Easter 2022, Part 2
Notes
Transcript
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
Sunday April 24, 2022
Sunday April 24, 2022
Yeshua - The Pesach Lamb
Yeshua - The Pesach Lamb
Yeshua-Jesus & the Passover.
This is an important issue for us to pay attention to, as Yeshua Meshiac, or Jesus the Christ, is the sacrificial lamb that is foretold in the Pesach, the Passover Supper. It should make all of the difference in the world, then, for us to note what the Holy Spirit captures to bring to our attention. Note,what is called out - and why it was captured and recorded for us.
I cannot think of anything more Ironic and perhaps more informative than the God-Man himself, Emmanuel - God with us, the Saving Messiah who is the lamb of God, performing the very last Pesach for his disciples, as part of the fulfillment of His requirements to meet the label of “the lamb of God who is worthy to receive the sins of the world”.
Now as we have reviewed before, the feast of the Passover is the first of the seven holy seasons of the Hebrew scriptures, the Torah.
It is the only holy season, all of which are feasts, which is initiated prior to the meeting with YHWH at Mt. Ararach when the law was given to Israel. Passover or Pesach came before the giving of the law. All of the other feasts & holy seasons were given with the law.
Pesach is the most frequently mentioned feast in Israel, mentioned 50 times in Hebrew Scriptures, 27 times in the New Testament.
As we have reviewed previously, there are 4 names for Pesach or the Feast of Passover.
Hag HaPesach, which means the feast of Passover, Exodus 34:25
25 “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, nor shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until morning.
Next it is called Pesach, coming from the Plague of Death motif found in Exodus 12. Those who had the blood of the slain lamb sprinkled upon the lintel and doorposts of their home were passed over, but those homes that had no blood sprinkled suffered the death of the eldest born son. This passing over or passing through is our term Pesach.
Our third name is Hag He’aviv, meaning, feast of spring. It is the first feast of the spring cycle of holidays/feasts on the Hebrew Calendar. There are 4 feasts that occur in the spring, then there is a long wait, and then we have the 3 feasts of the fall.
The fourth Hebrew name for the festival is Aman Cheruteinu, which means the “time of emancipation. It is not a biblical reference but emerges from the Jewish prayers for the holiday. This name emphasized the result of the first Pesach: freedom from Egyptian slavery.
The Main Objective of the Pesach, is remembrance of what YHWH did for Israel; How He did it; Some will only see ceremony - some will see the picture of the Lamb of God who would take the sins of the world.
So today, I want to examine what is recorded of how the Messiah, Yeshua-Jesus observed this final Pesach of His, which He shared with His disciples, who would later become apostles.
The Messiah’s observance of Pesach is recorded in all 4 of the gospels. Matthew 26:1-5, 17-20, Mark 14:1-2, 12-26, Luke 22:1-2, 7-20, John 13:1-30.
Yshua was following all of the Jewish and biblical practices of observing Pesach. While not all of the 15 listed steps or the other elements and observances are recorded in the gospel, eight of them are recorded for us.
So these have been called out for us as items that are noteworthy - worth paying attention to.
Let’s examine these 8 elements together:
1 - The Preparation
1 - The Preparation
1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples,
2 “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
then later in Matthew 26:17-19
17 Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
In Mark’s account we read:
1 After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.
2 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”
and Mark 14:12-16
12 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?”
13 And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.
14 Wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’
15 Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us.”
16 So His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.
and in Luke, Luke 22:1-2
1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover.
2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
and further in Luke, Luke 22:7-13
7 Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed.
8 And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”
9 So they said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare?”
10 And He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.
11 Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’
12 Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.”
13 So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
This was the Pesach when Yeshua-Jesus was destined to die. He would fulfill the feast on this occasion.
Now note that the conspiracy by the Chief Priests against Him was determined that he was NOT to die during the feast. Satan did not want Yshua-Meshiac to die at Pesach. So the plan was to definitely not kill Him at Pesach.
2 “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
and
1 After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.
2 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”
But Yeshua Jesus was going to make sure they would act on the very night that they did not want to act.
Yeshau-Jesus had made preparations. This was His time.
2 - The Kiddush
2 - The Kiddush
The Kiddush is the sanctification of the Pesach.
Luke 22:14-18 mentions this:
14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him.
15 Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves;
18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
The blessing over the Pesach is recited, that is the “giving of thanks”, and then the first cup of the night is taken.
Note that He indicated how He desired to eat this Pesach with them - fervent desire. The word ἐπιθυμία (epithymia) means a longing, a yearning, a craving. He wanted this before He suffered. It was a special Pesach indeed for Yeshua-Jesus.
The phrase “fruit of the vine” in v. 18 is a technical term applied only to describing the Pesach Wine.
Not only was this Pesach special because it preceded His suffering, crucifixion, and judgement for the sins of all mankind. It was special also, because it was His last with them until rejoined at His second advent, in the Messianic Kingdom - when the Kingdom of God comes.
3 - The Urchatz
3 - The Urchatz
The 3rd Element of the Passover Feast that we see in the Gospels is the Urchatz.
This element which is mentioned here in the Gospels, and which correlates with Jewish Practice, is the washing of the hands.
We find this account in John 13:1-11
1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him,
3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,
4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.
5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.”
8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.”
