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Hebraic Treasures! Passover Pt. 1Posted Sunday, April 5, 2009, at 8:52 AM
It seems as if my last blog which was intended to be on Bible Study led to more of one on customs and symbolism of the Jewish faith.
I have learned more about God and his Son Jesus through the Old Testament and all of it's symbolism from days to feasts to even the laws I wanted to share with you a study of what I believe is to be the most holy time of the year, some call it Easter, I call it Passover!, The Jews call it Pesach! 23:5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah's passover. Leviticus 23:5 Next to the Sabbath from whence God ordained from the beginning the Pesach or Passover was God's saving his people, Jewish households tell and retell the story every year with the minutest details and for those who don't know here is the rest of the story[RIP Paul Harvey] 12:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth `day' of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household: 12:4 and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. 12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah's passover. 12:12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah. 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 12:16 And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. Exodus 12:1-16 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover. 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 12:23 For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? 12:27 that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 12:28 And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 12:29 And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said. 12:32 Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. 12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 12:36 And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians. 12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. 12:40 Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 12:41 And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt. 12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations. 12:43 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof; 12:44 but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 12:45 A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 12:49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. Exodus 12:21-51 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:36 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 5:7 Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, `even' Christ: 5:8 wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. Isaiah 53:7 3:25 whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins; Romans 3:25 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 22:16 for I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. Luke 22:15-16 God, not Moses is the Redeemer;Moses is the heroic messenger. The male unblemished lamb is brought at the peak of life on the 10th day of Nisan. The lamb represents Christ and the number 10 is the number of law. Prior to the Temple the Israelites lived with and inspected the lamb for 4 days, 4 is the number of all creation which Christ is to redeem. After the temple lamb was chosen by the high priest outside of Jerusalem on the tenth of Nisan. The priest would lead the lamb into the city while crowds worshiped and lined the streets with palm branches and sing Psalm 118. We raise our hands in our worship today during praise and worship, or some do that is. Jesus our Messiah who also came from outside Jerusalem entered this same day on a donkey[usually ridden by a King], probably right behind the High Priest's procession. The crowds that had just heralded the arrival of the sacrificial lamb heralded the entrance of the lamb of God! Jesus identified himself with the sacrificial lamb to be slain at Passover, 12:9 The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 12:10 But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death; 12:11 because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 12:12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed `is' he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel. 12:14 And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. 12:17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness. 12:18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had done this sign. 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him. John 12:9-19 The High Priest then would take the lamb to the Temple, where it would be tied in public view so that it could be inspected for blemishes. In The same way , Jesus sat and taught in the Temple courtyard for 4 days. He was inspected and questioned as the Sadducee's, the Pharisees, and the teachers sought to trip him up in his words and entrap him. They could not, because he was perfect and without blemish[fault] FOE EVEN CAESAR COULD FIND NO FAULT! Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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"no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof"
Oh, the silliness of this genitally-obsessed diety. I also read somewhere in the Torah that someone with mutilated genitals "may not approach the altar of the Lord" which is ironic since the obligitory (for Jews) circumcision often leads to unexpected deformity (just Google "circumcision damage" and prepare to whince sympathetically).
You may call it passover but there is nothing in the N.T. that tells the Church to celebrate the passover. Passover is a jewish tradition and celebration of the day that the angel of death passed over them will they were in Egypt. Easter is to celebrate the Lords Resurection to differtent things. You are getting to engulfed in the jewish religion, tradition, and celebrations. nd yes there is alot of symbolism of Christ in the O.T. but the jewish religion doesn't see it as our Christ. They are still waiting for the Messiah to come. So they are not the Church they are a religion, a human religion since Christ is not the founder of it he is the founder of the Church. The jewish race which God started, not their religion, so since it was started by a human it is a human religion.
I think what Micheal is trying to say it is the paralells that he sees. Jesus is like the sacrifical lamb. He came to fulfill the context of the law written in the Torah. We could get all hung up on who celebrates what, but it comes down to: Do we believe for us personally that Christ is our all in all.
And we don't need to argue about it. It is ours to embrace and if the opportunity arises, we can share our hope with others. Nothing is worse than a Christian who is obnoxious about his/her "faith". Mother Theresa is greatly respected buy the worst of sinners beacuse of her love and quiet conviction that she is the bride of christ and his love on earth. We need to be so also.
Michael,
Most of the Jews of that day could not see the prophetic symbolism given them so be prepared for the people of this generation not to be able to perceive it.
Every generation will have those that see but can not understand and hear and not perceive.
If they Jews of that time could have understood the symbolism of the Psalms and other scriptures they had to read they would have seen Christ standing, reading, talking and then hanging in their very midst. Something had them blinded to the Great Light.
If nothing else I hope you perceive the blessing you have been given in being able to perceive.
No matter how bright you light the room, the blind can see no better in it than in total darkness.
Likewise, no matter how dark a room is made the ones gifted with the sighting of the Light will be able to see at least dimly through the darkness cast upon them by Darkness himself.
4fabfelines,
God uses people of all walks of life and personalities to bring the message of Life itself.
He uses the quite and reserved as Mother Theresa and even the bold and sometimes related as obnoxious such as Paul to bring a people under the Light.
Different people respond to different delivered messages by different personalities. The main hope is that there is a responce from all messages that brings forth repentance and then the beautiful peace and joy.
parkerbrothers: I am talking about obnoxious not certain. Paul was certain in his faith. I am talking about people who want to argue doctrine and foolish opinions.
2 tim. 2: 23.
First I did not say you had to celebrate Passover or even Easter for that matter even Christmas[ which by the way is not the birthday of Christ!
Easter was a mistranslation of the word Ishtar though.
As Marv pointed out , I was just pointing out the symbolism of the two.
The set of laws that God gave the Israelites through Moses was their religion, so yes God did start it, without it we would not have Christianity or even Islam.
You might view Christianity as a religion, I see it as a relationship!
God has given me the gift to start understanding that everything you want to know about Jesus is concealed in the Torah and with the Holy Spirit I am able to see the uncanny similarities.
Christ left this world as a Jewish Rabbi and he will come back the same!
Hey Micheal where does it say Jesus was a rabbi? I have not found that one yet. Ihave found where he was the head of the church and was God in the flesh that came to minister to the jews and the rest of the world. If Christ was a rabbi then he would have called the church leaders rabbi's as well not Pastors, preachers, prophets, or apostles. He said and told his church what to call those positions, He tought the first Twelve members of the church what they are to be called but there was no where that called them rabbis. Christ didn't even live by every law and tradition that the Jews did. He changed some of them and he even rebuked them on the law at times because the law was not that saved them it was the one they could not see as the messiah, the choosen one to lead them out of slavery, and rule of the Romans like they thought. Cause he was a rabbi and lived so much in the ways he would have been loved by them not hated and crucified. He came knowing he was going to be hated and he knew his church was going to be hated too. As many people like to argue the fact The cathlic church is more of a religion then a church. The cathlic religion is full of idolotry and other doctrines that was created by a man not Christ. They dont follow the newN.T. doctorine like Christ set it up for his church. Like I said Christ said the world would hate his church like they hated him, not be loved like the cathlic church is.
Hey micheal to answer you on how I am doing. I am doing well I am unemployed and has been for sometime now but I am doing well.
The last topic and this topic (really most all your topics) show the wide diversity of man's "opinions" regarding belief in God.
It is to be expected and one of the reasons why the it is important to have "freedom of belief" as a "right", since it is natural and cannot be truly be controlled, even though man can be forced to comply to manmade guidelines, his mind cannot be forced to believe in these guidelines.
In a letter to Edward Dawse in 1803, Thomas Jefferson (The architect of the Freedoms of all American people) stated "I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance, or admit the right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. On the contrary, we are bound, you, I, and everyone, to make common cause, even with error itself, to maintain the common right of freedom of conscience. We ought with one heart and one hand hew down the daring and dangerous efforts of those who would seduce the public opinion to substitute itself into --- tyranny over religious faith". end of quote.
I note, there are times in men's lives, when serious thought is given to "Christianity"; and well they should, because it is full of conjecture, inconsistency, improbability and is irrational. Humans have a tendency to revolt against the dogmas and creeds of the various religions. Why? because the doctrines are unprovable.
In Christianity, people are taught to blame all thier evil ways (crimes and vices) onto "a devil" and then to preach that Jesus, by his death, forgave and paid thier way into eternal life gratis free. Really??? I think this is very dangerous to the morals of mankind, because it holds out a cheap, lazy, and easy way of not paying for the acts against God's creation. Really, it appears to induce men into the delusion of "being forgiven" and "rewarded" for past and in some cases current bad behavior. I know kind of irrational isn't it?
But, what other offers have you/we had?
Reading dipperdan's above post and his mention of Thomas Jefferson and also his own thoughts about... "freedom of belief" as a "right" promts me to post an article I had just received by email a few seconds ago since it somewhat ties to at least parts of dipperdan's post.
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Catching Wild Pigs
A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side.The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America .. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc.. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
Keep your eyes on the newly elected politicians who are about to slam the gate on America ..
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson
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Anybody out there noticing that fence? No, no, no, it ain't being put up to keep the squirrels and coons from eating our corn. This little pig ain't waiting for the gate to be delivered. I think I had rather just simply try to gather some acorns across that big pond.
