PASSOVER is around the corner!!
It won’t be long now mishpacha (family). The snow will melt and all that is apparently dead will spring back to life. The green herb on our Seder table reminds us of Moses, the Deliverer, and of the springtime when deliverance came. We read in Exodus that God looked down from heaven upon His suffering people and said: “I have surely seen the affliction of My people. I have heard their cry. I know their sorrow and I am come down to deliver them.”
The coming of Moses was the springtime of hope for enslaved Israel. However, in like maner we read in the New Covenant, “In the fullness of time, God sent forth His Son…. To redeem mankind.” When Yeshua came, that was our springtime of hope for a lost world. And so the green herb speaks of springtime and of new beginnings! “Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” come.”
More importantly, Yeshua is our “Passover Lamb” in whom we find deliverance. Passover is the foundation of all the redemptive acts in history and points to the ultimate redemption found in Messiah. Yeshua celebrated the Passover and actually became the Passover on the cross. His is the fulfillment of the meaning of Passover.
The story of Passover is foundational to Israel’s existence. God identifies with all those who are oppressed and has declared His desire for their freedom. God chose Israel as His special channel of blessing and then brought them into slavery in order that they might fulfill their priestly call as representative of the nations. Israel’s experience of suffering and deliverance is representative of all who suffer under bondage. Yeshua recapulates Israel’s history within Himself and suffers for the sins of humanity.
During Passover we remember our great deliverance from Egypt and the events surrounding the Exodus. Passover proclaims God’s desire for all people. His intention is that we all be free from the bondage of sin and enter the land of Promise. Therefore, Passover represents the liberation of all people and points to a future day of reconciliation with
God. Our faithful celebration of Passover each year is a picture of God’s truth and has intercessory-prayer power to move the world toward consummation.
May you all have a joyous Passover season,
Nathan & Sue
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