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.
2 Oh, give thanks to
the God of gods!
For His mercy endures forever.
3 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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