Passover is one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays and commemorates the biblical story of the Exodus, when Hebrew slaves were released from bondage in Egypt. Called "pesach" (pay-sak) in Hebrew, Passover is a celebration of freedom.
Passover along with The Feast of Unleavened Bread is an 8-day holiday. Many say the name derives from the fact that during the final plague – the slaying of the first born – God “passed over" the homes of those who obeyed His instructions by placing the blood of a lamb on their door post. Another translation means "to have compassion for". The LORD had compassion and passed over those whose door post were covered in the blood of the lamb.
The holiday is marked by the celebration of a Seder on the first night. The Seder is designed to give each Jew the experience of "going from slavery unto freedom" as they did in Egypt. The Passover tells the Exodus story and recounts the Ten Plagues.
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Passover along with The Feast of Unleavened Bread is an 8-day holiday. Many say the name derives from the fact that during the final plague – the slaying of the first born – God “passed over" the homes of those who obeyed His instructions by placing the blood of a lamb on their door post. Another translation means "to have compassion for". The LORD had compassion and passed over those whose door post were covered in the blood of the lamb.
The holiday is marked by the celebration of a Seder on the first night. The Seder is designed to give each Jew the experience of "going from slavery unto freedom" as they did in Egypt. The Passover tells the Exodus story and recounts the Ten Plagues.
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Jews that celebrate Passover are celebrating the fact that God deliverd them from slavery in Egypt and made them free like He promised to do. However, as Christans there is a deeper meaning behind this festive celebration. Not only is there the fact of being freed from slavery to the Egyptians, but we also celebrate that God as delivered us from a worse slavery than the Egyptians. He has delivered us from the grip of the devil and his slavery to sin.
When God sent his Son to die on the cross it was no coincidence that the day He set us free from the grip of the devil and his slavery to sin, the day he took the sting out of death and placed on it Himself, was during the celebration of Passover.
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When God sent his Son to die on the cross it was no coincidence that the day He set us free from the grip of the devil and his slavery to sin, the day he took the sting out of death and placed on it Himself, was during the celebration of Passover.
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So as Passover is coming, remember the great freedom we have been given because of the great sacrifce that our Lord gave.
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Our Lord, gave us the greatest Gift of all time, our Passover Lamb. He laid down His life for us to be free. Our loving and most gracious Lord gave us a spiritual eternal freedom, "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." I Corinthians 5:7.
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.".
Isaiah: 53:7
The time when our Lord died for our freedom was the time when the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in preparation for the Passover feast. "Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him; but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." John 19:31-34
A Passover lamb had to be perfect with no broken bones, our Passover Lamb was the same way for when they came to break His legs they found Him dead so they only pierced His side. Our Lord was the perfect Passover Lamb!
Passover is a celebration of the great gift of freedom, not only freedom from the Eyptians but the freedom from our slavery to the devil and our sin. This gift has been given to all mankind by our loving Savior, our Passover Lamb. ...If only all the Jews and the world could see that!
May the true giver of Freedom bless you and all around you.
God bless C.D.S
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.".
Isaiah: 53:7
The time when our Lord died for our freedom was the time when the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in preparation for the Passover feast. "Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him; but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." John 19:31-34
A Passover lamb had to be perfect with no broken bones, our Passover Lamb was the same way for when they came to break His legs they found Him dead so they only pierced His side. Our Lord was the perfect Passover Lamb!
Passover is a celebration of the great gift of freedom, not only freedom from the Eyptians but the freedom from our slavery to the devil and our sin. This gift has been given to all mankind by our loving Savior, our Passover Lamb. ...If only all the Jews and the world could see that!
May the true giver of Freedom bless you and all around you.
God bless C.D.S