Messianic Pesach/Passover Haggadah
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
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Introduction:
The purpose of this page is to provide believers in YHWH a Haggadah that can encompass their beliefs. When I first began to discover my Hebraic roots I immediately became aware of the importance of our Heavenly Father's feasts and festivals. As I tried to obey HIS commandments by observing these mo'edim (appointed times), I became aware of a great diversity regarding exactly how this should be done. I found that most religions had altered the instructions in Scripture to include man made traditions and dogma. While the reasons for doing so are many and though some are benign and some are not, I wanted to create an rememberance that I thought best followed what was detailed in Scripture. I believe that every head of the house should create their own Haggadah in order to best teach their own family the things our Heavenly Father commanded us to pass down. Please feel free to use this Haggadah as an outline and modify it to suit your personal belief.
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- Remember
- Relate
YHWH's Passover:
Host:Welcome to this pesach/passover rememberance. The sheets you have in front of you will allow you to follow along or participate in this rememberance. All Scripture listed has been taken from the ISR Scriptures. However, the references are also listed so feel free to read from whatever version of Scripture you feel more comfortable with.
We will begin our rememberance of this mo'ed (appointed time) by reading from the book of Exodus, chapter twelve (12) which tells the story of the original Passover.
I would ask that, as we do the following reading, you imagine yourself as living in one of the houses of the children of Yisra'ĕl in Egypt at the time YHWH killed the Egyptians and delivered our households. YHWH delivered a mixed multi-tude of people which included the twelve (12) tribes, strangers, and sojourners who lived with them. Whether our grandparents were Hebrew, stranger, or sojourner, we were all living in bondage, as servants, in a land that was not our home. We were all being ruled over by a government that no longer liked us, did not trust us, and was making life harsh for us. We have recently witnessed the plagues that Moses prophesied to the Pharoah, so we have already seen some incredible sights.
Moses told us earlier, that tonight YHWH will deliver us. We have marked the doors of our homes with lamb's blood as Moses instructed and we are now ready to complete our part in the Passover rememberence. Moses has prophesied that later tonight YHWH will kill the first born of every house in this country that does not have the blood of the lamb on their doorposts.
Reading:Exodus 12:1-51
YHWH'S MO'ED TIMING
Host:YHWH shows that he has a very specific and often eternal way of doing things.
The month of Passover is the first month of the year according to YHWH. (Exodus 12:2)
The Passover starts on the 14th day of the first month in the evening. (Exodus 12:6)
The Passover and the first (1st) 'day' of the Feast of Unleavened Bread start at sunset. (Exodus 12:6) (Exodus 12:18)
The Feast of Unleavened Bread ends at sunset on the 21st day and is a seven (7) day observance. (Exodus 12:18)
If the beginning and end of The Feast of Unleavened Bread occur at sunset, then YHWH's 'DAY' must begin and end at sunset.
YHWH repeatedly says 'on this day' I brought you out of the land of Egypt. The Hebrews could not possibly have left before The Plague had come which was AFTER the start of Passover had begun. Therefore the daylight period of Passover had to occur AFTER the night time period.
AFTER the Passover had begun, at midnight (of the same night), The Plague comes and kills all the firstborn of Egypt. (Exodus 12:29)
The Pharoah discovers the dead after midnight but while it is still the same NIGHT of Passover (which started, at sunset, on the 14th day of the month). (Exodus 12:30)
Pharoah calls for Moses and Aaron that same night and tells them to leave. (Exodus 12:31)
It could be said, that at this point the Exodus has begun.
