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The Prophetic Significance of Passover
On this special edition of The Kingdom Community Show, Glenn Bleakney shares on the prophetic significance of the Hebrew Passover Feast as it relates to the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.
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Speaker:welcome everyone thanks for tuning in to today's broadcasts we are actually celebrating Good Friday
Speaker:today as we come together to remember what Jesus did for us on the cross now one of the things that
Speaker:we as Christians often fail to really embrace which actually hinders us from understanding
Speaker:the full significance and implications of what Jesus did in the cross for us is going back to the
Speaker:Old Testament and understanding the prophecies and even the the festivals or the feasts that
Speaker:were celebrated and how they actually were the type and the shadow of the New Covenant in how
Speaker:Jesus came to fulfill those things for example in Colossians we're told that Jesus was the substance
Speaker:he's the fulfillment of all of these things so as we celebrate Good Friday we have to remember that
Speaker:back in those days and even today among the Jewish people that that is not one of their celebrations
Speaker:it's actually a very unique Christian celebration and and it's fine and it's good but Jesus himself
Speaker:celebrated the Passover as a Jew as a Hebrew and so when we study that what was happening on that
Speaker:night when when he gathered around the table with his disciples we have to put it in that context
Speaker:that Jesus was gathered with his disciples in that room to celebrate the Passover and they
Speaker:would do this all of the Jews every year at the same time now this year we are in the year 2020
Speaker:Passover begins on Wednesday April the 8th which is two days before the Christian celebration of
Speaker:Good Friday and as I said the fact that these two holidays are so close together is not just
Speaker:a coincidence it's because we believe we believe that Jesus altom utley came to give his life as
Speaker:a sacrifice for us but when you look back to this festival and the celebration of what is known as
Speaker:Passover particularly the very first Passover which is recorded in Exodus 12 there's so much
Speaker:there that speaks of Jesus in fact I really don't believe we can understand the the depth the the
Speaker:fullness of what Jesus did at the cross without being versed in this festival or this godly
Speaker:holiday celebration called pass over see scripture is clear that Jesus as a Jew came to Jerusalem
Speaker:that final time it would have been his final celebration time he came to Jerusalem to to keep
Speaker:the Passover but he didn't just come to celebrate the Passover this time the very last time he came
Speaker:to become our Passover in 1st Corinthians 5 verse 7 Paul said Christ our Passover lamb has
Speaker:been sacrificed for us but what does that mean going back to exodus 12 the story of the first
Speaker:Passover we see that the Passover was necessary during that time and what it actually represents
Speaker:because during that time the setting is in Egypt and the mood is chaos Egypt is devastated by the
Speaker:fact that they've just gone through nine plagues and Passover actually speaks of something God had
Speaker:commanded the Jews in particular to keep because there was about to be one final plague the tenth
Speaker:plague would be the firstborn of all the males of all the sons as the angel of death would come into
Speaker:the land and so Passover is clearly a commandment by God to be protected to take action to shield
Speaker:ourselves from this death angel the Israelites in particular at that time so interestingly the
Speaker:Israelites who had been struck there in Egypt for centuries it was now time for God to bring
Speaker:them out to fulfill his covenant promised sworn to Abraham Isaac and Jacob that their children would
Speaker:possess the land of Canaan as their inheritance I'm going to read from Exodus to 23 through 25 it
Speaker:says now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died then the children of his
Speaker:groaned because of the bondage and they cried out and their God the end their cry came up to
Speaker:God because of the bondage so God heard their groaning and God remembered his covenant with
Speaker:Abraham with Isaac and with Jacob and God looked upon the children of Israel and God acknowledged
Speaker:them but before the children of Israel would be released from their bondage in Egypt this one
Speaker:final plague would occur in fact this plague would be the most severe of all plagues the
Speaker:narrative is found in exodus 11 4 through 8 Moses had come to Pharaoh he said this is what the Lord
Speaker:says at midnight tonight I will pass through the heart of Egypt all the firstborn sons will die
Speaker:in every family in Egypt from the oldest son of Pharaoh who sits on the throne to the oldest son
