At sundown, Jews and Christians will be celebrating the Passover with family and friends by enjoying the traditional ritual of the Passover Seder. We will be continuing the tradition that started with Moses and his family in Egypt.
Isaiah 53:4-8 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrow; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was
Yeshua knew this would be His last Passover celebration with His disciples. He knew that within hours He would be crucified at the same time as the priests would be sacrificing the other lambs. He had so much to tell His friends.
One more item was to be on the Passover table – unleavened bread. Furthermore there could be no leaven found anywhere in the home.
God commanded that as we eat the Passover Lamb, we also eat bitter herbs to remind us of the bitterness of our slavery. Later in the Passover service, we make a sandwich of the bitter herbs and a sweet apple/nut mixture to remind us of the sweetness of our deliverance.
While the Angel of Death passed through Egypt, the Jews were protected by the blood of the Passover lamb. God always offers mercy in the midst of judgment.
Moses had warned that if Pharaoh didn’t let Israel, God’s firstborn, leave, then God would take the firstborn of Pharaoh. This tenth and final plague brought death to Egypt, to the firstborn of man and beast.
God showed the world His power and His sovereignty over His creation through the plagues. Each plague was a direct confrontation to one of Egypt’s false gods.
Through Moses God said to Pharaoh:
When Jacob’s family first came to Egypt, the Pharaoh sent them to live in the area of Goshen, a fertile area in northern Egypt. This separation of the Jews was crucial, because by the fourth plague, God made a distinction between people. While the rest of Egypt suffered from the swarms of flies, the Jewish people in Goshen were untouched.
The Hebrew word used in this promise reflects more than just physical freedom; eventually it denotes a spiritual freedom. The word גאל [ga’al] is the action of the closest relative who pays a ransom for the one in bondage.
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