And ye shall observe this thing [Passover] for an ordinance to thee and to
thy sons for ever:.. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say
unto you, What mean ye by this service? that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice
of the Lord 's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in
Egypt... (Exodus [
Shemot] 12:24,26-27).
Here is an excellent website site for understanding the Feasts of the Lord, and in particular, the Passover (Pesach) season:
http://feastsofthelord.com/ss/live/index.php?action=getpage&sid=204&pid=2188
The following, excluding artwork, is taken from that complete article.
How Did Yeshua Fulfill the Passover?
The Feast of Passover (
Pesach) was given by G-d to be a rehearsal
(
miqra) of the first coming of
Yeshua. The Passover ceremony
was observed in remembrance of the past and in preparation for the future. Many
years after the Passover in Egypt, a person named John (
Yochanan) the
Baptist (
Immerser), pointed to
Yeshua and declared that He was
the Lamb of G-d (John [
Yochanan] 1:29). After John (
Yochanan),
a type of Elijah (
Eliyahu) who would prepare the coming of Messiah,
proclaimed
Yeshua as the Lamb of G-d,
Yeshua ministered for
three-and-a-half years. At the end of that time, on the tenth of Nisan, the high
priest marched out of the city of Jerusalem to Bethany where a lamb was to be
slain. The lamb was led back into the city through streets lined with thousands
of pilgrims singing the Hallel (Psalms [
Tehillim] 113-118). The liturgy
for
Hoshanah Rabbah says that the Messiah will come to the Mount of
Olives and weep over the city. This happened in Luke 19:41. The people also
waved palm branches as
Yeshua rode into the city on a donkey in
fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9. Today, Nisan 10 is known as Palm Sunday in the
non-Jewish community.
The lamb that was to be slain by the high priest was led into the temple
(
Beit HaMikdash) and put in a prominent place of display. Likewise,
Yeshua the Lamb of G-d went on public display when He entered the
temple (
Beit HaMikdash) and spent four days there among the people, the
Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the scribes, as the leaders asked
Yeshua
their hardest questions.
Yeshua was questioned in front of the people
for four days, showing Himself to be without spot or blemish, fulfilling Exodus
(
Shemot) 12:5.
On the fourteenth of Nisan, at the third hour of the day (9:00 a.m.), the
high priest (
Cohen HaGadol) took the lamb and ascended the altar so he
could tie the lamb in place on the altar. At the same time on that day,
Yeshua was tied to the tree on Mount Moriah (Mark 15:25). At the time
of the evening sacrifice (3:00 p.m.) for Passover (Exodus [
Shemot]
12:6), the high priest (
Cohen HaGadol) ascended the altar, cut the
throat of the lamb with a knife, and said the words, "It is finished." These are
the exact words said after giving a peace offering to G-d. At this same time,
Yeshua died, saying these exact words in John (
Yochanan)
19:30.
Yeshua died at exactly 3:00 p.m. (Matthew [
Mattityahu]
27:45-46,50).
In Exodus (
Shemot) 12:8-9, we are told the lamb was to be roasted
before sundown. According to the tractate Pesahim in the Mishnah, the lamb was
roasted on an upright pomegranate stick. This pomegranate stick is
representative of the tree upon which
Yeshua died. The lamb was to be
gutted, and its intestines were to be removed and put over its head. Thus, the
lamb is referred to as the "crowned sacrifice." This is a picture of
Yeshua in (Psalm [
Tehillim] 22:13-18).
Deuteronomy (
Devarim) 16:16 says that all the congregation of Israel
was required to be present at the feasts of Passover (
Pesach), Weeks
(
Shavuot) or Pentecost, and Tabernacles (
Sukkot). This
explains why all were gathered to witness the death of
Yeshua on the
tree (Matthew [
Mattityahu] 27:1-26).
The night of the fifteenth of Nisan, G-d commanded the people to eat the lamb
with unleavened bread (
matzah) and bitter herbs (
maror), their
sandals on their feet and their bags packed and on their backs (Exodus
[
Shemot] 12:6,8,11), for on this night they are to leave Egypt.
Likewise, we are to be quick to accept
Yeshua into our hearts and leave
Egypt, which represents the sin and idolatry of this evil world.
The Conclusion of Passover ( Pesach)
In concluding our study of Passover (
Pesach ), we can see that the
G-d of Israel gave Passover (
Pesach) to His people so we could
understand the death of
Yeshua on the tree during His first coming, as
well as understand our personal spiritual salvation in
Yeshua from
Pharaoh and Egypt (who is liked to satan [
ha satan ] and the kingdom
of sin and darkness). Furthermore, the historical Egyptian Passover was also
given by the G-d of Israel so we could understand the future redemption of His
people (both houses of Israel who are today called by the corporate names of
Christianity and Judaism) in the end of days when they will return to the land
of Israel (specifically, the mountains of Israel or the West Bank). This
redemption will take place in the end of days prior to the coming of King
Messiah (
Mashiach ). Because of the historical deliverance from the
bondage of Egypt, our personal salvation in
Yeshua as Messiah (
Mashiach ) and our future redemption from exile in the nations of the world
and return to the land of Israel in the end of days, Passover (
Pesach
) has been given by the rabbis the appropriate title of the "Feast of our
Freedom !!!".
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