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Welcome to this special Easter edition of Redeeming the Chaos with Laurie Christine! 

A FAMILY DEVOTIONAL FOR EASTER

For 30 days leading up to Easter, I will be reading to you from my easter devotional book, Come and See! 30 Family Bible Stories for Easter.  

Today, I am reading Come and See! Chapter 8 – BREAD AND BETRAYAL.

Come and See!  invites families of elementary-aged children to experience firsthand the anticipation, the sorrow, the tragedy, the fear, and the ultimate triumph of Jesus’ death and resurrection. 

Through the eyes of six eye witnesses, you will be led on a journey through the busyness of  the streets of Jerusalem, to the despair of Golgotha, and finally to the celebration of the empty grave.

This bookincludes 30 short devotional stories, each with accompanying Scripture references and questions for discussion and imagination.

We are going to be reading one story each day leading up to Easter.  You’re welcome to grab the kids and listen together for your family Bible time.  Or, if you would rather read to your kids on your own, you can DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF THE ENTIRE EBOOK HERE.

LISTEN TO COME AND SEE! CHAPTER 8 – BREAD AND BETRAYAL

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BREAD AND BETRAYAL – Told by Judas, A Disciple of Jesus

“I coughed, nearly choking on my bite of bread. My hands began to shake, and my ears grew hot. He knew? He knew what I was planning to do? I gulped a mouthful of wine to wash down the bread stuck in my throat.”JUDAS, DISCIPLE OF JESUS

It had been several days since I had met with the priests in the temple that fateful night, devising our scheme to capture Jesus. It was now Thursday evening, and Jesus had planned for the disciples to be together for dinner in the city. I had been doing a good job of maintaining my façade, and I was pretty sure no one suspected anything. Even so, I was nervous that evening as we ate dinner. Tonight was the night. 

Passover officially started after sundown that evening, and the Passover lambs would be sacrificed the next afternoon in the temple. The priests wanted to make sure that Jesus was arrested and that all the loose ends were tied up before the Sabbath began, after sundown on Friday evening.

We sat down to a meal of grilled fish, fresh fruits and vegetables, and warm barley bread. Normally, I couldn’t resist a delicious spread of food, but that night my stomach was in knots, and I could barely enjoy the meal at all. I looked around nervously. Did anyone suspect what I was planning to do tonight? 

I knew that Jesus often went to the Mount of Olives to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane. In years past, we had prayed together in this same garden, when we visited Jerusalem. I planned to sneak out after dinner and tell the chief priests where Jesus was going to be.