The children of Israel spoil the Egyptians after Pharoah tells them to leave. (Exodus 12:35-36)
The children of Israel begin to leave Egypt Passover night. (Exodus 12:29-31)
YHWH brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 'that selfsame day'. (Exodus 12:51)
The children of Israel left Ra'meses on the 15th day of the first month but they lived in the land of Goshen. (Numbers 33:3)
YHWH's Passover Symbols
THE LAMB
Host:The young lamb, without spot or blemish, was a sacrificial symbol. The selection of the pesach/passover lamb occurred on the tenth day of the first (1st) month of the Hebrew sacred year (the month of Abib). On the 14th day, the lamb was killed (sacrificed). The blood of the lamb was then applied to the doorposts and the lintel of the Israelites' houses by dipping a handful of hyssop in the blood and striking the door posts with it. At midnight, the plague struck dead all the firstborn of Egypt. But YHWH had told the Israelites, 'when I see the blood, I will pass over you'—hence, the well-known term Passover. (Exodus 12:13)
The Blood
Host:The blood is a sign or token for our houses that we believe in and have accepted the blood of the sacrifice and the protection of YHWH. (Exodus 12:13-14)
YHWH tells Moses if HE sees the blood on the house, he will pass over that house. (Exodus 12:12-13)
Moses tells the people if YHWH sees the blood on the lentel and doorposts of your house, HE will not allow the destroyer to enter your house. (Exodus 12:23)
YHWH came at midnight on the night of Passover, and killed the first born of any house without the sign of the blood. (Exodus 12:29)
THE PLAGUE
Host:Whether it be 'the destroyer', or 'the plague', these words ALL symbolize DEATH due to seperation from YHWH.
YHWH tells Moses HE will pass through the land of Egypt that night and kill all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Mitsrayim HE will execute judgment. YHWH also tells Moses if HE sees the blood on the house, he will pass over that house. (Exodus 12:12-13)
Moses prophesies that YHWH will pass through tonight with a destroyer. Moses tells the people if YHWH sees the blood on the lentel and doorposts of your house, HE will not allow the destroyer to enter your house. (Exodus 12:23)
The Plague came at midnight on the night the Passover lamb had been killed. (Exodus 12:29)
UNLEAVENED BREAD
Host:We were specifically instructed to eat the passover lamb with unleavened bread. (Exodus 12:8)
YHWH tells Moses that HE will observe the feast of unleavened bread, for in this day HE brought us out of the land of Egypt, therefore we will observe this day. (Exodus 12:17)
Moses again states that on the day we went out of Egypt with YHWH's mighty hand leaven shall not be eaten. (Exodus 13:3)
Popular interpretation of this symbol is that it represents the fact that we were delivered in haste and did not have time to let the flour leaven. We have already been instructed to dress as if we were ready to go and to eat the sacrifice quickly. It is quite likey, the the children of Yisra'ĕl did not set the flour out to be leavened. (Exodus 12:11)
Bitter Herbs
Host:Although we are not told in scripture what the bitter herbs were or why we should eat them, it is generally thought they symbolized the bitter life the Hebrews led under Egyptian slavery. So this would be a reminder each year of what YHWH has saved them from. (Exodus 12:8) (Exodus 1:14)
PASSOVER TO BE OBSERVED FOREVER
Host:YHWH ordained the Passover as a permanent ordinance—forever. (Exodus 12:14, Exodus 12:24, Exodus 12:42)
It is prophesied that our children will ask us about the meaning of this rememberence. We are commanded the exact words we should say. (Exodus 12:26-27)
When we are performing this rememberence, we are claiming to be part of 'the houses of the children of Yisra'ĕl'.
'WHAT DOES THIS SERVICE MEAN TO YOU?'
2'Now, let the children of Yisra'ĕl perform the Passover at its appointed time.(The ISR Scriptures)
3'On the fourteenth day of this month, between the evenings, perform it at its appointed time. According to all its laws and right-rulings you perform it.' (The ISR Scriptures)
4And Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra'ĕl to perform the Passover. (The ISR Scriptures)
5So they performed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, between the evenings, in the Wilderness of Sinai. According to all that YHWH commanded Mosheh, so the children of Yisra'ĕl did. (The ISR Scriptures)
11And they ate of the stored grain of the land on the morrow after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain on this same day. (The ISR Scriptures)
12And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the stored grain of the land. And the children of Yisra'ĕl no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Kena'an that year. (The ISR Scriptures)
THE NEW COVENANT (BRIT HADASHA) PASSOVER:
Host:We will begin by reading the from the book of John 13:1-20 which tells what YAHUSHUA did on the night of Passover.
Perform the footwashing ritual/ceremony.
We will continue by reading the from the book of Luke 22:1-20 which relates YAHUSHUA's renewed covenent.
Perform the bread and wine ritual/ceremony.
We will conclude by reading the from the book of Matthew 26:1-29 which tells the story of the YAHUSHUA's last Passover.
Perform the Passover rememberence.
We will now eat the symbolic lamb, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs as we are instructed in Exodus Chapter 12. This will conclude our Passover Haggadah.