Speaker:of his lowliest servant girl who grinds the flour even the firstborn of all the livestock would die
Speaker:then a loud wail will rise throughout the land of Egypt a wail like no one has heard before or will
Speaker:ever hear again but among the Israelites it will be so peaceful that not even a dog will bark then
Speaker:you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and between the Israelites
Speaker:interestingly with all of the previous plagues Israel had no responsibility there was nothing
Speaker:they were required to do God simply told them to stand back and watch how his judgment would
Speaker:fall upon Egypt for example their cattle did not die though the cattle of Egypt died their crops
Speaker:received no hail though the crops of Egypt were devastated by hail during the plague of darkness
Speaker:the region of Goshen where the children of Israel lived experience light as normal however this time
Speaker:this final plague the first form will be dying the Israelites are called by God to take action
Speaker:there's something that they would need to do if they would be excluded from this plague here's
Speaker:what God said I will execute judgment against all the gods of for I am the Lord but the blood on
Speaker:your door doorpost will serve as a sign marking the houses where you are staying when I see the
Speaker:Blood I will pass over you this plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of
Speaker:Egypt so God said take a male and a male lamb slaughter it and I want you to apply the blood
Speaker:to the doorpost to the top and to the sides of the doorpost and every household that does this
Speaker:he said I promise you that I will pass over that household they will be exempt and excluded from
Speaker:death and destruction but interestingly and this is the point we really need to understand God is
Speaker:saying that this action requires the shedding of blood it wasn't that he said well if you pray if
Speaker:you give me a sacrifice if you do this or that he's saying I will you know ensure that that
Speaker:you're not harmed no the Lord actually says there is a shedding of blood that must take place so it
Speaker:is a type and a shadow of sacrifice now we know in the Old Testament the shedding of animals was not
Speaker:sufficient to be able to atone from the sins of people so ultimately it points to the sacrifice
Speaker:of Jesus Christ when he would come as John said John the Baptist's in John chapter 1 verse 29
Speaker:when he saw Jesus appear on the scene of history he pointed to him and he said Behold look the Lamb
Speaker:of God that takes away the sins of the world that was a clear reference back to Passover - what had
Speaker:happened on that day that Jesus was the Paschal Lamb that Jesus had come to fulfill the Passover
Speaker:so it speaks of the necessity of shedding blood every person Egyptians Israelites anyone who
Speaker:would take the blood and they would apply it to their doorposts was would be exempted from this
Speaker:but the interesting thing is Israel also required the blood because there's no one righteous not one
Speaker:person and sing with you and me today there's not one of us who is holy enough that we don't
Speaker:need the sacrifice of Jesus Christ the only way of salvation no matter how good we no matter how
Speaker:upright we are no matter how much we've done to help people the only way of salvation is through
Speaker:the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross his blood being shed for us and when you look back
Speaker:in that day in that time we find particularly in the 20th chapter of the Book of Ezekiel that
Speaker:Israel wasn't as innocent as it seemed you know even though they were God's chosen people and they
Speaker:were being oppressed the fact is this passage in Ezekiel tells us that they were engaged in
Speaker:idolatry during this time I'm reading from Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 8 it says but they the children
Speaker:of Israel rebelled against me and would not listen they did not get rid of the vile images they were
Speaker:obsessed with or forsake the idols of Egypt then I threatened God says to pour out my fury on them to
Speaker:satisfy my anger while they were still in Egypt so the message of Passover is that the tenth plague
Speaker:shows that God is holy God is just but the message of Passover also tells us that God is merciful his
Speaker:blood offers mercy and forgiveness the message of Passover is the same message and what we Herald
Speaker:and which we celebrate when we gather together for Good Friday that Jesus was the fulfillment
Speaker:of Passover he is the true Passover lamb the one who was sacrificed for the sins of the world and
Speaker:so when Jesus has made his journey to Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago it wasn't just to celebrate
Speaker:the Passover but to become our Passover God provided the sacrifice in His only begotten
