The spiritual meaning of washing is purification – cleaning the mind spiritually much as water cleans the body naturally. “Feet” represent our lives on the natural level – the day-to-day outward thoughts and actions that absorb so much of our time. Washing the feet, then, symbolizes purifying the natural level of our lives, applying what the Lord teaches us to our outward, ordinary actions.

Think of it this way: Are you nice to the cashier at the grocery store? Can you forgive someone who accidentally cuts you off in traffic? Do you hold the door for strangers? Such small things may be signs of good clean feet. It also became a ritual, however, with a host honoring his guests by washing their feet. The most famous example of this is in John 13, when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet at the Last Supper.

Title: The First Day of the First Month

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The Bible speaks of new beginnings in connection with the first day of the first month. No matter how far off course our lives in this world may get, there is always an opportunity to repent and start again. (Note the striking invisibility of the reader at minutes 2 and 4 ;-). She reappears at minute 16.)

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 8:4, 12-14; 9:13
Exodus 40:1-2, 34
2 Chronicles 29:3, 10, 17, 35
Ezra 7:6
Ezekiel 45:18-20
Philippians 3:12, 15
Psalms 39:4-5; 90