Passover

Written by Terry Dashner


Faith Fellowship Church…PO Box 1586…Broken Arrow, OK 74013…Pastor Terry Dashner

“Appointed Time: Passover”

This is a continuation ofrepparttar study on “Appointed Time(s).” This series concludes after studyingrepparttar 126615 seven festivals ofrepparttar 126616 Messiah. Why do I detail these seven feasts? I do so because they illustraterepparttar 126617 life and reign of Jesus better thanrepparttar 126618 spoken word ofrepparttar 126619 Prophets of old orrepparttar 126620 written word ofrepparttar 126621 Apostles ofrepparttar 126622 New Testament, in my opinion. You will have opportunity to judge this for yourself after concluding this series. I pray thatrepparttar 126623 Father God Almighty will open your eyes to see Jesus more clearly today than yesterday. This I ask in Jesus’ name!

Introduction: And ye shall observe this thing [Passover] for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. …And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It isrepparttar 126624 sacrifice ofrepparttar 126625 Lord’s Passover, who passed overrepparttar 126626 houses ofrepparttar 126627 children of Israel in Egypt… (Exodus 12:24,26-27).

God declared Passover to be a permanent celebration for all eternity. Historically, Passover celebrates God’s deliverance ofrepparttar 126628 children of Israel from bondage in Egypt, where they were slaves torepparttar 126629 Egyptians. The spiritual application that God wants us to understand is this: Egypt is a type ofrepparttar 126630 world andrepparttar 126631 world’s system. Its ruler, Pharaoh, was a type of Satan. The bondage people are in when they live according torepparttar 126632 ways ofrepparttar 126633 world’s system is sin. Historically,repparttar 126634 children of Israel were delivered fromrepparttar 126635 bondage in Egypt by puttingrepparttar 126636 blood of a lamb uponrepparttar 126637 doorposts of their houses. Spiritually, this is a picture of Messiah and how those who believe in Him are delivered fromrepparttar 126638 bondages of sin andrepparttar 126639 rule of Satan in their lives. Yeshua (Jesus) isrepparttar 126640 Lamb of God (John 1:29). He is also our Passover (I Corinthians 5:7). Those who follow Yeshua arerepparttar 126641 house of God (Hebrews 3:6). The doorposts are our hearts. It is only through trusting by faith inrepparttar 126642 shed blood of Yeshua, our Passover, that we are free fromrepparttar 126643 bondage of sin (Galatians 4:3-5,9).

During Passover,repparttar 126644 head of each household was to take a lamb ofrepparttar 126645 first year onrepparttar 126646 10th day ofrepparttar 126647 first month known as Nisan and set it aside untilrepparttar 126648 14th day. Inrepparttar 126649 evening ofrepparttar 126650 14th day, at exactly 3:00 PM,repparttar 126651 lamb was to be killed. The blood ofrepparttar 126652 lamb was to be sprinkled onrepparttar 126653 lintel and two side posts ofrepparttar 126654 household door. The lamb was to be roasted with fire, with bitter herbs, and with unleavened bread, andrepparttar 126655 entire household was to feast uponrepparttar 126656 body ofrepparttar 126657 lamb. The people were instructed by God to eatrepparttar 126658 lamb with haste and to be dressed and ready to leave Egypt atrepparttar 126659 midnight hour. This would berepparttar 126660 15th day of Nisan. At midnight on that fateful evening in Egypt, death passed throughrepparttar 126661 land. Every house that did not haverepparttar 126662 token ofrepparttar 126663 blood onrepparttar 126664 doorposts and lintel sufferedrepparttar 126665 judgment of God. The Hebrew word for Passover is Pesach, which means “to pass or hover over.” This word speaks to us about two things. First, it showsrepparttar 126666 passing over in judgment from death and sin to life in Yeshua. Second, it tells us about allowing, by faith,repparttar 126667 blood of Yeshua to hover over our lives and give us divine protection fromrepparttar 126668 evil one.

Significant Points About Passover… 1.Passover wasrepparttar 126669 beginning of months. Just as receiving Jesus into our lives isrepparttar 126670 beginning of a New Covenant, Nisan was to berepparttar 126671 first month ofrepparttar 126672 religious calendar. Repenting of our sins and believing inrepparttar 126673 shed blood of Jesus is our first step in our relationship with God. 2.The lamb was hidden for four days. Messianic fulfillment—God commanded Israel to take a lamb onrepparttar 126674 10th day of Nisan and set it aside untilrepparttar 126675 14th day. These four days were fulfilled by Jesus duringrepparttar 126676 Passover week. Remember, Jesus isrepparttar 126677 Lamb of God. He entered Jerusalem and went torepparttar 126678 temple, which isrepparttar 126679 house of God, and went on public display there for four days from Nisan 10 to Nisan 14. Regardingrepparttar 126680 Second Coming ofrepparttar 126681 Lord (Eschatology), these four days thatrepparttar 126682 Lamb was hidden is prophetic ofrepparttar 126683 people’s expectations thatrepparttar 126684 Messiah would come 4,000 years fromrepparttar 126685 creation of Adam as part ofrepparttar 126686 7,000-year plan of God to redeem both man andrepparttar 126687 earth back to how things were inrepparttar 126688 Garden of Eden (Mishnah, San Hedrin 97-98). These four days are prophetic ofrepparttar 126689 Messiah being hid fromrepparttar 126690 world and not coming to earth for four days or 4,000 years fromrepparttar 126691 creation of Adam. A day is understood to be prophetic of a 1,000 years, based upon Psalm 90:4 (II Peter 3:8) to each day in creation. God ordained each day in creation to be prophetic of a thousand years of time andrepparttar 126692 entire redemption to take 7,000 years to complete fromrepparttar 126693 fall of man inrepparttar 126694 Garden Eden (Genesis 1:1, 5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31; 2:1-3).

The Essence of Worship (part 2)

Written by Terry Dashner


Faith Fellowship Church…PO Box 1586…Broken Arrow, OK 74013…Pastor Terry Dashner

“Essence of Worship” (continued)

The essence of worship is where it’s at. I think you will agree with this statement if you readrepparttar first part of this document. So let’s move on. We’ve been talking aboutrepparttar 126614 localized and institutionalized worship ofrepparttar 126615 Old Testament having been delocalized and deinstitutionalized inrepparttar 126616 New Testament becauserepparttar 126617 saints worship God in spirit and truth. We see further evidence of this in Paul’s ministry. Paul calls his own ministry a “priestly service (of worship),” and he callsrepparttar 126618 converts themselves an “acceptable offering (in worship)” to God (Romans 15:16; cf. Philippians 2:17). He even callsrepparttar 126619 money thatrepparttar 126620 churches send him “a fragrant aroma and acceptable sacrifice to God (in worship)” (Philippians 4:18 JP). And his own death for Christ he calls a “drink offering” to God (II Timothy 4:6).

This is what it means when we read things like, “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all torepparttar 126621 glory of God” (I Corinthians 10:31). And “whatever you do in word or deed, do all inrepparttar 126622 name ofrepparttar 126623 Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to Godrepparttar 126624 Father” (Colossians 3:17 NASB). This isrepparttar 126625 central New Testament action of worship: to act in a way that reflectsrepparttar 126626 glory of God—to do a thing inrepparttar 126627 name of Jesus with thanks to God. Butrepparttar 126628 New Testament uses those greatest of all worship sentences without any reference to Sunday worship services. They describe life. Again,repparttar 126629 essence of worship is not external, localized acts, but an inner, God ward experience that shows itself externally not primarily in church services. The fundamental reason for this is probably thatrepparttar 126630 Old Testament was mainly a “come see” religion andrepparttar 126631 New Testament fulfillment is a “go tell” religion.

Now let me addressrepparttar 126632 question: What isrepparttar 126633 essence of that inner experience which we call worship? Worship, whether an inner experience ofrepparttar 126634 heart or an outward act ofrepparttar 126635 body, or ofrepparttar 126636 congregation collectively—is a magnifying of God. That is, it is an act that shows how magnificent He is. It is an act that reveals or expresses how great and glorious He is. Worship is all about consciously reflectingrepparttar 126637 worth or value of God. Paul’s passion is that what he does with his body, whether in life or death, will always be worship. In life and death his mission is to magnify Christ—to show that Christ is magnificent, to exalt Christ, and demonstrate that He is great. That’s plain from verse 20, that Christ shall be “exalted in my body, whether by life or death.” Paul knew in his heart that God willed his life to continue after his Roman imprisonment, he would be more determined than ever to minister torepparttar 126638 saints. That would be good for allrepparttar 126639 churches that Paul ministered to. But, onrepparttar 126640 other hand, if God called him home that would be gain also. Death would take him into a deeper intimacy withrepparttar 126641 Lord. And that is especially good.

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