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PESSAH
(PASSOVER)
This
year the Seder is on April 19th, 2008
The
prophetic fulfillment of this Holiday is clear. It is a time to thank God
for our freedom, and that covers a volume of types of freedoms. To
be a free people, and to be free to worship God. But the word that
summed up the true meaning of Pessah is "Redemption". Rabbi Saul
(Paul) sums up this theme in his letter to the Corinthian Believers.
He was addressing a moral problem in their members. To solve their
problem Saul draws upon a well-known analogy of
Pessah.
Your
boasting is not good. Don’t you know the saying, it takes only a
little chametz to leaven a whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old
chametz, so that you can be a new batch of dough, because in reality
you are unleavened. For your Pessah Lamb, the Messiah, has been
sacrificed. So let us celebrate the Seder, not with
leftover charmetz, the charmetz of wickedness and evil, but with the
matzah of purity and truth. (I-Corinthians
5:6-8)
Paul
is telling Believers to celebrate Passover, to have a Seder
(Passover Meal) that celebrates the deliverance from Slavery and
being a free people. To set aside this day to thank, praise and
worship God. I don’t want to dwell on this too much but it was the
Catholic Church that said "to do so was far to Jewish," and they
stopped the celebration of Passover in the Church. It however
created a great problem. What about the Resurrection, what would
they do about the fact that all the early Believers celebrated the
Resurrection on the day of First Fruits? (Part of the Passover
celebration)
Yeshua
died on the Feast of Pessah, was buried on the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, and rose on the Feast of First Fruits.
Fifty days later the Holy Spirit was sent on the next Holiday in line Shavuot
(Pentecost). This was what is referred to as the first
advent. The first three Holiday’s follow each other, in the first
three days, (Pessah, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits)
and we celebrate them all within an 8 day celebration,
and we just call it Passover (Pessah). But the Catholic Church had a
big problem, and they solved it with a bunch of paganism brought in
from Babylon, and called the
Resurrection (First Fruits) Easter. But enough of that, for
now I want to just talk about Pessah, and possibly your getting it
right.
Before going on, I want to make something clear, I am not
suggesting that you must keep all the Jewish laws concerning Pessah,
you have the freedom to adapt the preparation to a comfortable
degree. To some they may celebrate more than others. It is well
however to note, that what I am saying is from the Word, and I know
it pleases God for His people to reach out to Him in truth instead
of paganism.
Prophetic
Fulfillment
In
a house there is much preparations for the Seder, the house is
cleaned from top to bottom, there is no bread or leaven left in the
house anywhere. After the first week of Nisan, for focus is very
directed towards Pessah. After sundown on the fourteenth day of
Nisan, a special ceremony called bedikat khameytz (the
search of the leaven) takes place in the home. The last tiny bits of
leaven are found and removed from the house, taken outside and
burned.
This
is interesting because the house had been previously cleaned, so the
leader of the house had to hide some small bits here and there in
the house to be found. Then the leader takes a feather and a
wooden spoon and a lighted candle. And the family begins
searching for the final leaven. This is a great time to get the
children involved, it’s like the game hide and
seek.
There
are many spiritual lessons for Believers here. The leaven (sin) must
be cleaned from our house (our hearts). In so doing we must use the
light of the candle (the Word of God) Illumines our sin (Psalm
119:11). The most beautiful of all, the wooden spoon that holds the
leaven, (the Wooden Cross that holds all of our sins and carries
them away). To the Believer who walks with God and is filled with
His Spirit will discern many spiritual truths in this, and begin to
know why the Word tells us to celebrate the Seder
(Peasch).
It
is my belief that when a true Believer discovers any Biblical truth
and applies it to their life, doing so enriches them. So it is my
prayer that you may experience a closer relationship with Messiah
Yeshua our Passover Lamb in and intimate and practical way. Let us
therefore celebrate the feast (I-Cor. 5:8)
So
with the above preparation, we are ready to begin the Seder, the
festive feast called the Seder. It is full of wonderful spiritual
truths for the Believer as well as the Jew. Hopefully you will find
a good Haggadah (booklet of how to hold a Seder) and begin a
spiritual trip that will enrich your life and give you a deeper
closer walk with our Messiah. If I can be of any help, please let me
know.
Shalom
and Hag Same’ach (happy Holiday),
jerry
golden
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OHzone News:
Well, dear hearts, I'm here to tell you that when the Lord once gets us where He wants us spiritually speaking (in my case it was utterly spiritual bankrupt, and it was exactly yesterday - He strikes like lightning to lift you into the place He has prepared for you, which in my case is abundantly joyful. Be not afraid; only believe, for He knows the plans He has to-us-wards, plans to give us hope and a future, plans to prosper us and not to harm us. Twenty-four hours ago I had not a hope in the world; now the future couldn't be brighter, and my heart is full of His praises. HANG IN THERE, dear hearts, and lean not to your own understanding. He WILL bring you through this, and bring you out into a brighter place than you have ever dreamed possible. Hallelujah!
Just thought you might want to know. :-)
Doris H.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
P.S. - THIS is where i was yesterday at this time:
I have been utterly and abjectly cast down and at the end of my resources, to the praise of His glory, for I KNOW MY GOD HAS NOT CAST ME OFF, praise Him. He is faithful come what may, nor is His hand short to save, and when He has tried me I shall come forth as gold because HE will see to it. He has not brought me this far to dump me in the middle of the sea; in fact, He has given us each His Holy Spirit Who is specifically charged with presenting unto Him a Bride without spot or wrinkle. Be not afraid, dear hearts. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding... and when things look blackest, lean hardest, for He IS there, He DOES care, and HE IS IN CONTROL. Hallelujah! "Joy cometh in the morning." "Joy cometh in the morning." "Joy cometh in the morning." YES, LORD!!! Amen.
As I said, He moves quickly once you have been brought to the point He's working towards with your spirit. Hallelujah!
ONE LAST THOUGHT:
Be blessed, dear hearts, and keep looking UP - "for lo, the Bridegroom cometh..."
Richest blessings, one and all!
(Mrs.) Doris E. Howie <><
Editor, OHzone E-CLIPS
Webmaster, OHzone
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