Kingdom Mysteries: Luke 22:27-30
“27) For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves. “28) You are those who have stood by Me in My trials; 29) and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you 30) that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Luke 22:27-30
Keep the context of these verses in mind. Jesus spoke them during the upper room discourse most likely just before Judas departed. In these few verses, Luke talks about a few things not mentioned by the other gospel writers.
First, He filled in more of the discourse mentioned in John 13:12-17. Luke adds the question of “who is greater, the one who sits at the table or waiter?” From this text we learn that He not only washed their feet, He also served them the meal.
This explains why He was the one who took both the bread and the cup during the meal and personalized them. He was doing the serving.
His coming work on the cross was by far His greatest service of humanity. He served them all, including Judas. His atonement on the cross was not limited to the eleven. It is available to any and all who receive Him.
Second, He talked about them standing by Him in His trials up to that point. Unfortunately, they were about to abandon Him during His greatest suffering. Only John remained with Him to the very end.
Finally, in these verses He mentions that the Father had granted Him a kingdom and He was giving it to them. He briefly mentioned the kingdom also in Matthew 26:29, but there He refers to it as “My Fathers Kingdom.”
In these verses in Luke 22, He colors in more detail. The mystery of the kingdom was starting. According to Acts 1:3-8, it would include the coming ministry of the Holy Spirit.
We are called into kingdom living. It includes the full meaning of living in the kingdom of light while embracing our new identity, authority and dominion “in Christ.” (See Colossians 1:9-29)
Few believers live and walk in the full benefits of kingdom mysteries. Jesus was hinting at something very powerful and glorious in these few verses in the Gospel of Luke.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global.
Sent from my iPhone
“27) For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves. “28) You are those who have stood by Me in My trials; 29) and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you 30) that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Luke 22:27-30
Keep the context of these verses in mind. Jesus spoke them during the upper room discourse most likely just before Judas departed. In these few verses, Luke talks about a few things not mentioned by the other gospel writers.
First, He filled in more of the discourse mentioned in John 13:12-17. Luke adds the question of “who is greater, the one who sits at the table or waiter?” From this text we learn that He not only washed their feet, He also served them the meal.
This explains why He was the one who took both the bread and the cup during the meal and personalized them. He was doing the serving.
His coming work on the cross was by far His greatest service of humanity. He served them all, including Judas. His atonement on the cross was not limited to the eleven. It is available to any and all who receive Him.
Second, He talked about them standing by Him in His trials up to that point. Unfortunately, they were about to abandon Him during His greatest suffering. Only John remained with Him to the very end.
Finally, in these verses He mentions that the Father had granted Him a kingdom and He was giving it to them. He briefly mentioned the kingdom also in Matthew 26:29, but there He refers to it as “My Fathers Kingdom.”
In these verses in Luke 22, He colors in more detail. The mystery of the kingdom was starting. According to Acts 1:3-8, it would include the coming ministry of the Holy Spirit.
We are called into kingdom living. It includes the full meaning of living in the kingdom of light while embracing our new identity, authority and dominion “in Christ.” (See Colossians 1:9-29)
Few believers live and walk in the full benefits of kingdom mysteries. Jesus was hinting at something very powerful and glorious in these few verses in the Gospel of Luke.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global.
Sent from my iPhone