Speaker:Son Jesus Christ the Lamb who was fully God and fully man Jesus corresponded perfectly to all
Speaker:the Old Testament types of this Paschal Lamb for example the law ordering the first Passover they
Speaker:were to make sure that this was a male lamb that was in it prime of its age and jeez of course when
Speaker:that was a mature male as well none of the bones of this lamb were to be broken none of Jesus bones
Speaker:were broken he was thoroughly examined and he was found spotless you know on the tenth day they were
Speaker:told that they were to bring this lamb into their home and for the next few days until the 14th day
Speaker:of this month they were to examine the lamb to make sure that it had no blemishes on it at all
Speaker:and of course Jesus was scrutinized and time after time we read during the last week of his life that
Speaker:he was blameless that he was guiltless in fact Pilate said three times I find no fault in him
Speaker:at all and ultimately the greatest corresponding attribute in which Jesus fulfilled is his death on
Speaker:the cross you know the Passover lamb was roasted on a spit and this spit interestingly was shaped
Speaker:like a cross and he was roasted over fire fire speaks of judgment in the Old Testament so Jesus
Speaker:became the judgment he became he took upon as the judgment that was due to us and he who knew no sin
Speaker:became sin for us or he became a sin offering for us so he took upon himself the judgment he
Speaker:became the substitution for our salvation and the Bible says in first Peter 1:18 and 19 that
Speaker:we've been redeemed not with the parrot with perishable things like silver and gold but with
Speaker:the precious blood of Christ like that of a lamb without blemish or spot and that's exactly what
Speaker:Paul was referring to when he said Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed you see our
Speaker:salvation comes through substitution it's called the vicarious atonement where Jesus gave his life
Speaker:for us that's why God says when I see the Blood I will pass over you today when we take the blood of
Speaker:Jesus through faith in Him through believing that what he did in the cross is our only hope is the
Speaker:only way of salvation Redemption God looks at us and he sees the blood and he passes over us all
Speaker:of those things that were destined to destroy us to separate us from God to from not only in this
Speaker:life but for eternity are negated are nullified because of the blood we are protected by the
Speaker:blood we are saved by the blood we are healed by the blood because there is only one way that
Speaker:man can experience forgiveness the Bible says in Hebrews without the shedding of blood there is no
Speaker:remission of sins this is a gospel that requires blood it's foolishness to the people of the world
Speaker:and ultimately Jesus who was perfect Jesus God who became a man who never sinned who gave his
Speaker:life for you and for me he paid the ultimate price so that we could be reconciled to God I
Speaker:love Isaiah 53 this is in the Old Testament speaks of the Messiah the one who would die for us and
Speaker:even today when you read it even it's very clear that this was speaking about Jesus and in verse
Speaker:4 and 5 it says this that surely he has borne our griefs carried our sorrows he was wounded for our
Speaker:transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement for our peace was upon him and
Speaker:by His stripes were healed I was looking at this passage again and I studied it previously and and
Speaker:and it just so refreshed me and encouraged me as I began to look at this again it says that
Speaker:he has borne our griefs the word in Hebrew that has translated griefs literally means sicknesses
Speaker:he carried our sorrows which is the equivalent of pain he took our sicknesses he took our pain
Speaker:and by the way this isn't just referring to the physical it can refer to any type of sickness
Speaker:sickness of the soul sickness of our spirit sickness of our body anything that causes pain
Speaker:he was as we esteemed him stricken smitten by God and afflicted then says this he was wounded for
Speaker:our transgressions the hebrew word here means our rebellion and it speaks of outward rebellion the
Speaker:the actions the conduct misconduct the things that we do that is so evil and and so wrong
Speaker:and contrary to God's will he was bruised for our iniquities very interestingly the word iniquities
Speaker:speaks of the deep issues of the heart it can refer to perversity and of course the bruise is
Speaker:something that is underlying a bruise is something that that affects us inwardly and Jesus suffered
Speaker:for us not only physically but he suffered emotionally when he was praying that literally
Speaker:just before he was arrested you know he was crying out to his father the Bible says that he said my
Speaker:soul is exceedingly sorrowful even to the place or to the point of death so he suffered for us
