YESHUA'S TRIAL

CHAPTER I Page 3 G-D'S CALENDAR

BETRAYED

He appointed the third cup of the Seder to represent His uncorrupted blood, and the middle matza of the three matzot, the Afikoman²⁶, His body of incorruptible flesh which was to be broken.
During that New Covenant pre Passover Seder (Last Supper) prophecies concerning His
betrayal and arrest were fulfilled: the chief priests and members of the Sanhedrin conspired²⁷ to arrest and kill Yeshua, but “not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.” ²⁸ Because the Jewish people - contrary to popular belief by Christendom - loved Yeshua and believed Him to be the promised Messiah²⁹. It was the religious leaders of His days who hated Him. Aroused to jealousy³⁰ by His great popularity and pierced in their pride that this “unschooled Galilean”, son of a carpenter, should not only teach with greater insight and authority than they, but even have the impudence to challenge and rebuke them, they sought His undoing³¹.
However, G-d’s purposes for Messiah’s first coming played into their hands. Judas Ischariot, “a bosom friend in whom he trusted, who ate of his bread, lifted his heel against him” ³², and betrayed Him^f to the high priests³³. After they had eaten the Seder -Supper Judas, still bristling from Yeshua’s reprimand, went to betray his Master. He would get even with the Master Who deprived him of a fine sum of money. Judas held the common money purse³⁴, of the contents of which he would secretly steal³⁵. Selling the Master to the religious leaders would make up for the loss of money³⁶. They would reward him handsomely for the capture of Him Whom they could never put to death --- or so he thought. For which human being, even a high priest, could possibly kill Messiah? The Master would smite them, or simply escape them, and reveal Himself to be the Messiah, or so he thought. Never did it occur to Judas that the Messiah’s first mission was --- to give His life as a ransom for many.

²⁶ Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; Yeshua instituted the New Covenant with the third cup of wine at the Seder - representative of His Blood - and the middle matza of the three matzot, the Afikoman - representative of His body. The Afikoman is the matza that gets broken, hidden, and at the end of the Seder is being “resurrected” to be eaten by all participants.
^YPicture of Passover Lamb by Annelore for Or Tzion, Inc.

²⁷ John 5:16, 18; 7:1, 25; 8:37, 40; Ps 35:7; 69:4 ³² Psalm 41:9; Matthew 26:21-23; John 13:18

²⁸ Matthew 26:3-5; Mark 14:1-2 ³³ Matthew 26:14-16

²⁹ Matt 21:46; Mk 11:18; Luke 20:19; 22:2 ³⁴ John 13:29

³⁰ Matthew 27:18; Mark 15:10 ³⁵ John 12:6

³¹ Luke 6:7, 11; John 11:53; 12:10-11 ³⁶ Matthew 26:8-15; John 12:4

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