I subscribe to Jerry Golden's newsletter and thought this was a very apt day to present this article.
To all who still celebrate Passover, may you be blessed greatly and may G-d bless you!
http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysn....asp?a=1032&z=1
Passover (Passah)
Shalom,
Connie, Joel and I will be celebrating the Seder in Samaria in what is called by those who don't understand "the West Bank". For obvious reasons I will not say the name of the "Settlement" but will at a later date. Sense the late 70's we have celebrated the "Passover Seder" with dear friends of ours who are Moroccan Jews and I must tell you that it is a wonderful experience.
What a joy it is to my Jewish heart to sit in a place where some of the first celebrations of Jews proclaiming their deliverance and freedom from slavery. To enter a Synagogue on the eve of Passah that sets on the place of an ancient one that still holds Jews who love God, and thanks Him for bringing them back to their promised land as He promised He would.
There is also a sadness to think that we now have a Government who intends to give this Holy Land to the enemies of God, and that this could well be the last Seder we will have in this land, God help us to understand and to have the courage to go forward in the hope of our salvation.
We ask for your prayers, and we pray that all reading this will have the courage and conviction to keep the Passover (Passah) as God commanded.
Below I will re-publish an article I wrote on the subject of Passah.
The Seder is on April 12, 2006
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, jerry golden
Full Version: Seder Begins Today
Wow! Thanks Rose for posting this. It really explains how the Passover is fulfilled through JESUS CHRIST death and Resurrection!
Of course it did not explain it all, but what was is wonderful! GOD'S Plans are perfect.
I will be glad when Hannah finds her book on the passover and can explain it in detail!
Of course it did not explain it all, but what was is wonderful! GOD'S Plans are perfect.
I will be glad when Hannah finds her book on the passover and can explain it in detail!
Thanks Tig! :-)
QUOTE(lifeinhim61 @ Apr 12 2006, 11:43 AM)
I subscribe to Jerry Golden's newsletter and thought this was a very apt day to present this article.
To all who still celebrate Passover, may you be blessed greatly and may G-d bless you!
http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysn....asp?a=1032&z=1
Passover (Passah)
Shalom,
Connie, Joel and I will be celebrating the Seder in Samaria in what is called by those who don't understand "the West Bank". For obvious reasons I will not say the name of the "Settlement" but will at a later date. Sense the late 70's we have celebrated the "Passover Seder" with dear friends of ours who are Moroccan Jews and I must tell you that it is a wonderful experience.
What a joy it is to my Jewish heart to sit in a place where some of the first celebrations of Jews proclaiming their deliverance and freedom from slavery. To enter a Synagogue on the eve of Passah that sets on the place of an ancient one that still holds Jews who love God, and thanks Him for bringing them back to their promised land as He promised He would.
There is also a sadness to think that we now have a Government who intends to give this Holy Land to the enemies of God, and that this could well be the last Seder we will have in this land, God help us to understand and to have the courage to go forward in the hope of our salvation.
We ask for your prayers, and we pray that all reading this will have the courage and conviction to keep the Passover (Passah) as God commanded.
Below I will re-publish an article I wrote on the subject of Passah.
The Seder is on April 12, 2006
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, jerry golden
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To all who still celebrate Passover, may you be blessed greatly and may G-d bless you!
http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysn....asp?a=1032&z=1
Passover (Passah)
Shalom,
Connie, Joel and I will be celebrating the Seder in Samaria in what is called by those who don't understand "the West Bank". For obvious reasons I will not say the name of the "Settlement" but will at a later date. Sense the late 70's we have celebrated the "Passover Seder" with dear friends of ours who are Moroccan Jews and I must tell you that it is a wonderful experience.
What a joy it is to my Jewish heart to sit in a place where some of the first celebrations of Jews proclaiming their deliverance and freedom from slavery. To enter a Synagogue on the eve of Passah that sets on the place of an ancient one that still holds Jews who love God, and thanks Him for bringing them back to their promised land as He promised He would.
There is also a sadness to think that we now have a Government who intends to give this Holy Land to the enemies of God, and that this could well be the last Seder we will have in this land, God help us to understand and to have the courage to go forward in the hope of our salvation.
We ask for your prayers, and we pray that all reading this will have the courage and conviction to keep the Passover (Passah) as God commanded.
Below I will re-publish an article I wrote on the subject of Passah.
The Seder is on April 12, 2006
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, jerry golden
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PTL!!! Yes, it begins at sundown tonight...and is part of our Easter celebration!!! Like our brother Jerry stated in his newsletter, Pesach not only reminds us of God's miracles and deliverance of the Jewish people from the slavery and oppression in Egypt...but what He did for those whose would put faith in the blood of the perfect Passover Lamb who was to come...Y'shua (Jesus)!
Prayers to all that this will be a most blessed and special time in our Lord!!!!!!!!!
All love in Him!!!!!
devorah
Rose thank you for sharing this. You know today I sat down to read this but only got a few lines read when I was interrupted and did not get to finish. Tonight after chuch I sat down and read it. Wow the Lord wanted me to wait until tonight I think. It really brought a very different meaning sitting here tonight as the Passover has begun. With tears in my eyes to think that my Passover Lamb was beginning to be prepared over 2000 years ago. I feel like this is going to be a very different Passover this year. Thank You so much for sharing this with us. My heart is very overwhelmed right now.
