30 March, 2021
💞 Dear Royal Praying Priests, shalom!
💎 “Adonai will pass through to strike down the Egyptians, but when He sees the blood on the crossbeam and the two doorposts, Adonai will pass over that door, and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you down.” (Exo 12:23, TLV)
💎 “The next day, John sees Yeshua coming to him and says, ‘Behold, the Lamb’ of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (Jhn 1:29, TLV)
💎 “Get rid of the old hametz (yeast), so you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened—for Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed.” (1Co 5:7, TLV)
Pesach (Passover) 2021 commenced at sundown on Saturday 27 March, and ends Sunday evening, 4 April. This year the Resurrection Sunday that is observed by the Chrisitan Churches also falls on 4 April.
Pesach is one of the three pilgrimages festivals on which the Jewish people were commanded to go up to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The other two festivals are Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) and Shavout (Feast of Weeks, Pentecost). Pesach is a significant festival of redemption instructed in the Bible, and it is preserved by the Jewish communities for centuries around the world and also by the followers of Yeshua.
In the First Covenant (the Old Testament), Peseach commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, which foretells the ultimate redemption in the Messiah. In the New Covenant, Yeshua celebrates the “Last Supper” Seder with His disciples (Mat 26:17-19; Mak 14:12-16; Luk 22:7-13). In the modern observances, the Jewish people will do a major spring cleaning of home and dwelling, and organise the family Seder in each Jewish home. Pesach is fulfilled in Yeshua’s first coming as His blood was applied to the doorposts of our hearts. For the Messianic Jews and Gentile believers, we keep the Feast of Pesach to commemorate the death, the burial, and the resurrection of Yeshua.
🙏 Dear Abba Father, thank You for sending Your beloved Son to save us from all bondages and sins. Please open our hearts and minds to see the connection between the ancient Jewish Feast of Pesach and the Last Supper that Yeshua shared with His twelve disciples. We want to see Yeshua being revealed and lifted high in every Jewish home, so all the Jewish people will encounter Yeshua, the sinless Passover Lamb, in a vivid and personal way. Draw us all near to Yeshua. In the Name of Yeshua we pray and bless You, Amen.