Post by Watchman on Feb 10, 2006 14:00:30 GMT -5
Question: Hello Brother! We have been for 2 months studing how to keep the passover,,,,,,This will be our first one to keep......We are convicted it as well as the other 2 feasts are a must, no options! Would you please give me an idea on how you do it? Do you eat lamb meat? Do you throw out all leaven from your house? Bread, yeast, baking soda etc.?
1 dat feast, burn leftovers? then 7 days of no work ...kept like a sabbath, eat unleavened bread, and bitter herbs?
Answer: Glory to God! True believers are being led to the knowledge of all things and returning to the 'ancient path'- turning away from the pagan abomination of modern churchianity and embracing the Truth. We must remember that these are two connected but seperate events . Passover then the Feast of Unleaved Bread.
We MUST worship YHWH in Spirit and in Truth! The preperation of the lamb, and it's consumption was fulfilled by Yeshua when He sacraficed Himself for all of the worlds sin's. He, as our Savior, commands us as His disciples to participate in the annual Passover memorial of His work on our behalf.
And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide [it] among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Luke 22
The service consists of three parts:
1) Mutual footwashing, which forces the obedient follower of Christ to consider his ongoing individual relationships with all of Christ's brethren. "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: " Matthew 20:27
2) Drinking of the fruit of the vine, which represents the Savior's blood that we helped to shed. His life was poured out instead of our own. His death has reconciled to God the repentant individual who acknowledges his past sin, saving us from eternal death, and making eternal life possible for us.
3) Eating of the bread, which represents the Savior's body broken for us. The bread is also symbolic of the words of life which He spoke. If we continue to eat this true bread from heaven, we will have imparted to us eternal life in God's Family. Remember- this bread is to be prepared without leaven.
Jesus referred to Himself as the "bread of life" in John 6:51: "I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. " Eating His "flesh" is only a symbolic way for us to remember that, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life." (verse 63).
In verses 53-56, He explains that both the eating of His flesh and the drinking of His blood are required if we are to have eternal life. As we symbolically drink His blood when we partake of the fruit of the vine, we acknowledge our individual part in the shedding of His blood, and reconciliation with God occurs. But the process does not stop here. Once we are reconciled, we must also feed on His flesh, His words, to gain eternal life. Still, this is not enough—we must continually repeat this process as long as we live.
Taking Passover Unworthily
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 11:23-24,
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
The main point of this entire passage (1 Corinthians 11:17-34) is that those who partake of these Passover symbols should be "discerning the Lord's body" (verse 29). The apostle tells us how to discern the Lord's body in these same verses:
Verse 26: "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."
The eating and drinking of these symbols reminds us every Passover of our Savior's death. We should remember, not only that He died, but also what manner of death He suffered. More importantly, we are forced to remember why His sacrifice was necessary.
Verses 27: "Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord."
It is quite possible to eat the Passover unworthily. When we do so, we take upon ourselves the guilt of Christ's death. That is, our attitude denigrates His sacrifice, and, in effect, it is as though He died in vain.
Verse 28: "But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup."
Self-examination of our manner of life and our attitude is therefore paramount in discerning the Lord's body, what He suffered and why. Once we come to realize these things, the Passover's significance becomes very personal, and it becomes crucial for us to participate in it.
Verses 29-32: "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. "
The result of taking the Passover unworthily is that we come under judgment, for we will not be cleared of our transgressions. Thus, our lives will not be protected, even as the Egyptians were not protected from the death angel during the tenth plague. Lack of self-examination brought upon many Christians much bodily suffering and untimely death.
It is very edifying—and could well save one's life—to study what discerning the Lord's broken body has to do with self-examination, sickness and early death, healing and our ultimate reward in God's Kingdom!
Breaking the Bread
The breaking of the unleavened bread during the Passover provides an additional and extremely important principle. Since it is part of the annual ceremony, we need to be reminded at least once a year that the true Bread from heaven, which we must eat in order to live, was also broken for us.
First, how was Christ's body "broken"? John writes that the soldiers broke the legs of the two criminals crucified at Jesus' side, to hasten their deaths before the annual Sabbath (John 19:31-32). But Jesus' death resulted from the tip of a soldier's spear puncturing His side and spilling His blood on the earth (verses 33-34; see Zechariah 12:10). Not a bone was broken in Jesus' body, as was prophesied (verses 35-37; see Exodus 12:46; Psalm 34:20).
Christ's body was "broken," not by the breaking of His bones, but by the breaking of His skin. Besides the spear that pierced His side and the metal spikes that nailed His wrists and feet to the stake, He was subjected to a most severe beating or whipping. This torture, foretold in Isaiah 52:14, made Him nearly unrecognizable. His body bore a multitude of welts, skin lacerations and open wounds, spilling His blood over all His body.
Isaiah 53:5 expands upon His scourging: "But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. {wounded: or, tormented} {stripes: Heb. bruise} ." A stripe is "a stroke or blow made with a rod or lash." This is how our Lord's body was broken.
We cannot but be deeply ashamed that we should benefit from His beating, His suffering, His stripes, especially, when we consider that in God's eyes we broke His body! But it is prophesied that by the stripes He received, we should be healed. How is this possible?
When we eat the broken, unleavened bread at Passover, we, as baptized believers, must ask ourselves: "Have I been healed by His stripes? Am I in the process of being healed by them? Do I really believe this promise?" If we cannot answer these questions positively, then something may be wrong. We may not be discerning the Lord's body properly.