I also am not a "captured pig", and I am watching the public as a whole be decieved by "Big Brother", who promises to take care of all. Nothing is free and I shall not give up one freedom for the promise of security or brotherhood with those who deliver false promises at the expense of the liberty of others. We must not entice those, who disregard human freedom, to the peace table, at the cost of human freedom for anyone. I will not tolerate "sleeping with the enemy" as a precursor for world peace. Those who holler for tolerance embrace a form of human slavery, that they themselves would not accept. I would rather be despised by the world as a nation, than accept the lost of freedom for even one human.
The enslavement of one human, enslaves us all, as citizens of this earth. I intend to die free.
The only true message is "worship God" and "take care of your brothers" (mankind). Watch out for those who would seduce you into pacifism, it will eventually enslave those who are willing to trade human dignity, for peace.
I would rather be despised by the world as a nation, than accept the lost of freedom for even one human.
Posted by dipperdan on Tue, Apr 7, 2009, at 2:59 PM
I totally agree with you but I hope you realize that both of us will come across as Bush fans (of which I am in a realistic way of sorts) when we endorse that statement you made above.
Parkerbrothers
That's tough, I am, but in reality I also am a Jesus fan "of sorts" and know everybody deserves to be respected even though some of thier actions are questionable. Tolerance of beliefs is freedom, tolerance of inhumanity is criminal.
Likewise, I am in total admiration of Jesus and His almost incomprehendible works of faith.
As for Bush, I do not think he was the greatest thing short of sliced bread but I did and still do admire his values in freedom and the sacrafices required to guard and protect it and most of all his professed faith of Jesus.
I really wish the Federal government stuck primarily to concerns of freedom and the protection of it and got out of the social business. I have no problem paying taxes to protect the freedom of ours or enable other peoples of different soils to perhaps experience true freedom.
Being Uncle Sam is one thing, trying to be Mommy and Daddy is quite another.
The goverment would be in more of protecting freedom if people would learn to vote for what is best for the country instead of what is best for there pocket. I don't understand how anyone can call themselves christian and vote for a baby murderer and hipocrite like Obama. All he has done since he has been in office is break promises and bring us closer to communism. He claimed to be a christian when he ran, and all he turned out to be is a communistic muslim. All he has and wants to do is shut up the christians as fast as he can. We as christians have not experinced persucution like christians have in other countries. But if Obama and his party gets there way here soon we will start being jailed for preaching the gospel. The rapture is close in hand and Christs return is coming soon. So we all better get ready or be left behind.
Now you seem to be understanding things a lot like Michael does.
I thought I was reading his comment until I seen your name.
Your comment is very good.
I am betting the same way old man 57. I believe it is something we can sense and feel unfolding as prophesized.
I think that many who believe in God and freedom make the same error about peace and meekness that the enemy does.
Peace is not wimpy.
Reason and common sense are not dull and stuffy.
Morality is not cold and stifling.
Buying into those misconceptions is as wrong as assuming patriotism requires arrogance and the suppression of liberty.
It serves the enemy well when we forget about the power and joy to be had from a loving and rational life.
If a spirit of fear or an addiction to mayhem turns us into what we oppose,who has the victory?
If feelings of helplessness or "entitlement" (in the worst sense) turn ua into slaves and prisoners,then we have been cut off from our birthright.
Earthly government is meant to serve the governed.
We aren't "given" protection or other amenities.
We earn them or inherited them by the sacrifices of those who have gone before us.
We preserve our rights and privileges by being active in supporting and participating in the government rather than being a victim or a passive recipient.
The Grace we recieve from God is like the unconditional love a parent is meant to give a child.
It doesn't come from the merits of that child but from the strength and wisdom of the parent.
We don't buy Grace through our works but,through Grace,we have the intelligence and capability to perform works that promote the will of our Lord.
In the material realm,we invest in our society and reap the rewards of what we have provided (good or bad).
In the spiritual realm,God has invested Himself in us.
He created us,redeemed us and,now,offers us His skill and Wisdom to use in a befitting manner.
The more He invests in us,the greater the return.
But,that assumes that we let His investment go into our "account".
If we ignore or reject Him,we remain as poor as if His payment were never made.
We remain in debt and lack the benefit of His support.
How we fare in the world or with our souls depends on our knowing our heritage,knowing what we can derive from it and our willingness to apply ourselves to making the most of our lives and sharing our blessings with others.
We can't thrive in either context unless we accept the power we can have from belonging to a free and respectable community and recognize that a society's strength comes from the generosity and responsibility of its members.
Michael,
We have a Jewish gentleman coming tonite to teach on the passover and its actual practice. I think you would find it interesting.