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Many Christians celebrate Easter every year,
totally unaware that Jesus rose from the dead three days after
the Jewish feast of Passover. The date of Easter, named for a
Teutonic mythological deity named Eostre, instead of being
coordinated with the ancient Hebrew calendar, was set according
to a regular pagan festival celebrating the start of spring on
March 21, the date of the vernal Equinox. Instead of maintaining
the Hebrew date of the 14th of Nissan, the Council of Nicaea, in
325 AD, set the date of Easter as the Sunday after the first
full moon after the vernal Equinox. Although Easter Bunnies,
chocolate, and Easter eggs may be rather amusing, especially for
young children, they have far more in common with pagan holidays
than the Biblical feast of Passover.
Rather than being a continual witness to Jews, as
encouraged by the Apostle Paul, Christians have instead become a
source of discouragement to them. Not only have we developed a
religious calendar completely separated from the traditional
Hebrew one, we have incorporated the use of pork, a food
forbidden to Kosher Jews. We neither celebrate a commanded
feast, nor do we provide a real positive witness to our Jewish
brothers and sisters. We have lost touch with our Jewish roots,
and have become repulsive to our Jewish siblings.
By celebrating the Passover, Christians
reestablish their Jewish roots and become witnesses to our
Jewish brothers and sisters. We can finally witness the
intensely prophetic nature of the traditional Passover Seder,
and more fully appreciate our Jewish roots. We regain our
identification with Moses and the ancient prophets, sever our
identification with pagan ritual and practice, and reassert our
unification with the God of Israel. We finally regain the
privilege of being a witness to both the gentile world and our
Jewish brothers and sisters.
This work, rather than being a traditional Jewish
Passover Seder based on the ten Egyptian plagues outline in the
Book of Exodus, is a Prophetic Passover Seder, based on the
completion of the condemnation of sin and our salvation as
outlined in the Book of the Revelation.
I endeavor to provide background information, as
well as a discussion of the differences between this and the
traditional Passover Seder, as well as providing additional
resources for further study.
While it certainly can be rather expensive to
observe the Passover in an elaborate fashion, it doesn't need to
be overly expensive. Probably the most expensive food item would
be lamb, but this can either be supplemented or replaced by beef
or even chicken if necessary to keep the cost down. Grape juice
or even Kool-aide could easily be substituted for wine, and
paper plates and cups could substitute for the traditional
special cups and platters. In short, there is no real reason to
avoid celebrating the Passover.
Even though I provide detailed information for a
Passover Seder that could last several hours, I also include a
shorter version that could take as little as an hour, in
addition to the meal itself. Further, you can determine the
length and complexity of your Passover dinner, just by the
choices you make. If you want a celebration that lasts for 8
hours, you can do that; if you only have a little more than an
hour, you can do that also. You are the one who decides how
long, complex, elaborate, and expensive your celebration is.
What you will do is greatly increase your understanding of the
Passover feast itself, its intensely prophetic nature, Jesus'
Last Supper, the traditional Church celebration of Communion,
and the scope and cost of your salvation.
It is my hope and
prayer that Passover will become a regular
annual celebration for you and
your family.
A Prophetic Passover
Seder gives you:
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A complete
Passover Seder
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Complete
instructions
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Biblical
texts
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Explanations
of Seder elements
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Biblical
background information
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Notes on
traditional Seder text and customs
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Diagrams for
placement of Seder elements
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A complete list
of all necessary materials
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A complete
shopping list for traditional Passover foods / emblems
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A recipe for
making Charoset
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Resources for
obtaining additional special Passover table ware
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Pictures of
special Passover Seder materials
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Simple, easy to
follow instructions
You get everything
you need to begin celebrating the Passover with absolutely no
previous experience necessary.
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