Speaker:so that we could be healed we could be forgiven we could be transformed we could be cleansed and
Speaker:it says this the chastisement for our peace was upon him of course that's the word Shalom and it
Speaker:speaks of completeness soundness welfare refers to in every capacity in every area of our life spirit
Speaker:soul and body so that nothing is missing nothing is broken but everything is whole and by His
Speaker:stripes we are healed that word speaks of health being restored God making us whole in every way
Speaker:this is what Jesus did at the cross for us he paid the price so that we could be whole spirit soul
Speaker:and body we can be restored to relationship with his father we can be forgiven we can know the Lord
Speaker:we can walk in that place of communion with him and experience all the benefits and the blessings
Speaker:of our salvation but I want to point out one thing in closing please know that strictly speaking it
Speaker:wasn't enough for the Passover lamb to be slain in order for God to pass over his people had to
Speaker:personally take this blood from the lamb and apply it to their doorposts if they admitted this step
Speaker:the lamb wouldn't have done them any good and so we need to understand that it's not enough just
Speaker:to acknowledge that Jesus died for me that Jesus is the sacrifice of God there's no other way of
Speaker:salvation the question is have you applied the blood of Jesus to your life are you covered by
Speaker:his blood have you received his sacrifice do you trust do you believe and have you put your faith
Speaker:completely in him unless you appropriate and ply that blood to yourself all that he suffered for
Speaker:all that he did for our salvation will remain useless it's of no value to us we must look to
Speaker:the Lamb of God who was pierced for us and we must embrace him by faith as the sacrifice and
Speaker:the one who is the one who secured salvation for us not only from God's wrath but from all of the
Speaker:things in this world that are contrary to God's perfect will salvation through substitution this
Speaker:is a message a Passover this is the message of Good Friday and this is the hope of the world
Speaker:that whosoever believes in Him whoever trusts in him whoever looks to him whoever puts their faith
Speaker:in Him will be forgiven it's not by our good deeds it's not by our religious activities it's not by
Speaker:our philanthropy or our our acts of good conduct that secures a place of right standing with God
Speaker:it's only through the blood of Jesus Christ and as Jesus died on the cross 2,000 years ago the
Speaker:final thing that he said is it is finished meaning there's nothing else that needs to be done there
Speaker:is no need to celebrate the Passover anymore as what he was saying because I am the final Passover
Speaker:lamb I am the one who secured and purchased redemption for my people forevermore all we need
Speaker:to do is believe in him hold the Lamb of God look to the Lamb of God the one who takes away once and
Speaker:for all the sins of this world not only covering the sins but actually taking away the sins because
Speaker:through his sacrifice he he literally cleansed he obliterated the sin issued and didn't just
Speaker:cover it but he erased it he took care of it once and for all so that we can be forgiven isn't that
Speaker:an amazing thing the Lamb of God who died for you who died for your family who died for everyone in
Speaker:this world who will trust him and so in this Good Friday I want to encourage you there are people
Speaker:that you know perhaps in your own family maybe people that you're connected to in your workplace
Speaker:or or in other ways who need to hear this message you are the one who can tell them about this Lamb
Speaker:of God you're the one who can share with them the truth of the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ
Speaker:which is good news I want to encourage you to do that to be proactive in taking and sharing this
Speaker:message with others as we have come together we've come to remember what Jesus did we're
Speaker:about to partake of communion together remembering that when Jesus and the very night he was betrayed
Speaker:he was in a room gathered with his disciples celebrating Passover we call it communion we call
Speaker:it the Lord's Supper but in actuality Jesus was celebrating the Passover as all Jews did during
Speaker:his day and as was his personal custom as we come together to celebrate his death and resurrection
Speaker:let's remember that Jesus fulfilled the Passover and let's keep this Passover in the sense of
Speaker:what the New Covenant States it is and how it applies to our life today hallelujah thank you
Speaker:Lord we praise you we give you all the glory for your goodness in our lives thank you Father for
Speaker:sending Jesus your son as the Passover lamb that takes away the sins of the world god bless you
