Wednesday, April 13 2011 Six Days Before The Passover Bethany
was a small village on the side of the Mount Of Olives (the
Mount Of Olives is where Christ's "Olivet prophecy" was given;
see Instructions To The End-Time Church), about an hour's walk
from Jerusalem. It was the home town of Lazarus and his sisters
Martha and Mary, all of whom were close friends of The Prophet
Of Galilee. He often visited them, even once raising Lazarus
from the dead (see The Lesson Of Lazarus). From His teachings,
and the Holy Spirit that enabled them to "hear" what He was
saying, they became aware that The Christ was going to be
sacrificed as the Lamb of God. Six days before the ultimate
Passover, Lazarus, Martha and Mary hosted a farewell dinner for
The Messiah in their home. Although they had visited and eaten
together before, this occasion was different. While even the
apostles did not yet fully realize that the Christ was going to
be killed in a few days, Lazarus' sister Mary did understand
enough. "12:1 Then Jesus six days