"Discerning the Lord's body" means recognizing our personal guilt for Christ's suffering. It means acknowledging our transgression of God's law. Discerning the Lord's body means, "Go and sin no more" (John 8:11). Otherwise, we "crucify again for [ourselves] the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame" (Hebrews 6:6).
After the Passover is completed, the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins.
1 dat feast, burn leftovers? then 7 days of no work ...kept like a sabbath, eat unleavened bread, and bitter herbs?
Answer: Glory to God! True believers are being led to the knowledge of all things and returning to the 'ancient path'- turning away from the pagan abomination of modern churchianity and embracing the Truth. We must remember that these are two connected but seperate events . Passover then the Feast of Unleaved Bread.
We MUST worship YHWH in Spirit and in Truth! The preperation of the lamb, and it's consumption was fulfilled by Yeshua when He sacraficed Himself for all of the worlds sin's. He, as our Savior, commands us as His disciples to participate in the annual Passover memorial of His work on our behalf.
And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide [it] among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Luke 22
The service consists of three parts:
1) Mutual footwashing, which forces the obedient follower of Christ to consider his ongoing individual relationships with all of Christ's brethren. "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: " Matthew 20:27
2) Drinking of the fruit of the vine, which represents the Savior's blood that we helped to shed. His life was poured out instead of our own. His death has reconciled to God the repentant individual who acknowledges his past sin, saving us from eternal death, and making eternal life possible for us.
3) Eating of the bread, which represents the Savior's body broken for us. The bread is also symbolic of the words of life which He spoke. If we continue to eat this true bread from heaven, we will have imparted to us eternal life in God's Family. Remember- this bread is to be prepared without leaven.
Jesus referred to Himself as the "bread of life" in John 6:51: "I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. " Eating His "flesh" is only a symbolic way for us to remember that, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life." (verse 63).
In verses 53-56, He explains that both the eating of His flesh and the drinking of His blood are required if we are to have eternal life. As we symbolically drink His blood when we partake of the fruit of the vine, we acknowledge our individual part in the shedding of His blood, and reconciliation with God occurs. But the process does not stop here. Once we are reconciled, we must also feed on His flesh, His words, to gain eternal life. Still, this is not enough—we must continually repeat this process as long as we live.
Taking Passover Unworthily
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 11:23-24,
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
The main point of this entire passage (1 Corinthians 11:17-34) is that those who partake of these Passover symbols should be "discerning the Lord's body" (verse 29). The apostle tells us how to discern the Lord's body in these same verses:
Verse 26: "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."
The eating and drinking of these symbols reminds us every Passover of our Savior's death. We should remember, not only that He died, but also what manner of death He suffered. More importantly, we are forced to remember why His sacrifice was necessary.
Verses 27: "Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord."
It is quite possible to eat the Passover unworthily. When we do so, we take upon ourselves the guilt of Christ's death. That is, our attitude denigrates His sacrifice, and, in effect, it is as though He died in vain.
Verse 28: "But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup."
Self-examination of our manner of life and our attitude is therefore paramount in discerning the Lord's body, what He suffered and why. Once we come to realize these things, the Passover's significance becomes very personal, and it becomes crucial for us to participate in it.
Verses 29-32: "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. "
The result of taking the Passover unworthily is that we come under judgment, for we will not be cleared of our transgressions. Thus, our lives will not be protected, even as the Egyptians were not protected from the death angel during the tenth plague. Lack of self-examination brought upon many Christians much bodily suffering and untimely death.
It is very edifying—and could well save one's life—to study what discerning the Lord's broken body has to do with self-examination, sickness and early death, healing and our ultimate reward in God's Kingdom!
Breaking the Bread
The breaking of the unleavened bread during the Passover provides an additional and extremely important principle. Since it is part of the annual ceremony, we need to be reminded at least once a year that the true Bread from heaven, which we must eat in order to live, was also broken for us.
First, how was Christ's body "broken"? John writes that the soldiers broke the legs of the two criminals crucified at Jesus' side, to hasten their deaths before the annual Sabbath (John 19:31-32). But Jesus' death resulted from the tip of a soldier's spear puncturing His side and spilling His blood on the earth (verses 33-34; see Zechariah 12:10). Not a bone was broken in Jesus' body, as was prophesied (verses 35-37; see Exodus 12:46; Psalm 34:20).
Christ's body was "broken," not by the breaking of His bones, but by the breaking of His skin. Besides the spear that pierced His side and the metal spikes that nailed His wrists and feet to the stake, He was subjected to a most severe beating or whipping. This torture, foretold in Isaiah 52:14, made Him nearly unrecognizable. His body bore a multitude of welts, skin lacerations and open wounds, spilling His blood over all His body.
Isaiah 53:5 expands upon His scourging: "But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. {wounded: or, tormented} {stripes: Heb. bruise} ." A stripe is "a stroke or blow made with a rod or lash." This is how our Lord's body was broken.
We cannot but be deeply ashamed that we should benefit from His beating, His suffering, His stripes, especially, when we consider that in God's eyes we broke His body! But it is prophesied that by the stripes He received, we should be healed. How is this possible?
When we eat the broken, unleavened bread at Passover, we, as baptized believers, must ask ourselves: "Have I been healed by His stripes? Am I in the process of being healed by them? Do I really believe this promise?" If we cannot answer these questions positively, then something may be wrong. We may not be discerning the Lord's body properly.
"Discerning the Lord's body" means recognizing our personal guilt for Christ's suffering. It means acknowledging our transgression of God's law. Discerning the Lord's body means, "Go and sin no more" (John 8:11). Otherwise, we "crucify again for [ourselves] the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame" (Hebrews 6:6).
After the Passover is completed, the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins.