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THE PILGRIMAGE FESTIVALS

Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. (Exodus 23:14)

Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles (Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot) are called pilgrimage festivals 1/7/2013


SEDER סדר “set order”

PASSOVER MEAL

OF JESUS CHRIST &

HIS APOSTLES

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The Passover Seder meal is actually just the beginning of the seven-dayFeast of Unleavened Bread.

The first and seventh days of the festival (fifteenthand twenty-first of the month) are special Sabbath days.

If weekend regular Sabbath coincides then it is HIGH DAY- HIGH SABBATH

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“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”

(Luke 22:15)


Jesus was to eat this Passover within the walls of Jerusalem (not in the tent city outside the walls) as it was His final one.

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HOSHA NA


THE FINAL PASSOVER

THURSDAY 6TH APRIL, 30 AD, AFTER 6 P.M.JEWISH MONTH AND CALENDAR- Nissan 10TH TO 14TH

Luke 22:17-23 Matt 26:21-35Mark 14:18-25John 13:21-301/7/2013


The whole purpose of the Passover is to

remember

what happened on that night in Egypt.

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Jesus will fulfil this Passover with His death. After the 2nd Coming the Passover will be celebrated again.

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He had made special arrangements to do this. Seder, the Passover meal –

preparations are made by Peter and John.

They had to buy the Passover lamb in the Temple, 1/7/2013


In the Temple it was killed.

The blood poured into a bowl that was poured out at the base of the Altar,

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•Lamb skinned & entrails removed. •Parts of lamb burned on the Altar. •The lamb is then roasted.

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Removal of leaven – yeast – days of ‘Omer’ – personal introspections

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leavenoften represents corruption &

decomposition.


•Unleavened bread, free from the fermentation process, represents incorruptibility.

•Messiah kept the appointed time by exchanging His corruptible flesh for incorruptible flesh during the festival.

•He exchanged the mortal for the immortal, as Scripture says, “He whom God raised did not undergo decay” (Acts 13:37).

•During this appointed time of the “Feast of Incorruptibility,” the women discovered the empty tomb and the risen Yeshua appeared in the midst of His bewildered disciples.


•For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen among you, nor shall any leaven be seen among you in all your borders.

•“You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.” And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. (Exodus 13:6–9)


Apostles prepare the other Passover items

1.Three pieces of flat unleavened bread

With RED STRIPES on it &

HOLES in it (Matzos – singular. Matza – plural)

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Passover Matzah, the bread dough must be baked less than 18-20 minutes after the flour ground is moistened with water, so that fermentation will not take place.

“Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (1Corinthians 5:7–8).


When the children of Israel left Egypt, they were leaving behind their old culture. While in Egypt they had absorbed much of the wickedness and idolatry of Egyptian society.

The unleavened bread symbolized a newbeginning. They were starting over.


Other Passover items –

2. special red wine (naturally fermented, no added sugar – ‘the fruit of the vine’ [Luke 22: 18]),

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Additional note – Wine or Grape Juice ?

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In Hebrew language, wine is “YAYIN” meaning EFFERVESCENCE – BUBBLING. The word’s picture language too represents the same. Bubbling is the visible sign of fermented grape juice. “Unfermented Grape Juice” was not known till Louis Pasteur around 1862 A.D discovered pasteurization method to prevent fermentation process. Hence, Biblical wine is not plain grape juice, as popularly believed. Israel’s Wine used for sacred occasions had less than 3% of alchohol.



3. Bitter herbs -Nowadays

Radish grounded & onions,

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6. A concoction of crushed apples/nuts/honey/lemon juice/red wine and the spice – cinnamon & (nutmeg).

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4. Lots of leafy green vegetableNowadays- Lettuce leaves

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5.Salt water

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When they enter the Upper Room each man will recline

on his left elbow on a couch to show they are free, not slaves.

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At this point a slave or young woman should bring a bowl of water for each man to wash his hands before eating.

But there is no woman or slave in the room and none of the disciples will demean themselves to do such a menial task.

