Moment of Meditation: My Time Is Near (Matthew 26:18)

''Jesus said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples'" (Matthew 26:18).''

"My time is at hand," Jesus finally says. Other times He says the opposite. But this time, walking into Jerusalem on Thursday morning, His time is at hand. His time of manifesting God's mercy and love on the cross is at hand.

Before He could be lifted up as the sacrifice for the entire world, He had to celebrate the Passover. The Lamb of God began the Passover eating and drinking with His disciples. But the Lamb offered by Him for His disciples would be the last lamb sacrificed for the Passover. Because Jesus is the eternal Passover lamb. The Lamb all the other lambs pointed to.

Jesus' time was near. All the Old Testament Scriptures were about to be fulfilled in His death and resurrection. He keeps the Passover so that He can point it to Himself and what would happen in the next couple of days. Days that are most important to us as Christians. Amen.