Passover April 9, 2009

Passover April 9, 2009

Deuteronomy 16:1

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

Leviticus 23:5,6

5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unot the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread


Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chasstisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Truly Messiah is our Passover Lamb, who before His crucifixion on the cross for all mankinds sin, sat and ate with His disciples, reminding them, of the reason He came into the world, and the reason , for the redemption of man, to be reconcilled with God.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall be made alive


1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death


Messiah came as the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth
verse 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved


We no longer need to deal with death, as Messiah took on all man's sin, and reconcilled us back to the Father...
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and haring by the word of God.

He came to set us free, and took us out of bondage, as we were held in Egypt. Before we knew Him, He had us on His mind, and in His heart.

The story of Israel's rescue from Egypt is a picture not only of the past but of a future rescue as well. On the evening of the first Passover, the LORD visited Egypt as an angel of death. According to the Scriptures, the LORD took the life of every first born people and livestock included except where He found blood on the doorway. Only where there was blood on the doorway did He

"passover"

and spare the life of the firstborn in that home. To understand the killing of the paschal (Passsover) lamb, it's important to know that in Egyptian society the lamb, or ram ( a male sheep), represented a pagan god of the Egyptians named Amon. Amon, whose name means "hidden one" was considered the king of the gods and the source of all life on hearven and earth. According to the Egyptian zodiac, Nisan was the chief onth of this god, and the 15th of that month during the full moon was believed to be the apex of Amon's powers. The lamb was so sacred in Egyptian cult practice that the people of that land were forbidden to even touch a ram, let along bring it into their home, slaughter it, roast, and then eat it as God commanded the Israelites to do. To the Egyptians the killing of a lamb was a descreation of their religion ! The Passover sacrifice was a direct challenge to their gods. to the Jewish people, the same sacrifice fulfilled a promise of the Almighty: "Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgement ; I am the LORD" On the celebrated day of Amon, and at the alleged peak of his powers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob not only overcame Pharaoh, but desecrated the worship of Amon and gave the Egyptian people reason to believe in the

God of Israel !!!!!

Jesus is the promised Messiah of Israel, and when people's hearts are opened by Him, they come to the spiritual significance of the holidays of God. About 40 years before the destruction of the temple, Jesus not only claimed to be the Messiah (John 4:25-26) but also that He had come to fulfill the meaning of the Passover sacrifice. At a Passover Sedar, which later became known by His followers as the "table of Communion," Jesus held up the elements of wine and matzah and applied them to Himself. During the meal He broke unleavened bread with His disciples, and then held that boken matzah in His hands, saying, "This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me" (Luke 22:19) Then after the meal He held up a cup of wine and with the same force of personal application to Himself, said, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you" verse 20. They were claims that were outageous and blasphemous if they were not true. But they were true, and they help to explain why the

Feast of Passover.......
would go through such a profound transition in the years ahead,.

Let us embrace Christ the Passover Lamb, who came to save, and redeem our very lives , as He suffered and died for us. May we remember His sacrifice, and the newness of refreshing we can behold each and every day of our lives in Him, as truly He is the Passover Lamb, who has set us free.....

Truly He lives to make intercession for us, and sits at the right hand of the Father, He is the Lamb of God, our King, who reigns...

Forever More... Amen...

A very Blessed Passover to you all,
Reverend Jean