Good Morning Happy Feast of Unleavened Bread Day 6 (The Weekly Sabbath During Passover/Unleavened Bread)(Tomorrow Is The Feast of First Fruits/Resurrection Day)!!!
Thank You FATHER for this NEW DAY, Your Holy Sabbath Day, on Your Holy Feast. HELP US to live aware, to choose wisely, to stay close to You, and to “PASSOVER” FROM our old lives of SIN AND DEATH into Your New Life for us, and INTO YOUR TRUTH. Help us to be as YOUR LIVING “UNLEAVENED BREAD” that represents YOUR SON AND OUR KING and His SINLESS, PERFECT Life. Thank You for YOUR GREAT LOVE AND MERCY! Thank You that You SANCTIFY US, and You DELIVER US, as represented in Your Passover Meal. We come to You TODAY, choosing to walk in YOUR PRESENCE AND LIGHT. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. AMEN! Good morning Brothers and Sisters, Happy Sabbath, and Shabbat Shalom! i pray you have an amazing Sabbath day today on this eve of The Feast of First Fruits/Resurrection Day. May The Mercy, Grace, Peace, and Love of Our Father and Savior be upon you all! Sincerely, Servant of Yeshua 7 - Treasures of Passover: The Four Cups Part 4 - The Cup of Redemption (Review) “This day shall be A MEMORIAL FOR YOU. You shall keep it as A FEAST TO YAHWEH. YOU SHALL KEEP IT as a feast THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS by an ordinance FOREVER.” Exodus 12:14 WEBUS Today we are on The Third Cup or The Cup of Redemption in The Passover Meal. We have spoken about many of the wonderful reminders and revelations of The Passover Meal, and also some of the many symbols pointing to Our King, Savior, and Eternal Passover Lamb. We have journeyed through, very briefly, the first 6 steps in The Passover Ordered (Seder) Meal. Now, let’s number the next six steps, touch on them briefly, and finish with the 13th step, which is The Cup of Redemption. After the second cup, The Cup of Deliverance, is partaken of at The Meal, typically “Hallel,” or Thanks, is given to Our Father In Heaven before the service moves on. Then to part 7. Here we go: 7.) Thanks and A Blessing are spoken for Our Father’s Commandments & and Washing of Hands Before The Meal. Interesting enough, The Torah in Exodus speaks about washing many times. It is a picture of us being “washed by The Water of The Word” and it instantly brings this verse to mind: “that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by The Word,” Ephesians 5:26 Who is the “He” in the above verse? Yeshua! Who is the “her?” Us, His Bride! 8.) Eating of The Matzah (Unleavened Bread) Two Blessings are spoken to Our Father stating that He Is... “King of The Universe Who Brings Forth Bread From The Earth.” Then the unleavened bread is eaten. Various meanings are explained for the guests about matzah, unleaven bread, and how our ancestors, The Israelites, prepared for their journey out of Egypt. If you would like to dig further on this, take a look here: Exodus 12:33-34, Exodus 13:3,6, 1Peter 1:19, Hebrews 9:26, 1Corinthians 5:7-8. Also, doing a brief study on “Leaven” is amazing! 9.) Eating of The Bitter Herbs Now this may sound strange, but it is a commandment to partake of these bitter herbs, and it is reminder to us of the affliction of our ancestors (Exodus 1:14), and as we are about to see, it was a very important part of Our King Yeshua’s Passover Meal. Let’s take a look: “When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve. Now as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them began to say to Him, “LORD, is it I?” He answered and said, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish will betray Me. The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom The Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.” Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?” He said to him, “You have said it.” Matthew 26:20-25 NKJV Before the guests eat the bitter herbs, the herbs are dipped into a water dish. This is the dish Judas dipped his hand into with Yeshua before he betrayed Him. I read this for years not knowing or even questioning why Jesus was dipping His Hand in a dish with Judas! After participating in The Passover Meal, it all became clear. An amazing revelation! 10.) Eating of A Passover Praise (Hallel) Sandwich This step includes the fulfillment of Exodus 12:8. It has bitter and sweet. The bitter represents our slavery before being reborn, the sweet represents The Good End of Our Redemption, and it is all “sandwiched” between and carried by the representative matzah or The Bread of Life, Our Savior Yeshua. Beautiful! 11.) Eating of The Passover Meal I don’t think this one needs any explaining. There are a traditional “four questions” asked at The Passover Meal. It is jokingly said that the fifth question comes at this point, which is: “When do we eat?!” The answer... “Now!” After going through the steps of The Passover Meal, it is nearly impossible to eat and not think of Yeshua being Our Passover Lamb, His meal with the disciples, and what our ancestors must have gone through before and after their Passover Meal. It is eye-opening to say the least! It brought this Scripture to mind: “Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see;” Luke 10:23 NKJV 12.) Communion After Dinner At the beginning of The Passover Meal a piece of matzah or unleavened bread was broken, hidden, and little children are to find it. Think about it: He Was Broken, Put Away In The Tomb, and Then Found By His Children. Talk about prophetic! At Yeshua’s Passover Meal, this is where He States: “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My Body.” Matthew 26:26 Finally, we come to the 13th step or The Cup of Redemption. Once again let’s review The Scripture in Exodus 6: “I AM The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh), and I Will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I Will Deliver you from slavery to them, and I Will REDEEM you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I Will Take you to be My people, and I Will Be your God, and you shall know that I AM The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) your God, Who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians” Exodus 6:6-7 Some interesting things to think about: A.) The Cup of Redemption is the 13th step in The Passover Seder (Order). Yeshua was The 13th man in His Group, 12 Disciples and Him. “The Last Shall Be First (Matthew 20:16)” B.) In Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Is Our Cup of Redemption C.) This is The 3rd Cup. The 3rd Day Yeshua Rose From The Grave for Our Redemption! D.) Matthew 26:27-28 which states: “Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My Blood of The New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Matthew 26:27-28 NKJV Let’s finish once again with an excerpt from hebrewforchristians.com on The Cup of Redemption. Behold Israel! The Cup of Redemption!: “The Cup of Redemption (Also known As The Cup of Blessing): The third cup recalls God’s promise given to Israel: “I WILL REDEEM YOU with an outstretched arm,” and therefore it is called The “Cup of Redemption” or The “Cup of Blessing.” It was this cup that Yeshua used to symbolize His Great Sacrifice for us as The True Lamb of God: Reader 1: And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is My Blood of The New Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” - Matthew 26:27-28 Reader 2: For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim The LORD’s death till He comes. – 1 Cor. 11:26 Leader: The wine in this cup recalls the shed blood of The Lamb that was applied to the doorposts in Egypt, causing the plague of death to pass over. Similarly, Yeshua associated this cup with The Blood He would shed on The Cross, causing death to “pass over” those trusting in Him. This is The Cup of The New Covenant, that is, God’s New Agreement to regard all those who trust in the death of The Messiah for the forgiveness of their sins to be justified and made right with Him. Of Yeshua it is said, “The Messiah our Redemption” (1 Cor. 1:30). Let us again be silent for a moment... Close your eyes and hold this cup in your hands. This Cup of Redemption represents God’s New Covenant, and the very Blood of Yeshua that was shed for the forgiveness of your sins on the cross...” HalleluYAH! Our Redeemer Lives! (Job 19:25) Tomorrow, we will celebrate The Feast of First Fruits and we will finish “The Four Cups” on the following day.. Until then My Brothers and Sisters Shabbat Shalom! May The One Who Redeems Us Bless You! Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, prayer requests, or thoughts in the comments below.
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