04.15.2008 | Weekly Update
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ON THE ROAD | APRIL 15, 2008

Passover is coming!

How often I have heard the feasts referred to as “the feasts of the Jews”. Actually, if we read our Bibles a little more carefully we would discover they are in fact, “the feasts of the Lord!” (Lev. 23)

I have heard it said that timing is everything. If we try to reconcile the two calendars this year, our Greek and Biblical calendars, that is, we have quite a dilemma. What dilemma is that? Quite simply that we celebrated the resurrection (Easter Sunday) almost a month before the crucifixion!
Some might think all this to be rather trivial, but I say not. I have a dream. I have a dream that one day the whole body of Messiah all over the world will know Yeshua for who he really is; the King of the Jews, Israel’s Messiah. He is King of the only Kingdom I will ever be a subject of; the Kingdom of God.

Why was the resurrection of Messiah ever excommunicated from its rightful place in history on the Feast of First Fruits in the first place? Why did God choose to fulfill His promise of redemption and the New Covenant (Jer.31:31 f.f.) during this very special time; is it still special in His heart and mind or is this all just academic? I suggest that if we would humble ourselves and seek the heart of God we just might be surprised by what we heard!

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread begin on the evening of April 19th and lasts for eight days. Let me offer this to you simply as something different to think and pray about. Why not celebrate the feast this year by not eating leaven for the entire eight days? I guarantee you this much; you will be thinking more about what you eat then ever before. And as you do, you will be thinking more about Yeshua at every meal than you probably do now, and that’s a good thing.

You could use those moments to pray for your Jewish family and friends that the light of Messiah would shine in their hearts during the feast and that they would know the Lamb who gave His blood so that they might go free from the Angel of Death. There are so many things to be aware and grateful for during this Passover. I pray that the Lord of the Feast will bless you and your whole household as you remember and celebrate the Lamb of the Passover who takes away the sins of the world!

Paul

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