The Messiah in the Passover

Get your Bible and a pad- get ready to take some crazy cool notes! The Messiah of Israel isn't as "hidden" as you go through the High Holiday Celebrations the Jewish people have celebrated for centuries! Enjoy this teaching! It will strengthen your belief in who the Messiah is and will challenge you to be less "Christian" and be more "Messianic". Remember, Jesus didn't come to start "Christianity" my dear friends- He came as He promised for centuries, to save the House of Israel and then the gentiles! Enjoy:

Exodus (Sh'mot) 12:21-27 (All scriptures quoted are from the Complete Jewish Bible by Dr. David Stern)
21 Then Moshe called for all the leaders of Isra'el and said, "Select and take lambs for your families, and slaughter the Pesach lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop leaves and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and smear it on the two sides and top of the door-frame. Then, none of you is to go out the door of his house until morning. 23 For ADONAI will pass through to kill the Egyptians; but when he sees the blood on the top and on the two sides, ADONAI will pass over the door and will not allow the Slaughterer to enter your houses and kill you. 24 You are to observe this as a law, you and your descendants forever. 25 "When you come to the land which ADONAI will give you, as he has promised, you are to observe this ceremony. 26 When your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this ceremony?' 27 say, 'It is the sacrifice of ADONAI's Pesach [Passover], because [ADONAI] passed over the houses of the people of Isra'el in Egypt, when he killed the Egyptians but spared our houses.'"The people of Isra'el bowed their heads and worshipped. (CJB- Complete Jewish Bible)

The blood that was smeared on the lintel and the doorposts of the house would become very significant to the Jewish people and to all who would later call on the name of Yeshua (Jesus) to receive their redemption. We see in the Book of Leviticus that life is in the blood.

Leviticus (Vayikra) 17:11
11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for yourselves; for it is the blood that makes atonement because of the life.'

We have learned through the Word of ADONAI that without the shedding of blood there is NO forgiveness of sin.

Hebrews 9:22
22 In fact, according to the Torah, almost everything is purified with blood; indeed, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

As we approach the season of Passover, we can look toward Yeshua as the one who can forgive us our sins. He IS the Passover Lamb who has taken our sins. John 1:29 describes what Yeshua did for us: “The next day, Yochanan (John) saw Yeshua coming toward him and said, ‘Look! God's Lamb! The one who is taking away the sin of the world!’”

What we learned on that first Passover night in the Book of Exodus, Rabbi Sha’ul (Paul) reminded us of in the B’rit Chadashah (Newer Covenant).

Acts 16:29-32
29 Calling for lights, the jailer ran in, began to tremble and fell down in front of Sha'ul and Sila. 30 Then, leading them outside, he said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?" 31 They said, "Trust in the Lord Yeshua, and you will be saved - you and your household!" 32 Whereupon they told him and everyone in his household the message about the Lord.

One of the ways we can get a fuller understanding of what Yeshua truly did for us and how He is the Passover Lamb is by attending a Messianic Passover Seder. Through the Seder we can see how Yeshua fulfilled Exodus 12 for all of us.

Some of the things that will come alive in a Messianic Seder are: John 12:1-3, how Yeshua was anointed as the Passover Lamb. Matthew 21:1 Yeshua tells us how He will be the sacrifice. John 13 we see how Yeshua himself celebrated the Passover Seder with His talmadim (disciples). This is where we get the New Covenant Passover celebration or “The Lord’s Supper” as some of you refer to it. Still today three pieces of Matzoh are used in the Seder- but only one is broken and hidden for the children to find and celebrate over. It is a clear representation of the Messiah broken and gone for three days then celebrated over His Ressurection. It is of interest to note that as Yeshua was being crucified on the cross, the Passover Lamb (the sacrifice for the sins of the people of Israel) was being sacrificed at the same time and neither sacrifice had any bones broken! At the end of the Seder, Yeshua sang from Psalm 118 just before He went out to give His life for our sins. Isn’t it wonderful how applying the blood to the lintel and doorposts of our heart today we can have the faith to believe that we and our households shall be saved?

The Passover Seder is a time for us to reflect on all of the things that ADONAI has done for us. It is a type of Biblical “Thanksgiving” if you will. A time to see how the mighty right arm of ADONAI has freed us from bondage to sin. To understand the richness that we have in our community of believers today, one must experience a Messianic Passover Seder.

Monday in Tulsa, OK at 7PM at Victory Christian Center on Skelly Drive you can attend a full dinner and Messianic Seder lead by Sally Bianca, a Messianic Believer and an Israeli Shalak (a representative of the Israeli Government to promote unity between Jews and Messianics) will be speaking as well. Cost for the dinner and Seder is $15.00 and can be bought on line at Victory.com

Monday in Bonner Springs, KS at 7PM I will be doing a teaching on “The Messiah in Passover”. All are welcome to attend!

Ha Shem- The Name....

Our Almighty Father's Name is YHWH, or Yahweh (but no one really knows the actual pronunciation) which is spelled in the Hebrew letters Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey and literally means "I Am". That means that "God" is not a thing...He is an action.

If we are to live with His Spirit dwelling within us, we are to also be an action. His blessings surge in our lives all around us, but I feel the most amazing blessing is the capability to recognize one when we see, feel, touch, taste, or even conceptualize one. With that, we are to give credit where credit is due.

If you read this, I will ask a small favor of you. In the comment section below, list three blessings you've perceived today. After that, tell how you're planning on giving the credit where the credit is due. He dwells in the PRAISES and THANKS of His people. You see, today I needed a little bit more of His presence in my life and took action- His plan for me and its' manifestation is one of those blessings I am thankful for today!! My way of perpetuating the credit and blessings is to tell you and have you recognize blessings in your life! If you send this link to many people, the blessings to YHWH will not end!!

The name of the game is perpetuating blessings. Try it out.