11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”
Normally the hands are washed by a servant. In this instance there are no servants, only disciples. And it seems frankly, that none were willing to demean themselves to lower than the others. Jesus broke with Jewish tradition as he first took the servants role in doing the washing. Second he washed the disciples feet. Now this was not required for the feast - hand washing was. But in polite society, including the Greeks, the Romans, the Hebrews, and the Egyptians, it was always good form to wash the feet at the door. Everyone knew what you were stepping in on the highway, like it or not. Also, it has been mentioned that this is the upper room of their host that they are using … so it tended to be cleaner, less used, perhaps made of wood flooring. Also, during the meal there were times when everyone would recline on the benches all towards the LEFT OR RIGHT, which would put them all in close proximity to the feet of their neighbor.
Christ makes a point about how far the love of the Shepherd must go.
12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
16 Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
How often the kids understand this better than the adults. And those who change diapers better than those who haven’t for a while. It is the essence of servanthood which should be manifest in the life of every Christian, every follower of Yeshua-Jesus.
4 - The Karpas
4 - The Karpas
This karpas is the point in the meal where the parsley or greens are dipped.
We find it in Matthew 26:20-25
20 When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve.
21 Now as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.”
22 And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them began to say to Him, “Lord, is it I?”
23 He answered and said, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish will betray Me.
24 The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”
25 Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?” He said to him, “You have said it.”
and again in Mark 14:17-21
17 In the evening He came with the twelve.
18 Now as they sat and ate, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me.”
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, “Is it I?” And another said, “Is it I?”
20 He answered and said to them, “It is one of the twelve, who dips with Me in the dish.
21 The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.”
Yeshua-Jesus announced that His betrayer was in their midst. They wanted to know who it might be … He named no one.
But he gave a hint to those who were paying attention:
23 He answered and said, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish will betray Me.
And apparently at that point as Yeshua-Jesus dipped his green vegetable into the salt water, Judas did the same. Judas knew that He knew, and apparently John who was closest saw it. Matthew heard it, as did Peter - who passed it on to His disciple John-Mark who wrote the Gospel of Mark - but it is not clear that anyone realized what was happening at that point.
5 - The Yachatz
5 - The Yachatz
The next ceremonial point mentioned is the breaking of the middle of the three layers of matzah.
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
22 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
The middle loaf of Matzah bread is removed from the middle compartment of the cloth bag called the matzah tash, which has three compartments with a loaf of matzah bread in each. Once removed, the loaf is broken in half, the larger portion hidden for the end of the feast, and afikomen ceremony which reminds of the Paschal Lamb, and the smaller portion is placed back in the middle compartment.
The theme of the Seder is to remind what YHWH did in bringing the Israelites out of Egypt. Remembrance is to enable thinking. Remembrance for remembrance sake is quite meaningless. They are to remember how YHWH was invoking His covenant relationship with Israel to deliver them, as He told Abraham He would, after 430 years in an alien land.
Now, we are to remember Yeshua, the one who is the theme of Pesach, the one who would provide spiritual redemption, the final Paschal Lamb. He who delivers all mankind from an alien land.
The Yachatz preceded the reading of the Haggadah, the Pesach book detailing the storyline of the Exodus and several Psalms to be read.
6 - The Korech
6 - The Korech
Our next ceremony mentioned is the korech, the making of the sandwich with horseradish and an apple-nut mixture.
21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.”
22 Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.
25 Then, leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27 Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
28 But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him.
29 For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.
Yeshua-Jesus uses this ceremony to again identify His betrayer for a second time. Our narrative actually moves from the end of a prior step of the ceremony, a step where our Pesach guests are all to leaning to their left, and while in this leaning position Christ discloses the betrayal and announces that someone will betray Him, and Peter asked John, who was leaning on Jeshuah-Jesus to ask who it might be. For the 2nd time He did not name a name, but gave the clue that we read in verse 26.
26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Dipping the bread, or if you have a KJV bible, to dip the sop, was to take a small piece of the matzah and dip it into the horseradish mixture, which was intended to bring tears to the eyes - because bitter tears were shed by the Jews while in Egypt. The one who dips is the one who officiates. Yeshuah-Jesus would be dipping 13 times for himself and each of the 12. So again, Christ dipped and gave the bread to Judas Iscariot. Who immediately got up, and left the feast . Just as the horseradish is bitter, so was the betrayal of Judas.
For those who wonder if Judas could have been saved at any point - notice that immediately after the piece of bread, Satan entered him.
7 - The Third Cup
7 - The Third Cup
The seventh element mentioned in the Gospels is the third cup.
In Matthew,
27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
In Mark,
22 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
23 Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
24 And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
25 Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
And finally in Luke,
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
Luke here is the specific one who states that this was the cup after supper, the third cup. It was a symbol of the physical redemption that came as a result of the shedding of the blood of the lamb in Egypt.
The Symbol of redemption of Israel from Egypt was to represent the spiritual redemption through the Messiah.
Remember the key theme of the feast is remembrance. Remembrance is the key to understanding. YHWH set this occasion in place before the law, to show His covenant relationship to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. In every case, YHWH was the sole guarantor of the covenant. That means it depended 100% on YHWH, and not even a smidgeon on Israel.
8 - Hallel
8 - Hallel
The singing of hyms, or hallel, is mentioned.
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
What was the Hymn that they sang? It was what was sung at every seder, after the meal, Psalms 115-118. Let’s examine the last Hymns sung by our Lord Yeshua-Jesus, before his betrayal, false trials, beating, scourging, and crucifixion where he stood in judgement for the sins of all mankind and suffered
1 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.
2 Why should the Gentiles say, “So where is their God?”
3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see;
6 They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell;
7 They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat.
8 Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
9 O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
12 The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the Lord, Both small and great.
14 May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.
17 The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the Lord From this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!
1 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The <