Pesach Shabat Shalom !
Before, Judaism's holiest holiday was Yom Kippur, or the Great Day of Atonement. However, the incomparable act of redemption that our Savior Yeshua HaMashiach performed when he redeemed us from the power of sin and death on the cross i.e. on the execution tree of Calvary caused Yom Kippur to lose its meaning. Of course, Israel should still celebrate Yom Kippur, because it especially involves self-examination before Sukkót (the Feast of Tabernacles) and Simchát Toráh (the Jubilee of the Giving of the Law).
Jom Kippur was only temporarily as the biggest celebration to remind us that as long as Elohim's sacrificial lamb has not yet been born as a human being and come to redeem us from the curse of the Law, the sin problem of people is still unsolved and the sins unatoneable. ImmanuEL came and redeemed us from the curse of the Law about 2000 years ago, by reconciling people to His Father. He did this by taking away the sin of the world through his infinite pains and sufferings and finally by dying for us. HALLELUYAH!
The meaning of Pesach for Israel
Israel is to celebrate Pesach (Passover) in memory of YHWH freeing his chosen people after their 430 year sojourn in Egypt. Almost 400 years were a harsh time of slavery and forced labor. The deliverance came through Moses and Aaron through severe punishments.
The tenth plague was that all the firstborn of the Egyptians and their livestock died on the same night referred to in the accompanying illustration. It finally changed the mind of the Egyptian pharaoh and he then with force drove the Israelites out of Egypt. We read Exodus 12:41
>>And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years (430), even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of YHWH went out from the land of Egypt.<<
The observance of Pesach has been given to Israel as an eternal decree, which is not canceled by the New Covenant.
The global significance of Pesach (Passover)
As an introduction, I refer to our Savior's conversation with the Israelites,
John 8:31-36
>>31 Then said Yeshua to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Yeshua answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<<
I also refer to John the Baptist's testimony about Adonai Yeshua, John 1:29
>>The next day John seeth Yeshua coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of Elohim, which taketh away the sin of the world!<<
All people are slaves to sin for as long as they come to Adonai Yeshua, repent their sins, confess their sins and go to the baptism of believers in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach for the forgiveness of their sins.
After that, they should wait for the Holy Spirit to come inside them as on the first Pentecost of the New Covenant. When the Holy Spirit comes, he gives the power to become a child of Elohim and breaks all the shackles of sin and then man is free and is no longer a slave to sin! He/she is then a new creation in Adonai Yeshua and born again! The old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Our Savior at Calvary atoned for the sins of all people, taking away the sin of the world. Based on that, all the chosen of the Most High of the New Covenant - regardless of their ethnic background - may remember with gratitude the atonement of their sins and worship the resurrected sacrificial lamb, Adonai Yeshua, during the Passover of the Israelites.
It is not a requirement or a regulation of the law for us chosen ones of the New Covenant, but a completely voluntary commemoration and I truly believe that the born again would like to celebrate it in one way or another. Holy Communion crowns the global celebration of Pesach (Passover).
The next point is very important to implement
It is good for us to examine our hearts at Pesach and if there is something to put away and to reach a settlement with our neighbors, let's contact them and agree with them as long as we are still on our way to the heavenly home.
Above all, let us wholeheartedly forgive all those who have transgressed against us, regardless of whether they have confessed their crimes or asked us to forgive them. Yeshua's teaching in the The Lord's Prayer obliges us to do this. Matt. 6:14-15
>>14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.<<
My favorite Pesach memory
Each of us who are born again has our own experience of meeting our Creator. It happened to me during Pesach week in 1971 the afternoon at 2 pm in the center of Helsinki. It was a supernatural encounter with YHWH Elohim himself. He came to me in human form while I was waiting for a bus to take me to a rural vacation.
I learned more from that encounter what Adonai Yeshua's taught us in Matt. 9:13.
>>But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.<<
You can read more of that encounter:
Finally, two songs suitable for the topic
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
At Calvary
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