“Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.”
John 13:7 KJV
As John the beloved disciple recorded, “Jesus replied, “You don’t understand yet the meaning of what I’m doing, but soon it will be clear to you.” Jesus had asked His disciples to remove their sandals so He would wash their feet. By removing their sandals and washing their feet, Jesus was showing them that He was granting them a new inheritance - His own. The sandal is often used in covenants of inheritance in Hebrew culture. Every defilement would be removed so that they could “place the sole of their feet” upon the new covenant inheritance. God told Moses to remove his sandals, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” This was because Moses was about to receive a new inheritance - the holiness of God and the authority that came with it. God told Joshua, “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” After Jesus had washed the disciples feet, and taken His garments, He sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I Am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” Let’s as believers and disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ know our inheritance and when the world calls us “rice bag Christians”, we should be able to give them the glorious Gospel of their true inheritance in Christ. Amen!
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