King Hezekiah, according to the record given in the thirtieth chapter of II Chronicles, sent a proclamation to his people to keep the Passover feast at Jerusalem, "for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written." And for those who were not sanctified Hezekiah prayed, saying, "The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God."
The celebration of the Passover in remembrance of the deliverance of Israel from the last plague visited upon the Egyptians had been a vicarious experience for succeeding generations. Christ Jesus' life and works, on the other hand, clearly illustrated that the improvement of men results from individual awakening to the eternally established perfection of God and of man.
At the last supper the Master's teaching of the need of the individual to work out his own salvation was placed in a new light before his followers. This supper pointed to the impossibility of matter's being a means of salvation and brought out symbolically that each human being has continually to renew his allegiance to the spiritual idea of man in God's image, pure in heart, free from the plague of evil thinking.
