Despite
growing secularism within the Jewish community today, most American Jews will
still make the time to attend a Passover Seder. They are drawn by the food, being
with friends and family, the story, and the points of remembrance found within
the Seder.
The
New Testament records that Messiah Yeshua used Seder elements as tokens of
remembrance of his sacrificial death to bring redemption from sin: the broken
matzah a reminder of his body and the Third Cup of the Seder, which
traditionally reminds us of the blood of the Passover Lamb, as a reminder of his blood which ratified the New
Covenant. Jeremiah 31:31-34 speaks of the spiritual renewal of Israel that
would come about through the New Covenant that G-d would establish to bring
about complete forgiveness of sin.
Yeshua
said that his death ratified this New Covenant first for Israel,
and
then through Israel for
all the people of the World.
Forgiveness
of sins and a relationship with G-d are found today for anyone who will repent
of their sin and by faith alone personally believe in Messiah Yeshua’s
sacrificial death for them.
At
Passover, all of us as Jews will take a piece of matzah in remembrance of a
lamb. But for us as Messianic Jews we take this piece of matzah in remembrance
not just of the Passover Lamb from Egypt, but we take this matzah in
remembrance of our ultimate Passover Lamb, Messiah Yeshua, who died as our
sacrifice so that we could have forgiveness for our sins and a relationship
with G-d. Chag Pesach Sameach! Happy Passover!
Forward
for Messiah,
Kirk
Gliebe
Rabbi &
Director