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Speaker:[Music] you know the Jews celebrate the Passover ceder obviously in their culture there's really
Speaker:no celebration of what we call Good Friday Jesus of course was a Jew and the Bible is very clear
Speaker:that he celebrated Passover with his disciples we see this recorded in the Gospels and the
Speaker:Apostle Paul alludes to this celebration in first Corinthians chapter 11 now during the Passover
Speaker:ceder what they would do is they would partake up four different cups each person had to partake of
Speaker:these four different cups and these four cups represent four distinct promises from the Lord
Speaker:regarding his deliverance and His blessing of his people it's actually recorded in Exodus chapter 6
Speaker:verses 6 and 7 those four promises represent a cup the first cup is the cup of sanctification
Speaker:the Lord says I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians the second cup is
Speaker:the cup of deliverance and he says I will rescue you from their bondage the third cup is known as
Speaker:the cup of redemption where he says I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and the
Speaker:last Cup the fourth cup is the cup of praise I will take you as my people when we read the
Speaker:narrative in the Gospels and particularly in 1st Corinthians 11 when the Apostle Paul says
Speaker:I pass on to you what I received from the Lord Himself on the night when he was betrayed the
Speaker:Lord Jesus took some bread and he gave thanks to God for it he broke it in pieces and he said
Speaker:this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me in the same way he took the cup
Speaker:of wine after supper saying this cup is the new covenant between God and His people an agreement
Speaker:confirmed with my blood do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it for every time
Speaker:you eat this bread and drink this cup you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes now
Speaker:clearly the bread represents the body of Jesus in fact the Jews have what is called as matzah
Speaker:and that particular bread the way they cook it they pierce it and it also has stripes on
Speaker:it and and it actually is very interestingly it represents maybe even unwittingly the fact
Speaker:that Jesus was pierced for us and he received stripes for our healing so as we come together
Speaker:we're celebrating Good Friday but we have to look back to the original Passover just a time just as
Speaker:I've spoken about in the message so we partake together and so I want to encourage you to take
Speaker:the bread at this time this bread represents his body his body that was crucified that was beaten
Speaker:that was whipped and ultimately he was nailed to the cross and the Bible says that we would be free
Speaker:that we would be healed that we would be made whole in every way let us partake of the bread
Speaker:together in the name of Jesus remembering his death remembering his death [Music]
Speaker:Paul says in verse 25 of 1st Corinthians 11 in the same way Jesus took the cup of wine
Speaker:after supper saying this cup is the Covenant the new covenant between God and His people
Speaker:an agreement confirmed with my blood do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it
Speaker:now we know that the practice during that day still is the practice today among the
Speaker:Jews is that after supper they would partake of the third cup after they had eaten from
Speaker:the Passover lamb this third cup is the cup of redemption so Jesus is saying that he is
Speaker:the one who came to fulfill the redemption of God's people by this new covenant he is
Speaker:not obviously the one who who would die for us and simply just leave us under the law but he
Speaker:came to introduce a new covenant so that their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more
Speaker:so our sins just aren't covered but our sins are wiped out and we are completely delivered we are
Speaker:completely healed we are completely sanctified because of the redemption of Jesus Christ and of
Speaker:course after that was the fourth cup the cup of praise allow praising God because of his
Speaker:Redemption so Jesus says he is the one who came to fulfill this his blood represents redemption
Speaker:to you and me so as we partake of the cup let's remember that it was his blood that
Speaker:causes us and causes anyone whoever believes to be forgiven to be healed and to be made whole in
Speaker:fact in the Book of Leviticus it says that the life is in the blood his life lets partake of
Speaker:the cup together this new covenant let's remember what Jesus did through the shedding of his blood
Speaker:let's pray father thank you for salvation thank you for the redemption that is ours
Speaker:because of Jesus death in a resurrection his body and his blood sacrificed for us
Speaker:we praise you Lord we give you all the glory and all the honor today as we
Speaker:remember Jesus Christ the Passover lamb took away the sins of the world amen amen [Music]
