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The Passover and Christ PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Gaddy   
Wednesday, 31 December 1969 23:59
Introduction - The original Passover (Exodus 12) The new year. Nisan became the first month (around April on our calendar) and Passover wa...
  1. Introduction -
  2. The original Passover (Exodus 12)
    1. The new year. Nisan became the first month (around April on our calendar) and Passover was to be on the 14th. Just as the Jewish calendar was revised based on this passover, the roman calendar was also reset when the Passover symbolism was fulfilled. We still use this calendar today and base our year numbers on the time when Christ came to Earth.
    2. The Paschal Lamb
      1. Marked for death - (v3) The lamb was selected 4 days prior to the sacrifice and kept in the house.
        1. Isaiah 53:7 likens Christ to a lamb before the slaughter
        2. 1 Peter 1:19-20 says Jesus was foreordained to die before the creation of the world and a Lamb without spot...
      2. Without spot or blemish - (v5)
        1. Deuteronomy 15:21 says that only that which is perfect can make atonement.
        2. Hebrews 4:15 says that Christ was without sin even through temptations.
      3. Roasted with fire - (v8) Fire in scripture is symbolic of God's judgement
        1. 2 Corinthians 5:21- Jesus was made sin and thus judged through God's fire
      4. Not a bone broken - (v46)
        1. John 19:34-36 says that no bone of Christ was broken
      5. Blood used to cover (v22) - The blood was in the Basin (the door threshold) and marked on the top and side posts of the door.
        1. Basin (saph) - In this reading is referring to the door threshold that had a trench dug there to prevent flooding. The lamb was slain and the threshold filled with it's blood. Then it was marked on the other 3 sides of the door much the same way that Christ bled from 4 major wounds on the cross (crown of thorns and nail piercings on each hand and one at the feet). Those in the house had to step through this blood surrounded opening to receive salvation. John 10:9
        2. Obviously Christ's blood also covered our sins
    3. The Bitter Herbs - (v8) The bitter herbs not only referred to the bitter slavery that the hebrews experienced, but also symbolized the mourning of the death of the Jesus. This is prophecied in Zechariah 12:10
    4. Unleavened Bread - (v8) The house had to be free of leaven 7 days prior to Passover. Leaven is symbolic for sin. This is a symbol of repentence. When we repent and serve Christ, we purge the sin from our lives and strive to live without it. (1 Corinthians 5:6-8)
      1. Bread of heaven - John 6:35
  3. Mishnah (Oral additions to Torah) - The ancient Jews held that the Mishnah was as sacred as the Torah since it was believed to have been given to Moses by God who then passed it on by word of mouth.
    1. 4 cups of Wine (with water) - Representation of the spilled blood of the Paschal Lamb - John 19:34
    2. Salt and Vinegar dip
    3. Charoseth (apples and nuts)
    4. Aphikomen (an after dish established after AD 70 to replace the Temple Paschal Lamb)
    5. The Seder...
  4. Seder (The order of services)
    1. Kiddush - The blessing given over the 1st cup
    2. Washing of the hands by the host
    3. Tray of bitter herbs with the salt and vinegar dip is passed
    4. All food is removed from the table
    5. 2nd cup is passed but not drank yet
    6. The youngest person asks four ritual questions (the Ma Nishtanah)
    7. The eldest man tells the Passover story in response
    8. The singing of the first Hallel (Psalms 113-114)
    9. Drink the 2nd cup
    10. Hands are washed before the unleavened bread
    11. The host brakes the unleavened bread and pronounces 2 blessing over it, dips it in bitter herbs and the charoseth, then gives to all to eat.
    12. The Paschal lamb is eaten
    13. 3rd cup is passed and drank after a recited blessing
    14. All recite the second Hallel (Psalms 115-118)
    15. 4th cup is drank
    16. A closing hymn is sung.
  5. The Lord's Passover
    1. Luke 22:17 - Christ makes the Kiddush blessing over the 1st cup
    2. John 13:4-5 - Christ performs the ceremonial washing but washes feet instead of hands
    3. John 13:26-27,30 - Christ accuses Judas at step 11 of the Seder
    4. The lamb was eaten
    5. Jesus then breaks tradition and takes more unleavened bread to institute the Lord's Supper. Christ in effect creates the first Aphikomen prior to AD 70. Before this it was not allowed to partake of any food after the Paschal lamb. (Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 11:23-24)
    6. Luke 22:20 - Jesus uses the 3rd cup to continue his institution of the Lord's Supper.
    7. Matthew 26:30 - The closing hymn
  6. Conclusion
    1. Christ fulfilled the Passover much the same way he fulfilled the rest of the old law. These feasts and traditions of the Hebrews were all a reverse echo of things that were to come and God used them to pattern his plan of salvation.
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