When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God." -- Luke 22:14-16
I wonder why Jesus yearned for this final passover. Perhaps it brought all the apostles together for a meal when otherwise one or another would be missing. They were all in Jerusalem for the passover and certainly they were as close as family by this time, so the event guaranteeed their presence. When he says "until it finds fulfillment," does he mean this meal or the passover in general? Then again the fulfillment of the Lord's Supper and the Passover is the same, isn't it?
And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' then tell them, 'It is a the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.' -- Exodus 12:26-27
