After taking the bread and giving thanks, 

he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 

"This is my body, 

which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

In the same way, 

he took the cup after the meal and said,

"This cup is the new covenant by my blood, which is poured out for you."

Luke 22:19-20 CEB

Jesus was pointing his team forward a few days to his crucifixion, and pointing further forward to a new thing, a new covenant, a new promise, a new way of being.

And pointing even further forward to when everything will be made new. 

(As JRR Tolkein said "the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will become untrue").

But right now it's darkness. 

Empire has won.

Death is in charge.

The disciples are lost.

The things Jesus pointed to are obscured by grief, loss, darkness, despair. 

A body broken.

Blood poured out.

And for what?

And yet the Big Story was at work even though Jesus team couldn't see it. 

The hope, the future Jesus was pointing to seemed lost. 

Yet it wasn't.

I think we all know what Easter Saturday is like. 

When darkness seems to have won.

When despair doesn't seem to end.

When we can't seem to find sure footing or that anchor won't hold.

Hold on.

Our God was still at work on Easter Saturday.

And He still is.

#weareBeloved

#easter2025

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