Jesus takes off His outer garment and gets the water and towel…but instead of washing hands He washes their feet.

He does this to teach them humility in service.

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‘SEDER’ MEAL INGREDIENTS & ARRANGEMENT

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Cup of Red wine

Dark orange mixture

Bowl - bitter herbs/onion

Bowl of salt water

Bread bag with 3 compartments With 3 loaves of Matzah bread

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Peter

Jacob (James)

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CURRENT PASS OVER (SEDER) MEAL PLATE

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Different portions – since there is no more Temple after 70 A.D.


THE FOUR CUPS OF WINE – 1 explanation

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Exodus 6:6-7. "Therefore, say to the children of Israel 'I am Hashem (LORD God), and I SHALL TAKE YOU OUT from under the burdens of Egypt; I SHALL RESCUE YOU from their service; I SHALL REDEEM YOU with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I SHALL TAKE YOU TO ME for a people and I shall be a G-d to you...."


THE FOUR CUPS OF WINE – 1 explanation

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I. THE CUP OF SANCTIFICATION

II. THE CUP OF DELIVERANCE

III. THE CUP OF REDEMPTION

IV. THE CUP OF RESTORATION


The 4 cups of wine – another explanation

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Jesus picks up the 1st cup of wine – the cup of Thanksgiving & prays a prayer of thanksgiving.

He takes a drink & passes it around the table.

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They now dip their leafy green vegetable into the bitter herbs

twice & eat it,

to remember (i) their slavery in Egypt &

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to remember

(ii) Pharaoh’s edict to kill all Israelite baby boys.

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Jesus now picks up 2ND CUP OF WINE – THE CUP OF PLAGUES.

He will dip His finger into the wine and

let a drop fall to the table,

He will do this 10 times, naming the plagues in Egypt, in order.

He then takes a drink & passes it around the table for each man to clear the taste of the bitter herbs from the mouth.

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Jesus now mentions that one of the disciples will betray Him…

the disciples call out asking “is it me?”.

Jesus says “it is the person who dips into the same bowl as Me”

because they are now going to dip the leafy green vegetable into the Salt water and eat it

to remember the crossing of the Red Sea…

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only Judas and one other disciple will dip into the same bowl as Jesus.

Those who have heard that comment now know it is one of two men.

Judas asks quietly “is it me?” and Jesus equally quietly answers “yes, it is you”.

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Jesus now takes out the middle loaf of bread,

breaks it in two,

wraps one half in a linen napkin and

hides it away until after the meal.

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With the other half He is going to make 13 small sandwiches with the ‘dark orange’ mixture as the filling.

This is to remember the making of bricks in Egypt

(the colour of the mixture is the same as that of the bricks made).

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At this point Peter, getting impatient, calls across to John “ask Him who it is.”

Jesus tells John it will be the person He gives the first sandwich to.

The person who receives the first sandwich is being treated with honour.Jesus hands the first sandwich to Judas…

Jesus is honouring Judas.

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Jesus continues to make the other 12 sandwiches and

at some point turns to Judas and tells him “what you do, do quickly” and

Judas leaves the room.

Some of the disciples have not heard any of the relevant conversations so they think Judas, as the group’s treasurer, has been sent to give money to the poor or buy provisions for the feast.

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Peter and John now carve the roast Lamb

with their two knives

(which they later say are swords)

and they eat the main meal

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After the meal Jesus retrieves the half Matzos bread that was hidden away, (Linen napkin is now retrieved)

brings it back to the table, unwraps it and will give each man a piece to take away the greasy taste of the lamb.

Before He does so He gives this bread special significance by saying, “This is My body given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” Keyword in the Passover is REMEMBER

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Then Jesus takes the 3rd cup of wine –

the cup of Redemption ( Blessing ).

To the Jews this cup remembers the blood of the lamb daubed on the lintel and doorposts of their homes the night the angel of death passed through Egypt.

