Friday, April 14, 2017



2017.04.13                    Jesus in the Passover      

Welcome and opening prayer
Good evening everyone, Thanks for coming....
Lighting of the candle
Lighting of the Candle.... done by the hostess of the feast...

Song Ki Godal

The first Passover ... a short review... Exodus 12...

For more than 3500 years the Pesah.... the Passover has been celebrated.... That´s longer than any religious celebration in history.... It is a call.....

A call for the people of God to remember.... to remember that they had been slaves..... in bondage in Egypt for 430 years.... they were powerless to free themselves from Pharaoh...... they needed a saviour.... a redeemer.....

Each year when they celebrated passover they were to remind themselves of the bitterness of slavery..... and the greatness of their redemption...... they.... we have received grace and mercy...... to remember that the LORD had done great miracles.....

that He .... the LORD GOD.... led them to freedom.... and into the promised land.... to remember that in EGYPT….. they had been rescued from death because of their faith and obedience.... because they trusted in the Lamb´s sacrifice.... and in the blood of the Lamb.... that they painted the doorposts as sign of their faith and obedience…..


Jesus is the Messiah...... He is also the Suffering servant…… That´s how Isaiah described HIM….. The King Messiah is also the Suffering Servant of the Lord

We looked at them last Sunday….. these things help us to understand the last week of Jesus earthly ministry.... they help us to understand the Last Supper...... and communion……

The Passover is to be a very personal experience.....We can see this in the words that The LORD used in the instructions that He gave to the children of Israel in Exodus 12.... let´s turn there…


Exodus 12: 1- 14        ESV

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.

7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
14 “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.


Blood on the Door Post Slide!

Look at verse 3
He starts off saying.....in verse 3...choose A lamb ....

then in verse 4 it gets specific... the lamb.....

then in verse 5 He makes it very personal.....take your lamb.... This process of selecting a perfect and spotless lamb was a personal experience……

each one of us must take Jesus to be our personal redeemer.

The passover is also to be  an experience that is  shared with others.... first in the family.... GOD has commanded us to teach our children…..

Why remember and celebrate the Passover?.....we have been commanded to.... Slide…

1.  commanded to remember....

2.  commanded to teach....         2 Tim 3......

3. commanded to celebrate the Passover

celebrating the Passover is to produce a desire in our children .... to know more about the LORD and his dealings with us.....to help them understand the wonderful grace....... and mercy that He has poured out into our lives......

The excitement and preparations at the time of Jesus

aliyah... to go up...

pilgrim songs.... songs of assent.....

I would like for us to remember three things about  this passover season........


1. It was a  time of celebration and worship....

Come let us go up to the house of the LORD.... They sang the Psalms……

Ps 42, 84, PS 113-118  are known as "The Egyptian  Hallel"
They also sang
Ps 122, 133, 134.... 136 and others...

Psalm 136: 1-3      NKJV
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
​​For His mercy endures forever.
​​Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!
​​For His mercy endures forever.
​​Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
​​For His mercy endures forever:


PS 136 is called "the Great Hallel" It is recited at the Passover meal after the "Lesser Hallel". It repeats the chorus Phrase that reminds us that  God's lovingkindness is everlasting……. His mercy endures forever….

2. it was a time of anticipation.....

new sights and sounds and smells..... new people..... maybe a wife ... a daughter of Jerusalem..... a new Husband.... a Scholar or a young man descended from the priestly families...

3. it was a time of preparation.....

The tombs were  painted white.... to protect pilgrims from defilement.... If they got too close to a grave .... they would not be able to celebrate the Passover.....

everything was carefully cleaned.... and baptised (immersed )in boiling water.... to purify them for the Seder meal..... Everything .... must be cleansed...

The night before the Passover.... the house must be cleansed of every trace of Leaven....

the father would take a candle..... and a wooden spoon or a feather.....look for any trace of leaven and remove it.... this symbolism is seen in the scriptures....

Zephaniah 1: 12.... Where God said that he would search out the leaven of sin and destroy it....

 the orthodox take a little bit of leaven which they always find and through it into bonfires in the middle of the street..... to show everyone that they have cleansed their house of the leaven of sin....

Paul used this same picture to speak about the sinful leaven of pride...in 1 Cor 5....

1 Cor 5: 6- 8   NLT

6 Stop being proud! Don't you know how a little yeast can spread through the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old yeast! Then you will be like fresh bread made without yeast, and that is what you are. Our Passover lamb is Christ, who has already been sacrificed. 8 So don't celebrate the festival by being evil and sinful, which is like serving bread made with yeast. Be pure and truthful and celebrate by using bread made without yeast.

Our Passover Lamb is Christ.... last Sunday.... the 10th of Nissan.... is the day that the Passover lambs were selected........they were taken to be examined for the next four days....Just like Jesus presented himself in the Temple to be examined by the people and the priests......

Finally after weeks of preparations.... it was time for Jesus to celebrate His last Passover with the disciples..... turn with me please to Luke 22...

Luke 22:14- 16   NLT

 14 When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat down together at the table. 15 Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. 16  For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”


3. The Final Passover celebrated....

At the time of Jesus.... the Passover celebration had a Seder.... an order or plan for the  service...We can see it in the Gospels.... Luke 22: 17....

LUKE 22: 17-18             NLT Neues Leben

17 Then he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. 18 For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”

Jesus poured the first cup and then.....

The first cup    

Jesus prayed over the cup
Blessed are you O Lord Our God
King of the Universe… ULI prays…

Jesus prayed like this..... Blessed are you "Oh LORD our God .... King of the Universe"....who has given us the fruit of the vine.... and commanded us to remember our deliverance from bondage...

