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IwMt-KLkSE

You could also read about God rescuing his people in
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 12:51

Bible Story - Last Supper

So now you know the back story, read the Last Supper story in
Luke 22: 7-23

You can find it here if you don't have a bible at home
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+22%3A7-23&version=NIV

Or watch the story of the Last Supper here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SigoALSS1R8

Things to notice

Read aloud

* In Exodus, God's people were saved from slavery by the blood of a lamb

* Jesus is called the Lamb of God. He shed his blood on the cross to save us from slavery to sin.

* In Exodus, the lamb died so God's people didn't have to.

* The punishment for sin is death (Romans 6:23). Jesus died so that we don't have to.

* The Passover is a massively important meal, reminding the Jews of God's rescue from Egypt.

* Holy Communion is a massively important meal, reminding Christians of God's great rescue through Jesus.

* The Passover was a foreshadowing of things to come. Over a thousand years before hand, it was already pointing people to their need to be rescued from death by the blood of a sacrifice.

* At Easter Jesus fulfilled the sign that was the Passover.