Love you,
Val
Messiahiscoming
Love you,
Val
Messiahiscoming
QUOTE(onetiggerroo @ Apr 12 2006, 01:54 PM)
Wow! Thanks Rose for posting this. It really explains how the Passover is fulfilled through JESUS CHRIST death and Resurrection!
Of course it did not explain it all, but what was is wonderful! GOD'S Plans are perfect.
I will be glad when Hannah finds her book on the passover and can explain it in detail!
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Of course it did not explain it all, but what was is wonderful! GOD'S Plans are perfect.
I will be glad when Hannah finds her book on the passover and can explain it in detail!
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Thanks for posting that Rose! I also will be waiting with you Susan for Hannah to give it in detail. I have strongly felt that passover coming in coincidence with Easter (And I don't like that name either) was significant. I truly wish that the Christain Church followed to Jewish feasts calendar!
j
See this article yet?
Some Jews see trespass in Christian Seders
Jesus spin on Passover holiday 'sets off great anxieties'
Updated: 7:09 a.m. ET April 13, 2006
Some Jews see trespass in Christian Seders
Jesus spin on Passover holiday 'sets off great anxieties'
Updated: 7:09 a.m. ET April 13, 2006
QUOTE(Dani @ Apr 14 2006, 08:58 AM)
See this article yet?
Some Jews see trespass in Christian Seders
Jesus spin on Passover holiday 'sets off great anxieties'
Updated: 7:09 a.m. ET April 13, 2006
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Some Jews see trespass in Christian Seders
Jesus spin on Passover holiday 'sets off great anxieties'
Updated: 7:09 a.m. ET April 13, 2006
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Thanks for the post Dani, it definitely points out that Christians trying to go back to their Jewish roots should not be done lightly. Even some of our Communion services that I have seen get a little flippent. The point is our joining in the suffering and death of our Lord and gaining sustenance and life as well as rememberance with this service! Done in right, honest motive, it would be good for Christians to observe Passover! Then show the direct connections to Christ taking the place of the lamb that was sacrificed with all it's parallels.
I just dislike the pagan connections with the Easter observances, but God does not look on outward appearance but on the heart! Proverbs 3:1-12 is my banner!
j
Some day we'll all sit down together and break bread. 
Thats right Christians and JEws still celebrating these festivals as God commanded.
QUOTE(lifeinhim61 @ Apr 12 2006, 12:43 PM)
I subscribe to Jerry Golden's newsletter and thought this was a very apt day to present this article.
To all who still celebrate Passover, may you be blessed greatly and may G-d bless you!
http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysn....asp?a=1032&z=1
Passover (Passah)
Shalom,
Connie, Joel and I will be celebrating the Seder in Samaria in what is called by those who don't understand "the West Bank". For obvious reasons I will not say the name of the "Settlement" but will at a later date. Sense the late 70's we have celebrated the "Passover Seder" with dear friends of ours who are Moroccan Jews and I must tell you that it is a wonderful experience.
What a joy it is to my Jewish heart to sit in a place where some of the first celebrations of Jews proclaiming their deliverance and freedom from slavery. To enter a Synagogue on the eve of Passah that sets on the place of an ancient one that still holds Jews who love God, and thanks Him for bringing them back to their promised land as He promised He would.
There is also a sadness to think that we now have a Government who intends to give this Holy Land to the enemies of God, and that this could well be the last Seder we will have in this land, God help us to understand and to have the courage to go forward in the hope of our salvation.
We ask for your prayers, and we pray that all reading this will have the courage and conviction to keep the Passover (Passah) as God commanded.
Below I will re-publish an article I wrote on the subject of Passah.
The Seder is on April 12, 2006
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, jerry golden
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To all who still celebrate Passover, may you be blessed greatly and may G-d bless you!
http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysn....asp?a=1032&z=1
Passover (Passah)
Shalom,
Connie, Joel and I will be celebrating the Seder in Samaria in what is called by those who don't understand "the West Bank". For obvious reasons I will not say the name of the "Settlement" but will at a later date. Sense the late 70's we have celebrated the "Passover Seder" with dear friends of ours who are Moroccan Jews and I must tell you that it is a wonderful experience.
What a joy it is to my Jewish heart to sit in a place where some of the first celebrations of Jews proclaiming their deliverance and freedom from slavery. To enter a Synagogue on the eve of Passah that sets on the place of an ancient one that still holds Jews who love God, and thanks Him for bringing them back to their promised land as He promised He would.
There is also a sadness to think that we now have a Government who intends to give this Holy Land to the enemies of God, and that this could well be the last Seder we will have in this land, God help us to understand and to have the courage to go forward in the hope of our salvation.
We ask for your prayers, and we pray that all reading this will have the courage and conviction to keep the Passover (Passah) as God commanded.
Below I will re-publish an article I wrote on the subject of Passah.
The Seder is on April 12, 2006
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, jerry golden
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Shalom,
Thank you for sharing this and the link! i'm going to check out their site
i think? you might like this study i just found, it will open up with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Celebrating Righteousness: a family study for the week of Unleavened Bread
What does it mean to walk in righteousness? Why should we do it?
http://www.torahfamily.com/Passover%2003/Torah%20Study.pdf
May you be blessed by Yahweh and covered in His sweet shalom!
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