There are 4 cups in the Seder Service…. Each  of the first  four cups....... point to the four promises that the LORD made in Exodus 6: 6- 8....

First cup-       First promise

I will free you from your burdens and oppression

Now at the first ceremonial washing.... Instead of washing only himself.... he demonstrated  servant leadership..... he taught the disciples every day he was with them to love and serve each other…… Every day Jesus ministered to  the lost and dying.... As you know on this Passover evening Jesus  washed the disciples feet...

Then the food was brought in....
Jesus dipped bitter herbs in salt water.... and they all ate some....

Then the food was removed.... the 4 ritual questions were asked...
1 How is this night different from all other nights
2 Why on this night do we only eat Matzoh?

Then the Story of the children of Israel was told..... beginning with Abraham all the way up to the Exodus and the first Passover.... the plagues were named one by one.... and a few drops of wine were dropped.... onto a plate after each plague was said...

By the way..... in your own times of personal Bible study..... Take a look at Steven´s sermon in the book of Acts...
Acts 6 and 7...

Steven used this kind of telling....telling of the history of redemption...  to preach the Gospel... that day when he was stoned to death....

Tonight…. Let´s reflect on the Lords Suffering as we worship the LORD......  

SONG
In Christ Alone

Then the food was brought back in ..... and the symbolism of the food to be eaten was explained.....

first... the  three required foods

1.The Lamb.....

perfect and spotless.... Just like Jesus
no broken bones....Just like Jesus
roasted with fire..... pure...refined...Just like Jesus

2.The herbs....

bitter
bitterness of bondage.....for us
the bitterness of sin and death

3.The unleavened bread...

prepared in haste....
no trace of defilement..... corruption..... souring...

then at the time of Jesus two more had been added by tradition....

The salt water...

bitter tears.....
preservation from souring....

The Haroseth....

a mixture of dates and apples and nuts and spices...
to resemble the mud and straw.... used to make the bricks for Pharaoh....

Second Cup       Second promise

I will rescue you from slavery....

for us .... we are not only forgiven....

we are set free from bondage to sin.... it no longer has control of our lives....Paul pointed to the same symbolism in Romans ....
Romans 6:6......we are no longer slaves to sin.....

We drink the second cup.... second washing of the hands..... Then Jesus  broke the bread and  blessed it....
The second cup and washing
Bread broken and thanked for 
ULI prays…

The eating of the break dipped in bitter herbs and charoseth
The eating of the meal with a piece of lamb being the final piece

Blessed are you "OH LORD Our GOD " who has brought forth bread from the Earth....

Blessed are you  "OH LORD Our GOD " who has commanded us to eat unleavened bread.... which also they did for eight days after the Passover....celebrating one great feast.....

Jesus is the bread of life… John 6….

3 pieces of bread
In later years after the destruction of the temple…. 3 pieces of unleavened bread were used…. The  2 outer represent the double portion of Manna that the children of Israel were to gather on the 6th day in preparation for the Sabbath….. The middle one represents the bread of affliction…. The middle piece was broken and half of it Hidden until the end of the Sabbath…. It became called the affikomen…. Dessert….
It represented the Passover lamb after the temple was destroyed…..
The dipping of the sop is recorded in John 13.....
Jesus put bitter herbs and the sweet mixture both on a piece of bread…..  It is ..... a bitter sandwich…. Take unbread and horseradish and haroseth and make a sandwich….. It should be strong enough to make you cry….

Notice that Jesus served each disciple..... It reminds me again of JESUS` favorite phrase.... The son of man..... Serving his own …. Loving His own to the end…..

Now the main meal was eaten..... after the meal the Third cup was poured.....

Third Cup            third promise

I will redeem you... Uli prays

This cup is called the cup of blessing.... or the cup of redemption....We believe that this is the very cup.... That Jesus turned into a remembering of the great Passover Lamb.... the LAMB OF GOD..... Please notice this parallel.....

The Lord God instituted the Passover as a way of remembering his deliverance from Egypt... before he delivered them..... Door Slide…

Jesus instituted the Lords Supper as a way of remembering and honoring him...... before he died on the cross.....
The Lord Jesus used The powerful symbolism of the Passover to institute Communion…. At this time…..
I would like for us to celebrate Communion together tonight…..
Turn with me to 1 Cor 11: 23-26....

1 Cor 11: 23-26  NLT

 23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24 and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.” 25 In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.” 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

1 Cor 11: 23-26  Neues Leben

23 Das Folgende hat der Herr selbst gesagt, und ich gebe es euch so weiter, wie ich es empfangen habe: In der Nacht, als er verraten wurde, nahm Jesus, der Herr, einen Laib Brot,
24 und nachdem er Dank gesagt hatte, brach er ihn und sprach: »Das ist mein Leib, der für euch hingegeben wird6. Tut das zur Erinnerung an mich.
25 Ebenso nahm er nach dem Abendmahl den Weinkelch und sprach: »Dieser Kelch ist der neue Bund zwischen Gott und euch, besiegelt durch mein Blut. Wann immer ihr daraus trinkt, tut es zur Erinnerung an mich.«
26 Denn jedes Mal, wenn ihr dieses Brot esst und aus diesem Kelch trinkt, verkündet ihr den Tod des Herrn, bis er wiederkommt.

Communion
How Deep the Fathers love for us

Review 3rd cup as we take Communion together…
Ron prays during Communion

Closing words

4th cup   fourth promise

I will take you to myself.....

5th cup  the cup of Elijah
check the door for Elijah.....because he is the forerunner of the messiah…. second coming of Jesus the Christ
Closing prayer and Worship

Praise Adonai
Ki Gadol Elohim (How great is our God)

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