Jesus changes the significance of this cup of wine when He says, “This is My blood of the new Covenant shed for you and for many for the remission of sins.” (Jeremiah 31:33-34)

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They then sing six Psalms 113 118, known as the Hallel (which means ‘Praise’)…

This is were we get our word ‘Halleluia’ from: ‘Hallel–u–Yah’ (Praise to Yah[weh] – another form of addressing YHWH-YEHOWAH).

After Psalm 117 they stop and Jesus picks up 4th cup of wine – the cup of Praise, they all take a drink to enable them to sing Psalm118 well, as it is a Messianic Psalm.

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Having completed the Psalm,

then comes the teaching in John 14th chapter,

then they leave the Upper Room.

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The bread bag with the three loaves is still part of the modern Passover but if you ask an Orthodox (Jewish) Rabbi the significance of what they do he will not be able to tell you the truth…

but

a Messianic believer will tell you the truth.

Unbelieving Rabbis teach: This broken middle matzah symbolizes humility and will be eaten later as the "bread of poverty."

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There are three loaves in one bag …there is one Godhead with

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

It is the middle loaf that is taken out – the incarnation of Jesus. It is broken in two – Jesus was broken for us.

One half is wrapped and hidden away – Jesus was wrapped in burial cloth and put in a tomb. 1/7/2013


It is retrieved and unwrapped – the resurrection of Jesus

(it is this piece that we eat at Communion / Lord’s Supper).

The bread is unleavened – Jesus was without sin (1 Pet 2:22).

It has red stripes – by His stripes we are healed (1

Pet 2:24).

It has holes in it – He was pierced for our transgressions. 1/7/2013


The OMER עמר•When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reapits harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of yourharvest to the priest. (Leviticus 23:10)

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You shall bring in the omer of the first fruits of your harvest tothe priest. He shall wave the omer before the LORD for you tobe accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.(Leviticus 23:10–11)

•By divine design, the rituals of offering the barley omer in the Temple coincided with thedeath and resurrection of Yeshua.1/7/2013


Counting the Days

You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:16)

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•The Harvest of the Barley Omer occurs on the second day of the seven days of Unleavened Bread. It is a miniature appointed time within a larger appointed time (the Feast of Unleavened Bread).•Beginning on the day that the first omer of barley was harvested and brought to the Temple, a countdown to the next biblical festival began.•The Torah commanded the Israelites to count off forty-nine days and then celebrate the festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) on the fiftieth day. •The day the omer was brought was day one of what is called “counting the omer.”


INTERPRETATION•The Communion is not a religious ‘food’•It is not a “prasadam” (sacred food offered to idols)

•It reminds us of •the love and sacrifice of the Father God- •His only begotten Son is sacrificed •for my sins. (John 3:16, Rom 5:8)

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INTERPRETATION•It reminds us of

•the sacrifice of the God the Son- Jesus Christ

•Sinless Savior sacrificies Himself• •On my behalf to pay my atonement price

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INTERPRETATION

•It reminds us of •The body of Jesus Christ broken to open a ‘New Living Way’ into fellowship with God

(John 14:6; Matt 21:27; Hebrews 8-10)

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INTERPRETATION

•It reminds us of •Once I repent of my sins, past ways,•Trust and Commit myself as a disciple of Jesus Christ•I become a part of His Body (1 Cor 12)•I become a part of His Church•Therefore I love Him and love my church without partiality. 1/7/2013


INTERPRETATION

•It reminds us of •That Communion / Lord’s Supper is not food but a common meal of fellow disciples of Jesus Christ. (I Corinthians 11)

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NOW READ 1 CORINTHIANS 11:17-34

Let us remember what He has done for us and proclaim it till He returns with

love, holiness, righteousness…

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The Joy of the MasterAnd you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns.(Deuteronomy 16:14)

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The Joy of the Master

God commands us to rejoice on the pilgrimage festivals. This is one of the very few occasions in the Torah when we receive a commandment telling us how we should feel. Usually the commandments of the Torah (Instructions in the first 5 books) tell us what to do, not what to feel. When we celebrate the appointed times of Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles, we are to do so with a genuine spirit of joy.

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The Joy of the Master

“The disciples were continually filled with joy and

with the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 13:52)

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