Mark 14, verses 12 to 31, where is the guestchamber

 

Mark 14:12 ¶  And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 13  And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 14  And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 15  And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16  And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 17  And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 18  And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19  And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 20  And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 21  The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. 22  And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. 23  And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24  And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25  Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 26  And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 27  And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28  But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29  But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. 30  And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31  But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

 

12 ¶  And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 13  And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 14  And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

 

 

Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover….

7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

 

 

Here is a situation that we often don’t think about. God has prepared places and people to assist those who are doing His will that the latter know nothing about. Don’t count it strange or odd when you attempt to do something for Christ and find a stranger who makes your way easier or provides something you need as if he were a part of your plan. He may have been.

 

As has happened to me, I was delayed at the YMCA front desk once and didn’t get to leave when I wanted to but as I pulled out of the parking lot someone pulled in. His name was Dave and he was going through a rough time. He said he was “lucky” he ran into me. He needed to talk. That morning, Dave received Jesus Christ as his Saviour. The counter person that delayed me may not have known he was part of God’s plan but he was.

 

Another way of looking at this is that the “goodman of the house” may have also been a follower of Jesus that His disciples knew nothing about. The Bible focuses often narrowly on scenes and people. Unless told so there is no reason to believe that the twelve were the only ones to receive instruction from Jesus. Many followed Jesus.

 

The final way to look at this is that this person was supernaturally prepared and was expecting the disciples.

 

15  And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16  And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 17  And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 18  And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

 

For those who believed in closed communion then let me just say that Jesus permitted a devil to celebrate the Lord’s Supper with Him (John 6:70). Judas was allowed to be with the disciples. Let every man examine himself.

 

1Corinthians 11:28  But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 

 

Notice that this large upper room is furnished and prepared. I am reminded of another place that is being prepared.

 

John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 

 

Among the definition of mansions are a place to live and a furnished apartment inside of a large manor house. In the Father’s house are many of those, like the room the Jewish husband-to-be would build on his father’s house to receive his bride, I was told. The building would stop when the bridegroom’s father told the bridegroom to go get his bride. I can’t verify the truth of this scenario but it is interesting.

 

We who have trusted Christ are the Temple of the Holy Ghost (1 Corinthians 6:19). We are God’s house in this time. In the House of God that Solomon built there were rooms built around as well.

 

1Kings 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: