I being Jewish have kept Passover since I found out how important is is to who we are ..to be in Christ ...THOSE WHO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS... Exodus 19:3 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, the ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for the earth is MINE. I have thought that this year Passover is crucial....Think of how Father has felt through the years every year seeing those who proclaim to be of His name and His people getting up on resurrection Sunday going out to worship under the name and rituals of Ishtar. God is hurt and offended by this every year and I believe that his year will be the last time ...He will cause the Night of the Lord to begin after His final offense by this foolish "Christian" nation.I do not think that we should keep traditions of men, but brothers and sisters, please look to the Word and see what God commands us to do to keep this feast. Keep it and honor the Father and the Son.I would like to share with you the traditions kept for centuries by the Jewish people on this day. The face of Yashua is all over it and it is a parady of the giving of the daughter to the bethrothed.First an extra plate is set for Elijah and the door is left open for him in case he should show up...(this corelates to the end of days and the arrival of the two witnesses... this year I will set two places)There are four glasses of wine set up at each plate. They are all drunk in an order and with different toasts...except for the last , which is not drunk at all.(this corelates to the betrothal of a man and woman... the father of the bride and the groom drink these same four glasses of wine as they negotiate for the bride... they drink from the same cup as each stage of negotiation is reached. The last is drunk only by the bride and the groom together; this has special meaning for me as I wait for the last cup to be drunk with my bridegroom Jesus during the marraige supper of the Lamb)There are several things on the table all relating to the time in Egypt *an unbroken bone from the leg of a lamb (we know that this is related to Christ and the unbrokenness of HIs body)*salt water (tears)*bitter herbs(lifes bitterness, this is usually raw horseradish which when eaten brring tears to your ears jus the way lifes bitterness does)*green herbs( lifes freshening renewal)*a roasted egg( no one knows why?)(Kriss gave this answer in another thread)*a mixture of ground apple, nuts and wine called haroset ( represents the mortor of the bricks of Egypt)*matzah (unleavened bread)The youngest child present starts the dinner by asking questionss... Why do wecelebrate this night, ....eat these bitter herbs, ect, ect.then the toasting and eating takes place...One thing that happens during dinner is the matzah is taken from a special package of three.. the middle piece is broken and hidden during the meal... this is call the afikoman. the children search for this piece until it is found and the one who finds it is rewarded with a special gift.( this represents Christ in the grave broken for our sins and if you search you will find Him and recieve a great reward, erternal life)There is one glass of wine that is used to tell of the plagues each is named 10 times and ten drops of wine are dropped from the tip of the pinky finger as all shout...flies, flies, flies...ten times, frogs, ten time... ect till all the plagues are named including deathThis is all designed for the Jews to remember being taken out of Egypt by the power and might of the living God they serve.Unfortunately it has become ritual and a reason for family gathering...But we can make this a special time the last Passover of this age. Please keep some sort of this feast, not for me or for your family ,but to honor the Father and the Son.. let the Holy Spirit lead you as you decide and prepare for this day..Above all do not participate in the false goddesses feast or tradtions...I do believe this is the coming of the season for the dead one to appear. That Passover will mark the beginning and Sukkot will mark the end. I am so excited for this is the time I was born to be, and have been prepared for. I would further like to give you a history of Easter..in the dictionary if you look up the Word Easter you will see a reference to a goddess and her day and festival... Easter began in Babylon as the spring festival of fertility and its history is as follow...They mythological Ishtar landed in the Euphrates River in a Giant egg... As she emerges see turns a chicken into a bunny who lays eggs. She has a son name Tamuz by the god Molech( who is castrated) and this son is killed by a wild boar when he is 40 years old. Her followers therefore keep her festival every year in the spring by fasting for 40 days prior to the festival to honor her son(HMMMMM very much like Lent) The priest would have sexual relations with virgins on the altars of her temple... the children born the next year from this copulation would then become the 3 month old sacrifices the priests would offer the next Easter... The supplicants would buy eggs died in the blood of these sacrificed babies... Then the whole lot would go into the grove dressed in new garments and hide and seek these eggs.... and one another ... they would have intercourse with as many supllicants as they could during this hunt. This all began at sunrise for Molach is another name for Sol, the Sun God. It was a big old orgy.I ask you brothers and sister of Christ how you can walk into your places of worship on the most holy day Resurrection Sunday and call it by the name of this abomination? How can you ignore the commandment of God in EXODUS 13:42 IT IS A NIGHT TO BE OBERSERVED UNTO THE LORD TO BE OBERSERVED OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THEIR GENERATIONS.and instead you subsititue the pagan rites of Easter. The sunrise service, new clothes, eggs and bunnies. Do you think God is pleased when you exchange His commandment for the orgy of the goddess?I know God looks on the heart, but what are you really doing when you ignore His word and commandments to do what you have always done? These were began in order to bring the pagan into worship by the Roman Church centuries ago... but what has happen is we have begun to act like the pagan and turn away from the ways of God and his people.I am sickened by the way so many act in ignorance, but I tell you that your pastors know this truth, but have kept you from it. They have continued to keep the name of a Pagan goddess on the day of resurrection rather than offend someone who has sinned. I tell you you should tell your pastor you will not participate in pagan practices. I beg you for the sake of JESUS who is our passover lamb to keep HIS traditions as ordered by His Father instead of taking up the pagan practices of the goddess this year. Confront your pastors with the truth. Take down her name from you sanctuaries. Do not rise up to the sun in her name or refrain from eating 40 days as she required to honor her son... and where do you think that the ham on your table on Easter came from... The death of the wild boar who took Tamuz's life. Rebel against pagan practices in your home and church...FOR THE SAKE AND HONOR OF JESUS AND THE FATHER. Powered by WowBB 1.7 - Copyright © 2003-2006 Aycan GulezPage processed in 0.1847 seconds (6% database + 94% PHP). 21 queries executed.