Feet washing

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. - Gen 18:4

After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel wherewith he was girded. - John 13:5

We have here the first and the last recorded occurrences of feet washing in relation to the Lord Jesus. The disciples didn't seem to have seen the opportunity that was presented to them. The opportunity to bow down in submission, to stoop low in surrender and to wash the Lord's feet in service. They didn't learn from their patriarch who was presented with the same opportunity but made full use of it. How true the words, "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." All there is to learn about the Messiah is there in the Old Testament, including how He should be treated. But therein also lies how He would be treated.