Pesach (Passover) is on April 4th and the Feast of Unleavened Bread is April 5th using the Zadok Priestly calendar, so the days are going to be different than most of the standard calendars that you will see. I have been asked why I use this calendar and that is a good question. I have done a message titled “Solar or Lunar calendar”, if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it for more information because it is an eye-opener, as it goes against everything we have been taught by Rabbinical Judaism. https://youtu.be/LmXIl-vz4HE
I truly believe that this calendar which was preserved by the Zadok Priests who lived at Qumran, the keepers of the covenant, is the calendar that ELOHIM has revealed to us in these last days as He is waking up His children to return to the ancient path, and I personally don’t believe that the huge discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 was coincidental, because it shows us how they walked with YAHWEH and what they considered to be scripture over 2,000 years ago. When it comes to the calendar it is critical to understand that the “Priests” the Levites were the ones who ministered before YAHWEH in the Temple and NOT the Jews. So before getting deeper into this message, I would like to provide scripture and information as to why I believe that we should be using a calendar preserved by the righteous priests.
Testament of Judah 21:1-5
“And now, my children, I (Judah) command you, love LEVI, that you may stay, and do not exalt yourselves against him, lest you be utterly destroyed. For YAHWEH gave the kingdom to me, AND THE PRIESTHOOD TO HIM, and HE SET THE KINGDOM BENEATH THE PRIESTHOOD. He gave the things upon the earth to me; and THE THINGS IN THE HEAVENS TO HIM. AS THE HEAVEN IS HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO IS THE PRIESTHOOD OF ELOHIM HIGHER THAN THE EARLTHLY KINGDOM…”
Being that the Priests were serving in the temple means that they were the ones who kept track of the calendar and time, which again points back to the Zadok Priests. Let’s view some more scriptures:
1 Samuel 2:34-36
“Your sign that this will occur will be what happens to your sons Hophni and Phineas they will both die on the same day. I will raise up for Myself A FAITHFUL PRIEST WHO WILL DO WHAT I WANT AND WHAT I INTEND. I will make his family FAITHFUL, and HE WILL SERVE IN THE PRESENCE of My Anointed one forever.”
This was the prophecy spoken over the priest Eli by a man of ELOHIM, because he failed to rebuke his sons for all the wickedness they were doing while serving as priests. And YAHWEH says that He would raise up a faithful priest that would do everything He commands. I believe that this was a prophecy concerning Zadok by connecting it with Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 44:15
“However, the PRIESTS, who are LEVITES and DESCENDANTS OF ZADOK, who took care of My sanctuary when the PEOPLE OF YISRA’EL WENT ASTRAY FROM ME----they are the ones WHO WILL APPROAH ME AND SERVE ME; IT IS THEY who will attend Me and offer Me the fat and the blood,’ says YAHWEH ELOHIM. THEY will enter My sanctuary, approach My table TO MINISTER TO ME AND PERFORM MY SERVICE.”
Whenever there was a new initiate in Qumran after a three-year initiation process, they would be required to take an oath, which is stated in “The meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls” page 249 which says:
“Every initiate into the society of the Yahad is to enter the Covenant in full view of all the volunteers. He shall take upon himself a binding oath to return to the LAW OF MOSES (according to all that He commanded) with all his heart and with all his mind, to all that has been revealed FROM IT TO THE SONS OF ZADOK----PRIESTS AND PRESERVERS OF THE COVENANT, SEEKERS OF HIS WILL…”
Numbers 3:5-12
“YAHWEH said to Moses, “Summon the TRIBE OF LEVI, and assign them to Aaron the PRIEST, so that they can help him. They are to carry out his duties and the duties of the whole community before the tent of meeting in performing the service of the tabernacle. They are to be in charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and to carry out all the duties of the people of Yisra’el connected with the service of the tabernacle. Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; their one responsibility in regard to the people of Yisrael is to serve him. You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the DUTIES OF PRIESTS; anyone else who involves HIMSELF IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.” YAHWEH said to Moses, “I have taken the LEVITES from among the people of Yisra’el IN lieu (instead of) every firstborn male that is first from the womb among the people of Yisra’el; the LEVITES ARE MINE.”
With that important information covered we can move on to the message concerning Passover. For anyone who is new to the website or YouTube page, I’ll discuss, The prophecy concerning Passover, should Christians observe it, and show that Paul observed Passover. Also, we will discuss, instructions for Passover, and should we eat lamb? Should we stay up all night? And parallels with YESHUA and Passover. It will be a lengthy message due to the amount of important information to cover, but most of the questions that arise will be contained within this message and prayerfully be answered, I pray that you listen or read this entire message. I will cover the details for Passover and next week YAHWEH willing, I will cover the instructions for the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Prophetic importance
Should Christians celebrate Passover? Yes! Let’s look at the prophecy of Passover and the Marriage Supper of The Lamb to see the beautiful picture that all believers should want to be a part of. I spoke about my view on this in the message titled “The Marriage Supper of the Lamb”, prayerfully after seeing this connection you will be inspired to partake in it this year:
Wedding feasts in ancient Yisra’el usually lasted for seven days:
Tobit 11:19 (Apocrypha)
“And the WEDDING of Toviyah was kept SEVEN DAYS WITH GREAT JOY.”
Judges 14:1-17 (Septuagint)
Verse 1-2 “And Samson went down to Timnath and saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of the Philistines. And he went up and told his father and his mother and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath from the daughters of the Philistines; and now take her for me AS A WIFE. Verse 10 “And his father went down to the woman and Samson made a banquet for SEVEN DAYS THERE, FOR SO THE YOUNG MEN ARE USED TO DO.” Verse 17 “And she (Samson’s wife) wept before him the SEVEN DAYS DURING WHICH THEIR BANQUET LASTED…”
Jubilees 28:8-9
“And Laban said to Jacob, “Let the SEVEN DAYS OF THE BANQUET of this one pass, and I will give you Rachel, that you may serve me another seven years, that you may pasture my sheep as you did in the former week.” And on the day when the SEVEN DAYS OF THE BANQUET of Leah had passed, Laban gave Rachel to Jacob, that he might serve him another seven years, and he gave Bilhah, the sister of Zilpah, to Rachel as a handmaid.”
I believe the seven-day theme is a representation of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and its connection with Passover.
Revelation 19:9 (Hebrew)
“Then he said to me, “Blessed are those whom He calls to EAT THE FEAST WITH THE LAMB.”
The footnote for “The Feast” in the Hebrew says literally the “EVENING MEAL”. And as we know according to scripture, we eat Passover on the EVENING of the 14th Day of the 1st month which is the start of the 15th Day of the 1st month, connecting it with The Feast of Unleavened Bread for a total of SEVEN DAYS . This would match the words of YESHUA when He said:
Matthew 26:27-29 (Hebrew)
“And afterwards He TOOK THE CUP and did a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave it to them, and said, “DRINK THIS-all of you, for this is the blood of the new, which will be shed to atone for your iniquities. And I say to you faithfully that from now and onward, I WILL NOT DRINK OF THIS SMOOTHNESS OF THE VINE UNTIL THAT DAY THAT I WILL DRINK IT WITH YOU ANEW IN THE KINGDOM OF MY FATHER.”
Here YESHUA is using Wedding language that His disciples would have understood according to the ancient Galilean weddings: During the betrothal ceremony in Galilee the bridegroom would pour a cup of wine called the “CUP OF JOY” and give it to the bride to drink. At this point she can either accept the covenant/proposal by drinking the wine or reject the covenant by not drinking the wine. After she drinks the cup of joy (the wine) then the bridegroom publicly says, “You are consecrated to me according to the Law of Moses and I WILL NOT DRINK THIS CUP UNTIL I DRINK IT NEW WITH YOU IN MY FATHERS HOUSE.”
See the connection? Everyone during that time knew that this was a reference to the wedding feast and the consummation of the marriage, and that is why YESHUA says the exact same thing, and this was during Pesach (Passover) when He said these words connecting it to the marriage supper of the Lamb, and matches the end time prophecy in Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 38:8 (Septuagint)
“See, I bring them from the north and will gather them from the end of the earth to THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER: and the people shall beget a great multitude and they shall return here.”
So, YESHUA will not drink the fruit of the vine until He sees us in His Father’s Kingdom, and I believe that feast is Passover, THE EVENING MEAL, The Marriage Supper of the Lamb as we saw in The Hebrew Revelation 19:9, Jeremiah 38:8 and all the scriptures mentioned above. Ancient Hebrew wedding feasts lasted for 7 Days just like Passover which is connected to The Feast of Unleavened Bread also lasts for 7 Days. Don’t you want to take part in the marriage supper of the Lamb? And enjoy the Passover meal with YESHUA? I know that I do! And if you are reading this, I know that you do too, and what better way than to start putting that into practice by celebrating it this year. In other words, the feast that Christians say is done away with, will be the very feast that YESHUA will eat with His bride (Israel). This is important and one you don’t want to take lightly.
Choose Passover/Pesach (Pronounced PAY-SOCK)!
Mathew 26:2 says:
“As you know, the PASSOVER is two days away and the Son of Man (YESHUA) will be handed over to be crucified.”
John 6:55-58
“For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He who eats My Flesh and drinks My blood stays in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me shall live because of Me. This is the bread which came down out of the heavens, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread shall live forever.”
So we know YESHUA is not talking about us becoming a cannibal and eating his literal flesh and drinking His blood which is forbidden in the Torah., the bread is the unleavened bread which represents His blameless body that was broken for us, and the blood is the wine or grape juice, and I will show later in this message that YESHUA ate the flesh of the lamb.
What is Passover? Passover is when YAHWEH brought the final plague upon the Egyptians because Pharaoh would not let His people go. YAHWEH commanded the Israelites to take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the basin with the perfect blood of lamb and strike the lentil and the two doorposts of the house so that YAHWEH would “Pass Over” and protect their homes and execute judgment on the Egyptians.
Exodus 12:5
“Let the LAMB be a perfect one, a year-old male.” Verse 12 “And I shall pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and shall smite the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Egypt I shall execute judgment. I am YAHWEH. And the BLOOD shall be a SIGN for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the BLOOD, I shall PASS OVER you, and let the plague not come on you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.”
Hebrews 11:28
“By belief, they kept the PASSOVER and the sprinkling of blood that he who destroyed the first-born might not approach them.”
This event was a foreshadowing of the true perfect sacrificial lamb in YESHUA, whose perfect blood was poured out for us. The same way the perfect blood of the lamb saved Yisra’el when YAHWEH PASSED OVER and protected them, is the same way when we have the perfect blood of Lamb YESHUA in our lives that iniquity and death PASS OVER us!
John 1:29
“On the next day John saw YESHUA coming toward him, and said, “See, the LAMB of YAHWEH who takes away the iniquity of the world!”
John 1:29 (Hebrew)
“Behold this is EL (God), who takes away the iniquities from the world.”
YESHUA is EL and the Lamb Who became flesh to die for His creation, there is no greater act of love than this!
Revelation 12:11
“And they overcame him because of the Blood of the LAMB because of the Word of their witness, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
Revelation 13:8
“And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain LAMB, from the foundation of the world shall worship Him.”
Also, our freedom from slavery:
Exodus 13:14-16
“And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, what is this? You shall say to him, by a strong hand YAHWEH brought us out from Egypt from the house of bondage; and it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn, and would not let us go, YAHWEH slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man to the first-born of animals; that is why I sacrifice to YAHWEH all that open the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem. And it shall be as a token on your hand and as a memory between your eyes; for by a strong hand YAHWEH brought you out of Egypt.”
Exodus 10:1-2
“And YAHWEH said to Moses, “Go into Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, that I may perform these signs among them, that you relate in the hearing of your son and your son’s son what I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them. And you shall know that I am YAHWEH.”
YAHWEH wants us to remember this day that He brought us up out of Egypt, and to tell the children so that they tell their children’s children the power of YAHWEH, and in doing so they will never forget the mighty acts and the love of our ELOHIM.
Does this apply to all believers? Yes!
Colossians 2:16-17 (Aramaic)
“Let no PAGAN therefore judge you in eating and or in drinking, or in respect of a Festival or a NEW MONTH OR SHABBAT-which are a shadow of what is to come...”
In NO WAY is Paul saying to not observe the Shabbat or the Set-Apart Feast Days, what he is saying is let no pagan (non-believer) judge you for knowing the truth of YAHWEH’s commands of scripture, and that YAHWEH expects us to observe these days because they are a prophetic shadow of FUTURE EVENTS, which I showed in the introduction about the connection with Passover and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. We are to be observing these days NOW because they are APPOINTMENTS and a rehearsal on earth for what will be done in the Kingdom when YESHUA returns; therefore, if you never observed any of His Set-Apart Days, then how will you be ready to observe them in the kingdom to come? Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you for knowing the TRUTH! The prophecy in Zechariah 14 is a great example of this because during the 1,000-year reign of YESHUA ALL nations must come to celebrate The Feast of Tabernacles which is one of the 7 Set-Apart Days found in (Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16) or have no rain, even the Egyptian who is not a native-born Israelite has to celebrate the Feast. This is a perfect example to prove that the Set-Apart Days are a SHADOW of what is to come, which means that same concept applies to Passover! More proof that Passover and all set-apart feasts day are for ALL followers of YESHUA:
Exodus 12:43-49 (Samaritan)
“And YAHWEH said to Moses and to Aaron, this is the ordinance of the PASSOVER, no son of a stranger is to eat of it. And every man’s slave purchased with his money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it. A sojourner or a hired slave shall not eat of it. It is to be eaten in a single house. You all are not to bring forth any of the flesh to the outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it. All the congregation of Yisra’el are to keep it. And if a PROSELYTE sojourns with you all, and KEEPS THE PASSOVER to YAHWEH, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to keep it. AND HE SHALL BE LIKE A CITIZEN OF THE LAND. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. The SAME LAW SHALL APPLY TO THE CITIZEN AS TO THE PROSELYTE who sojourns among you.”
What is the definition of a proselyte? According to Oxford Languages “A person who has CONVERTED from one opinion, RELIGION, or party to another.” In other words, they converted from their gentile ways to walking in truth being in covenant with YAHWEH the ONE TRUE ELOHIM, and you no longer called gentiles, but rather fellow CITIZENS OF YISRA’EL, which shows that gentiles have been grafted in from the beginning.
Numbers 9:14 (Samaritan and Aramaic Peshitta)
“And when a PROSEYLTE (a gentile convert) sojourns among you, then he SHALL PERFORM THE PASSOVER of YAHWEH. He shall do so according to the Law of the Passover and according to its statues. You have ONE TORAH, both for the proselyte (gentile convert) and the native/citizen of the land.”
So, we see that YAHWEH says twice that the native-born and the gentile must perform Passover because it is one Torah Law for native-born and the gentile grafted in.
Numbers 15:15-16 (Samaritan)
“ASSEMBLE, there shall be ONE STATUTE for you and for the PROSELYTE who sojourns with you, a PERPETUAL STATUTE throughout your generations. As YOU ARE (NATIVE-BORN), so shall the PROSELYTE BE before YAHWEH. There is to be ONE LAW AND ONE ORDIANCE for you and for the PROSELYTE who sojourns with you.”
What about Paul?
As I demonstrated from Paul’s own words concerning Colossians 2:16-17 to not let any pagan judge you for knowing and celebrating the truth of the feasts because they are prophetic shadows of what is to come. This would mean that Paul would be celebrating them as well or else he would be a hypocrite.
1 Corinthians 11:1
“Imitate me, JUST AS I IMITATE MESSIAH.”
1 John 2:6
“A person who claims to be continuing in union with Him (YESHUA) OUGHT TO CONDUCT HIS LIFE THE WAY HE DID.”
So, to all Christians who say that Paul did away with the law, are you imitating Paul as he imitated YESHUA? YESHUA kept the Torah and so did Paul!
Luke 22:14-15
“When the time came, YESHUA and the disciples reclined at the table, and He said to them, “I have really wanted so much to CELEBRATE THIS PASSOVER with you before I die.”
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also MESSIAH our PASSOVER was offered for US. So then LET US OBSERVE THE FESTIVAL (PASSOVER) not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
Acts 20:5-7
“These men went on and waited for us in Troas, while we sailed from Philippi AFTER THE DAYS OF MATZAH (The Feast of Unleavened Bread)…”
Mark 14:1 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“It was now two days before PASSOVER (that is, THE FESTIVAL OF MATZAH/THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD…”
Where do we find the Feast of Unleavened Bread written in the Bible?
Leviticus 23:6
“On the fifteenth day of the same month is the FESTIVAL OF MATZAH (THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD); for seven days you are to eat matzah.”
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are directly connected and are only separated by the bordering of the evening. In other words Passover is on the 14th Day of the 1st month at “twilight” or “in between the evenings” which is when the sun is going down but not completely dark, and when the sunsets it’s the start of the 15th Day of the 1st month which is the Feast of Unleavened when the Passover meal is eaten. And we see that Paul and those who were with him did not sail until after the feast was over.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
“For I received from the Master that which I also delivered to you: that the Master YESHUA in the night in which He was delivered up took bread, and having given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat, this is My body which is broken for you; DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME.” In the same way also the cup, after supper; saying, “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood. As often as you drink it, DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (Passover), you PROCLAIM THE DEATH OF THE MASTER UNTIL HE COMES.”
So, we see the importance of the blood of YESHUA saving us from iniquity and death and the bread representing His body that was broken for us and blood of the New Covenant! Then Paul adds that we are proclaiming the death of YESHUA until He returns! So, if you are not doing this in REMEMBERANCE of YESHUA then He will be looking from heaven to see if you are REMEMBERING TO KEEP PASSOVER! I know Christianity has their own “tradition of men” called communion to remember what YESHUA did, but we must understand that YAHWEH commands us to do it on a certain day once a year, which is why He gave us Set-Apart Days in Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16 called “Appointed Times” and “Shabbats”. They are Appointments that YAHWEH and YESHUA want to meet with Their people.
Think of it this way: If a holistic natural medicine doctor says “come back and see me in two weeks and make the appointment with the receptionist” that means you have an appointment to meet him on a certain day. If you decide to show up a month later, then that means you have missed the appointment and cannot receive treatment. The same thing applies in the spiritual realm and the Covenant we are supposed to be walking in with ELOHIM to receive spiritual blessings and walk in complete obedience!
When is Passover this year?
Passover this year is on April 4th when the sun is about to completely go down (twilight/between the evenings), but before it completely sets, but the meal is not eaten until the sun completely sets. This is why YAHWEH said slaughter the lamb “in between the evenings” which is still technically the 14th day of 1st month, so when the sun sets it is the start of the 15th.
The meal is eaten at night in haste because the Israelites fled Egypt in haste. So, while the sun is setting you can begin to read from scripture to remember what happened with the Exodus out of Egypt. Another good way to do this is by using a ‘Avodah’ meaning service in Hebrew, which is an interactive reading of the Exodus where the entire family can get involved as reader #1, reader #2 etc., just make sure that it is scripturally based and not the seder one of Judaism.
Exodus 12:8
“And they shall eat the flesh on that NIGHT, roasted in fire-WITH unleavened bread and with bitter herbs and they shall eat it.”
Jubilees 49:1
“Remember the command which YAHWEH commanded you concerning Passover, that you should celebrate it at its appointed time, on the fourteenth day of the first month; that you should slaughter it BEFORE it is evening, so that they may EAT IT BY NIGHT ON THE EVENING OF THE FIFTEENTH from the time of the SETTING OF THE SUN.”
Deuteronomy 16:6
“There you slaughter the Pesach in the evening, at the going down of the sun (twilight in between the evenings), at the Appointed Time you came out of Egypt.”
Should we eat lamb?
This is the part of the year where a lot of disagreements arise about whether we should eat the lamb or not, so I want to take the time to express my current view and what I have been led to do, and that is to eat the lamb, if you do not agree, I ask that you please take it into prayer.
The biggest evidence that jumped out to me from research, is that it appears the custom to NOT eat lamb was forbidden by men! According to Jewish Law which sounds like more Judaism rules to me:
The eating of a whole roasted lamb on Passover is forbidden by the code of Jewish law Or Jewish legal code called the Shulchan Aruch, which was first printed in Venice in 1565, which is well after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, so if we do the math, this means that they continued to eat lamb for 1,495 years until men put an end to it. This information can be found by a basic search going to chicagojewishnews.com or templedehirschsinai.org and states this:
“With our Passover narrative so focused on the sacrifice of a lamb, it seems strange that the only kosher meat we are forbidden to eat on Passover is… lamb! The SHULCHAN ARUCH, a JEWISH LEGAL CODE dating to the 1500s, FORBIDS the consumption of lamb on Passover. As a more popular Jewish resource, the New York Times, reported in 1988: “The ancient custom of sacrificing lambs on the eve of Passover and eating the meat to begin the festival ended with the destruction of the Second Temple in A.D. 70. As a mark of respect for the memory of the temple sacrifices, the eating of a whole roasted lamb on Passover is forbidden by the code of Jewish law called Shulchan Aruch.”
This is huge in my opinion because we are supposed to be steering away from the traditions of men not towards it. YESHUA rebuked the Pharisees constantly for their Oral Torah aka the Traditions of the elders when He walked the earth. During the Exodus out of Egypt, the Passover lamb was slaughtered by each household and being that they were leaving in exile now and there was no Temple as it is written in Exodus 12:21-24.
Joshua and the Israelites ate the Passover before the Temple was built just after they crossed the Jordan river.
Joshua 5:10-11
“And the children of Yisra’el camped in Gilgal, and performed the Pesach/Passover on the 14th day of the month at evening on the desert plains of Jericho. And they ate the stored grain of the land on the morrow after the Pesach/Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain on this same day.”
So, the biggest argument is that there is no Temple; however:
John 4:19-21 (Hebrew)
“Then the woman said to Him, “Master, I realize that you are a Prophet. Our fathers prayed to YAHWEH in this mountain (Mount Gerizim), but You say that the place where everyone has to pray to EL (God) is in Jerusalem. So YESHUA said to the woman, “Believe Me that a time will yet come, that you will not worship the Father on this mountain, NOR IN JERUSALEM. You pray to whom you do not know; but we pray to whom we know-for shalom (peace) is about to come for the Jews. But a time WILL COME, and is now, that the true worshippers will worship The Father in Spirit and truth, for the Father asks them that they WORSHIP ACCORDING TO THESE. EL is Spirit, and those who pray to him---it is required that they pray to Him in SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.”
What is The Spirit? That would be the RUACH HA’KODESH The Set-Apart Spirit.
John 16:13 (Hebrew)
“But when the SPIRIT OF TRUTH will come, He will teach you ALL TRUTH. For He will not speak of His own heart, only the words which He hears He will speak, and make known to you those words. He will esteem Me—From My Father He will take, and will make known to you all the things which are My Father’s—which are mine—and He will make them known to you.”
The RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) will lead us into ALL TRUTH and what is the truth?
Psalms 119:142
“Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and Your TORAH IS TRUTH.”
So, YESHUA says we must worship YAHWEH in Spirit and Truth, which means we are to be filled and led by The Set-Apart Spirit as He will lead us into obeying the Torah/Law. YESHUA knew that the Temple would be destroyed in 70 A.D. as He prophesied in Matthew 24:1-2 and that when He ascended into heaven that He would give us the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit); therefore, the presence of ELOHIM dwells in us and we worship Him the best we can wherever we are as we are scattered to the four corners. Which is why Paul says we are the TEMPLE OF ELOHIM!
1 Corinthians 3:16
“Do you not know that YOU are the TEMPLE OF ELOHIM and that the SPIRIT of ELOHIM dwells in you?”
John 2:19-21
“YESHUA answered them, “Destroy THIS TEMPLE, and in three days I will raise it up again.” The Judeans said, “It took 46 years to build this Temple, and you’re going to raise it in three days?” But the “TEMPLE” He had spoken of was HIS BODY.”
YESHUA was filled with the RUACH HA’KODESH just as we are! The same way ELOHIM’s presence dwelt in the PHYSICAL TEMPLE is the same way His presence now dwells IN US with the filling of the RUACH HA’KODESH making us the Temple. Without His presence we become an empty vessel that will be destroyed, just as when ELOHIM’s presence left the Temple it became a building that would be destroyed, IT IS HIS PRESENCE THAT DWELT WITHIN IT THAT MAKES IT SET-APART.
2 Baruch 7:1-8:4
“And after these things, I heard that malach (angel), who said to these angels who were holding the torches: “Now destroy and demolish its walls to the foundations, lest the enemies should boast and say: ‘We, we have demolished the wall of Zion and we have burned the place of ELOHIM, the Mighty One.” And they took me back to the place where I was standing before. Then the angels did as He had commanded them. And when they had broken down the CORNERS of the wall, a voice was heard from WITHIN THE TEMPLE, after the wall had fallen, and it said: “Enter, enemies, and come, those who hate, for HE WHO PRESERVES THE HOUSE HAS LEFT IT BEHIND.” And I Baruch, went away. And after these things, the Chaldean army entered and seized the house and everything around it.
Once YAHWEH’s presence left the Temple, THEN it was able to be destroyed by the Chaldeans.
2 Baruch 64:6
“The wickedness of Manasseh increased so much that the ESTEEM OF THE MOST HIGH DEPARTED FROM THE SANCTUARY.”
Now we can really see why Paul said this:
Ephesian 4:30 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“Don’t cause grief to ELOHIM’s RUACH HA’KODESH, for He has stamped you as HIS PROPERTY UNTIL THE DAY OF FINAL REDEMPTION.”
This is powerful because we are the temple of ELOHIM because the RUACH HA’KODESH dwells within us and leading us, plus YESHUA is the High Priest, so with all this evidence including the banning of lamb made by men, I don’t see why we cannot.
YESHUA ate Lamb
I want to point out is that YESHUA ate the lamb Himself according to the command found in Exodus 12:8-11 and that YESHUA would not break the Torah as He said that NONE of the Torah would be abolished (Mathew 5:17-19). So, the Lamb of YAHWEH Who took away the iniquities of world, The written Word that became Living Flesh, The Living Torah ate the Lamb, and He is our example to follow (1 John 2:6).
Mark 14:12 (Aramaic)
“And in the first day of the unleavened bread in which the Jews SLAY THE PASSOVER (Lamb), His disciples were saying to Him, “Where do you desire us to go for you to prepare the Passover TO EAT?”
Luke 22:7-8 (Aramaic)
“And the day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread arrived during which there was the custom that the PASSOVER BE SLAUGHTERED. And YESHUA sent Peter and John and said to them, “Go, prepare the Passover for US THAT WE MAY EAT.”
Matthew 26:17-20
“On the first day for The Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to YESHUA and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare Your PASSOVER?” Go into the city, to so-and-so,” he replied, “and tell him that the Rabbi says, ‘My time is near, My disciples and I are CELEBRATING PASSOVER at your house.” The disciples did as YESHUA directed and prepared the PASSOVER. When EVENING came, YESHUA reclined with the twelve disciples, and as THEY WERE EATING, He said…”
I know there are many doctrines out there that say that YESHUA was a vegan, and we can see that is clearly false as He ate the lamb for Passover. Plus, He ate fish to further prove He was not a vegan and we can also look to Genesis 18 when He appeared before Abraham with two angels and He ate calf meat, butter and milk.
Luke 24:41-43
“And even then they were not believing for their joy and they were astonished. He said to them, “Do you have something here to eat? And they gave Him a portion of FISH that was broiled and of a honeycomb and He took it and HE ATE IT before their eyes.”
The Samaritans still eat Lamb for Passover
Also, The Samaritans who are from the Northern Kingdom of Yisra’el whose ancestry is that of Manasseh and Ephraim, still eat lamb for Passover without a Temple. The Samaritans follow a version of the Torah which is said to be the original true version of the Torah. The Samaritans split with the Jews during the Second Temple period because they said the Jews in the Temple were corrupt.
Their interpretation of the Torah is not like that of the Judaism interpretations, for example, in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, where YAHWEH says “bind them for a sign upon your hand and let them be frontlets between your eyes” most Jews in Judaism take tefillin which are black boxes and put inside of the box a portion of the Torah and literally bind them on their hands and foreheads. The Samaritans view it as I do where its symbolic of your thoughts which is the Otiot “Resh” the picture of a man’s head meaning your thoughts on serving YAHWEH and staying in His word. The Samaritans render this passage as “Let them be as a MEMORY between your eyes”, and for bind them for a sign upon on your hands is “yad” the arm and the hand in the Otiot meaning your actions to serve YAHWEH.. Plus, the Samaritans still observe Pesach on the 14th in between the evenings coinciding with Feast of Unleavened Bread when the sunsets on the 15th just as written in scripture.
The point I’m making is that we have descendants from the 12 Tribes who follow Torah as they claim to have the original version of the Torah, they separated themselves from JUDAISM and say they are following the truth, they reject the Oral Torah which is correct and they reject the Talmud which is also correct, their focus is on the written Torah alone, and they still eat lamb today without a Temple, as I’m led to do. I’m definitely not saying I agree with all their beliefs; however, their interpretation of Torah from what I have gathered so far is closer than that of Judaism. Even a Rabbi named Simeon ben Gamaliel commented on the Samaritans saying “They were as Israelites in all things, and KEPT THE LAW AND THE PRECEPTS OF IT, AND EVEN MORE EXACTLY THAN THE ISRAELITES THEMSELVES DID…”
The Samaritans reject any and everything that is based on Judaism and their laws which we will see in this article.
I believe that we eat the Passover in our homes just as they did in the Exodus out of Egypt, just as I believe we are in a foreign land awaiting the 2nd Exodus.
Samaritan article:
If you are interested, you can email me and I will send you the article with the pictures included.
BYKRISTIN ROMEY
PUBLISHED APRIL 19, 2019
• 5 MIN READ
Samaritans are one of the world’s smallest religious groups, claiming descent from the of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel. They consider themselves the true observants of Israelite religion, and view Judaism as a religious practice corrupted during the Babylonian exile. This separation is clearly delineated in the geography of the Holy Land: While Mount Moriah in Jerusalem is where the Jewish Temple was decreed by God, the Samaritans followed the command of that same God and built their temple on the peak of Mount Gerizim, some 30 miles to the north.
Today, Mount Gerizim, at an elevation of almost 3,000 feet, is one of the highest points in the Palestinian territories, and commands a sweeping view of the bustling city of Nablus and the West Bank villages that surround it. On its ridge is the village of Kiryat Luza, where, on the eve of each Passover, the roughly 800 members of the Samaritan community gather to pray and observe their liberation from slavery in Egypt.
In remembrance of that event, the Samaritans follow the Torah mandate that a sheep or lamb be sacrificed on Passover eve and consumed before dawn of the next day. In Kiryat Luza, this is a communal event, in which prayers are recited and dozens of animals are dispatched simultaneously by men dressed in all white and then roasted in enormous earthen pits. In the hours after midnight, the meat is heaped on trays alongside bundles of bitter herbs and dished out in a celebratory community gathering under the stars.
Seven days later, the Samaritan community marks the end of Passover with a more solemn event. Once again under the stars just a few hours before dawn, the white-robed men of the community gather in front of their small synagogue, young sons beside them, rubbing the sleep from their eyes.
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Led by their head priest cradling a silver Torah case, the men ascend Mount Gerizim in the darkness, climbing stone steps past the remains of their temple, destroyed by the Hasmoneans in the early second century B.C., and the rubble of a church built on their sacred peak by the Byzantine emperor Zeno some 600 years later. At points along the ascent, they stop to pray and then continue on as the dawn sky turns periwinkle and the paper-thin blossoms of scarlet poppies begin to unfurl.
The procession ends near a stone slab believed by Samaritans to be the site where Abraham intended to sacrifice his son Isaac. The sun breaks above the horizon and the high priest raises the shining Torah case above his head as he concludes the group prayer. It’s a spring day on Mount Gerizim, and once again this tiny community has gathered together to fulfill its sacred duties before ELOHIM.
How should we eat the lamb? And what do we eat with it?
Exodus 12:8-11
“And they shall eat the flesh (Lamb) on that night, ROASTED IN FIRE-with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.” Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but ROASTED IN FIRE, its legs and its inward parts. And do not leave of it until morning you are to burn with fire. And this is how you eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Pesach (Passover) of YAHWEH.
Exodus 34:25
“Do not offer the blood of My slaughtering with leaven, and do not let the slaughtering of the Festival of Pesach/Passover remain until morning.”
YAHWEH tell us to eat lamb roasted in fire (like a grill with actual charcoal and flames) unleavened bread (bread with no yeast, no baking soda or sourdough bread) and bitter herbs which are herbs such as mustard greens, dandelion greens, horseradish, or chicory.
Of course, we are in diaspora right now, scattered to the four corners of the earth because of our ancestor’s disobedience, so we can do ALL that we can to follow the commandments and requirements to the best of your ability. If you can get a staff to eat with the meal, then why not? If you can get a whole lamb, then that’s great! If, not get some lamb chops or a lamb shoulder, just make sure you are eating lamb roasted in fire as required. But remember that NONE of the meat can be kept and must be burned with fire by the morning as we read in Exodus 12:10 and Exodus 34:25, so make sure not to get more than you can eat.
Many ask the question; doesn’t the lamb have to be a perfect one? That is a good question. We can only do the absolute best that we can to comply with the commandment and many of us are not farmers and don’t have livestock. With that said, I look for a kosher place to get the lamb from. The place where I order my lamb is “Grow and Behold” or “KOL foods” and their meat is “Glatt kosher” meaning they check the lungs of the animals to make sure they do not have any imperfections/adhesions, the blood is drained out, grass-fed/grass-finished with no hormones or antibiotics. This statement is listed on their website: Kosher for Pesach/Passover All KOL Foods meat cuts (beef, lamb and poultry) and ground beef and lamb are Kosher for Passover year-round under the Star K and do not require special Pesach certification.
Leave none of it until morning
Exodus 12:4
“And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; every man according to the portion of his eating shall make your count for the lamb.” Verse 10 “And you shall leave none of it remaining until morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.”
Jubilees 49:10
“Let the children of Yisra’el come and observe the Passover on the day of its appointed time on the fourteenth day of the first month, between the evenings, from the THIRD PART of the day to the THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT, for two portions of the day are given to the light, and a third part to the evening. This is that which YAHWEH commanded you that you should observe it between the evenings. And it is not permissible to slay it during any period of the light, but during the period BORDERING THE EVENING, and let them eat it at the time of the evening UNTIL THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT, and whatever is left over of all its flesh from the THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT ONWARDS, let them burn it with fire.”
We need 12 hours of both day and night to constitute a 24-hour period. 12 hours in a day divided by three parts equals 4 hours. Spoken of in Jubilees 49 for Passover:
Night:
Part 1 of night is: 6pm-10pm
Part 2 of night is: 10pm-2am (Eat of Passover from evening up to 2 am, then whatever is left is burned with fire. Because whatever is left from the third part of night onwards is to be burned.)
Part 3 of night is: 2am-6am
Day:
Part 1 of day is: 6 am-10am
Part 2 of day is 10am-2pm
Part 3 of day is 2pm-6pm and the cycle repeats
Do not leave the house
Exodus 12:22
“And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin, and you, NONE OF YOU SHALL GO OUT OF THE DOOR OF HIS HOUSE UNTIL MORNING.”
As I always say we should follow the Scriptures as closely as we can, so if you are at home stay in the house and don’t go out until morning and likewise if you are staying with family or friends, stay in the house until morning to comply with the command.
Stay up all night to keep watch?
Mathew 26:38-41
“And He (YESHUA) said to them, “There is sadness to my soul to the point of death. Remain here and WATCH WITH ME.” And He went a little further and fell upon His face and was praying and said, “My Father if it is possible, let this cup PASS OVER Me. Nevertheless, not as I will but as You will.” And He came to His disciples and found them while they were sleeping and said to Peter, “So you are not able to WATCH WITH ME one hour!” Take heed and pray or else you enter into temptation, the spirit is ready but the body is weak.”
We know that YESHUA spoke no idle words and quoted from the Torah, prophets, and the psalms because He is the written Word that became Living Flesh. So, there is only one place in scripture that ties into Passover about keeping WATCH and I believe this is what YESHUA is referring to. He is telling us to remember what our ancient ancestors did and that is to be alert and watch with our Father YAHWEH, and we can also pray so that we do not fall into temptation.
Exodus 12:40-42 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“The time the people of Yisra’el lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of 430 years to the day, all the divisions of YAHWEH left land of Egypt. This was a night when YAHWEH KEPT VIGIL to bring them out of the land of Egypt, and this same night CONTINUES TO BE A NIGHT WHEN YAHWEH KEEPS VIGIL (WATCH) for all the people of Yisra’el through all their generations.”
Exodus 12:42 (Samaritan)
“It is a SLEEPLESS NIGHT by YAHWEH for having brought them out from the land of Egypt. This night is for YAHWEH, to be SLEEPLESS BY ALL THE SONS OF YISRA’EL THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERATIONS.”
So, it appears that YESHUA was saying to keep watch with Him, just as our Father YAHWEH continues to watch during this night throughout all our generations as we are to do. The same way the children of Yisra’el watched with anticipation for the salvation of YAHWEH from the deliverance from Egypt is the same way we are watching with anticipation our deliverance from a foreign land. It’s interesting because a vigil is a watch at night when sleep usually occurs, so this definitely applies to us. The word vigil in Hebrew is “simmurin” which means to watch or observe, although we know that YAHWEH does not sleep, but we are to stay alert and watch with Him.
Psalms 121:4
“Behold, He who keeps Yisra’el will neither slumber nor sleep.”
Parallels with YESHUA and Passover
Exodus 12:3-6
“Speak to all the congregation of Yisra’el, saying, on the tenth day of this month they shall take to themselves every man a lamb for his own household, and a lamb for his dad’s household.” Verse 6 “And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Yisra’el shall kill it at sunset.”
So, the lamb was selected on a Friday the 10th day of the 1st month and was to be kept on the 14th day of the 1st month, which is a Tuesday when they would slaughter the lamb in the late afternoon “in between the evenings”. They would have the lamb in their house for 4 days before slaughtering it, so the lamb becomes like a pet to them, and they become attached to the lamb. In the same way, YESHUA walked with the disciples and then was crucified, and even though we didn’t physically walk with YESHUA on the earth, we walk with Him now and still have that attachment to the Him the Lamb.
1 Peter 1:8
“Though you HAVE NOT SEEN HIM, YOU LOVE HIM; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy.”
Mathew 17:22-23
“And while they were traveling in Galilee, YESHUA said to them, “The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of the sons of men. And they will kill Him, and on the third day He will rise.” And they were very saddened.”
NOT BREAK ANY BONE
Exodus 12:46
“It is eaten in one house, you are not to take any of the flesh (lamb) outside the house, NOR are you to BREAK ANY BONE OF IT.”
John 19:31
“The Jews asked Pilate to have THEIR LEGS BROKEN, and to be taken away. Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was impaled with Him, but when they came to YESHUA and saw that He was already dead, they DID NOT BREAK HIS LEGS.” But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and instantly BLOOD and WATER came out. And he who has seen has witnessed, and his witness is true. And he knows that he is speaking the truth, in order that you might believe. For this took place in order for the Scripture to be filled: “NOT ONE OF HIS BONES SHALL BE BROKEN.” See the connection and how it fulfills what YAHWEH spoke In Exodus 12:46 and Psalms 22?
Also, in John 19:34 when YESHUA was pierced blood and water came out of Him. This reminds me of:
1 John 5:5-6
“Who is the one who overcomes the world but he who believes that YESHUA is the Son of YAHWEH? This is the One that came by WATER AND BLOOD: YESHUA HA’MASHIACH, not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Ruach (Spirit) who bears witness, because the Ruach is the Truth.” (The immersion/baptism and blood from His atonement on the stake.)
It is also said that YESHUA died of a heart attack and that water was surrounding His heart which is why water came out of Him as well. YESHUA was crushed for us all and it’s definitely not a light matter.
Conclusion:
1 Corinthians 11:27-29
“So that whoever should eat this bread or drink this cup of the Master unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Master. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For the one who is eating and drinking unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Master.”
Let us examine ourselves and make sure that we are ready to partake in this Appointed Time of remembering the Exodus out of Egypt and YESHUA shedding His blood for us and delivering us from sin and death. As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!