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Forever, Chris Tomlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUH_NzfRmbs

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Worship through the Word:

Passover & The Feast of Unleavened Bread, Pt 2

The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are so important, that I did not want to just blow by it in one week.

I also often come to appreciate so much more about it when it is talked about from the Jewish perspective.

There are so many Jewish writings that we never see that bring even more revelation.

The Bible is many books, but yet the same theme runs throughout.

In many ways you can say, it has many writers, but one author.

To make it even more amazing is how God works through circumstances to orchestrate His message over and over again.

We will see some of this today.

Before we begin, let us read a short passage about this forever ordinance, the Passover, once again.

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Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were given as a forever ordinance, and they have stood the test of time.

However, many Jewish families practice this as a holiday, yet it is a tradition that has become vague to them.

They enjoy the holiday part, but the meaning is completely lost on them.

I suppose we could say it is the same as those who celebrate Christmas, but have no understanding of the Christian perspective of it.

The true meaning is lost on them.

Today I have a video for you where three Messianic Jewish professors discuss this sad fact and their experience when they learned saw the Messianic undertones of these holidays.

You will see how some Rabbi’s have even changed the traditional practices in order to remove any connection with Christ.

It is my hope that this video will bring new understanding for you and you will even see the connections with our Communion, as well as give you a heart to pray for the Jews that still do not understand the salvation God is offering them.

I have provided some definitions in your notes for things they discuss that you may not know what they are.

Please take note of the extra writings that point to the truth of God’s Word as it is fascinating and something we often do not hear about.

Without further ado, let us watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnopIIdqnzY

Haggadah:

The Passover Haggadah is the guidebook to the Passover evening meal (Seder), containing ancient texts dating back to Biblical times, as well as the Talmudic era, all of which come together to recreate the story of Passover and share its meaning to the modern Jew.

Messianic Jew:

Messianic Judaism is the name given to New Covenant faith in Yeshua (Jesus) as Messiah by those who are of Jewish heritage.

Rabbinic Judaism:

The normative form of Judaism that developed after the fall of the Temple of Jerusalem (AD 70).

Originating in the work of the Pharisaic rabbis, it was based on the legal and commentative literature in the Talmud, and it set up a mode of worship and a life discipline that were to be practiced by Jews worldwide down to modern times.

Midrash:

Midrash is expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud.

Talmud:

The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.

Mishnah Berurah:

The Mishnah Berurah (Hebrew: משנה ברורה "Clear Teaching") is a work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Poland, 1838–1933, also known as Chofetz Chaim).

It is a commentary on Orach Chayim, the first section of the Shulchan Aruch which deals with laws of prayer, synagogue, Shabbat and holidays, summarizing the opinions of the Acharonim (post-Medieval rabbinic authorities) on that work.[1]

Apocrypha:

Biblical apocrypha are a set of texts included in the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, but not in the Hebrew Bible.

While Catholic tradition considers some of these texts to be deuterocanonical, and the Orthodox Churches consider them all to be canonical, Protestants consider them apocryphal, that is, non-canonical books that are useful for instruction.

Kibbutz:

A kibbutz is a type of settlement which is unique to Israel.

A collective community, traditionally agrarian.

God is not done with the Jews.

The Jews have a very important part to play during the tribulation as we read in Rev 7 earlier.

We need to pray for the Rabbinic Jews that the they will see the truth in God’s Word and realize their Messiah has come and that the next coming is His 2nd coming that they too can rejoice and find meaning in their special holidays.

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