Big Picture: One of the key moments in Israel’s exodus was God’s summoning them into covenant relationship with him (Exodus 24). The prophets declared that when God delivered Israel from exile, he would likewise establish a new covenant with them (see especially Jer. 31:31–34; cf. Isa. 42:6; 49:8; 54:10; 55:3; 61:8; Ezek. 34:23–25; 37:24–28). In establishing his covenant, but now through his own body and blood, Jesus fulfills these prophecies.

1. “Make preparations for us there” (Mark 14:12-16).
2. “24 little hours” and the sovereignty of God (Mark 14:17-21).
3. “This is my body:” Jesus’ saving sacrifice remembered (Mark 14:22).
4. “This is my blood:” Jesus’ New Covenant inaugurated (Mark 14: 23-25).
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Compatibilism (both of the following propositions are true at the same time)

1. God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never functions in such a way that human responsibility is curtailed, minimized, or mitigated.

2. Human beings are morally responsible creatures – they significantly choose, rebel, obey, believe, defy, make decisions and so forth, and they are rightly held accountable for such actions; but this characteristic never functions so as to make God absolutely contingent (secondary, a responder, a reactor, dependent upon us in some sense).