Passover - What It
Means To The Believer
Charlie Coover with
daughter Rivqah
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The First
Passover
Exodus 12:1-40 Passover and all the Feast
Days remind us of our identity as the Israel of Elohim, and connect us with the
persecutions and deliverances of our ancestors.
A Personal
Issue
1 Corinthians
5:7-8 - "Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a renewed lump, as ye
are unleavened. For even Messiyah our Passover is slain for us.
Therefore let us keep the feast, not the old leaven, neither with the leaven of
malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened of sincerity and
truth.
Passover is a
personal issue of the heart. It is important that each one of our lives
have been passed over and delivered by the Lamb.
Up To The
Seder
Matthew 26:17 - "Now before the feast of unleavened bread
the disciples came to Yahshua, saying unto Him, 'Where wilt Thou that we prepare
for thee to eat the Passover?' " ..... seeking His
direction in all things
Mark 14:2-16 ...... It is important that we
prepare for the Passover physically, but even more needful is a spiritual
preparation and readiness.
Luke 22:1-13 ..... Yahshua knows everything that
will happen, and each step of the way is part of His
plan.
The
Seder
Luke 22:14-22 ,,,,, There is a desire to be with
each other and to jointly partake of the Passover meal. It is a close
family atmosphere.
Matthew 26:17-29 ...... As we eat, we will
remember all that Yahshua has done for us, and look forward to His return when
He will drink new wine with us in His Father's Kingdom. "But I say
unto you, 'I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day
when I drink it new with you in My Father's Kingdom.' " (Matthew
26:29)
Mark 14:17-25 ...... Each one of us have
betrayed Him. Each one of us turned Him over to His persecutors, denied
Him, and slew Him. For verily, we were all born in sin, and it is the sin
of every one of us that scourged His noble back, pierced His gentle
hands, and pained His heavenly yet meek head. But because He
loves us, He forgives.......
Messiyah our
Example
John 13:15
- "For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to
you."
John 13:6-10 .... There is that power struggle,
that desire to do our own thing. It's not easy to be in subjection to what
He says, in spite of all that He has done for us.
John 13:1-20 ..... But it always comes back
to this: He is our Master and Teacher, and we must learn to follow His
example, and to be servants like Him. Though He is our King, He took on
the role of being a servant, in order to teach us that our place is that of
willing servitude to Him and our fellow man.
The
Betrayal
Luke 22:21-23 -
" 'But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth Me is with Me on the table.
And truly the Son of Adam goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by
whom He is betrayed!' And they began to inquire among themselves which of
them it was that should do this thing."
John 13:21-30 .... Yahshua is still being
congenial to and patient with Judas, even as the man is going out to prepare to
betray Him. We all frown darkly on Judas, but Yahshua was kind to him even
at the end, and so He is to us. Remember, we have all betrayed Him.
Prior To The
Stake
John
13:31 - 18:1 ..... Yahshua instructs us on how to live worthy of
His offering for us.
Click Here For His Last Ministerial Message Before His Death
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The Singing of
The Hymn
Mark 14:26 / Matthew 26:30 .... Even in the
midst of His distress, Yahshua led His followers to sing. He cared enough
to comfort their hearts, and He also knew that His Father would comfort Him with
the song. We'll never know what they sang, but it must have been something
very soothing and comforting, perhaps a Psalm.
The Fulfillment
of Scripture
Matthew 26:31 -28:20 ..... He has done what
He said He would. Now will we do what He has told us to, and what we have
promised to Him?
Mark 14:27 -16:20 ..... In this
Passover season, and always, let us confirm His Word to those among whom Yahweh
has placed us. There is a reason for the scattering of Israel.
Wherever you are, wherever Yahweh has scattered you for this time being, know
that His plan is perfect, and confirm that to those around you. Your
character, your words, and your life are a confirmation of something. Are
they a confirmation of Him and what He has done?