Passover / Unleavened Bread 2013

What a blessing it was to eat the Passover meal of remembrance with brothers and sisters in Yeshua at Hebron, bonded together with His love and Spirit. It was a special and meaningful time as we shared our hearts and gave thanks for the priceless gift of redemption. What an immense privilege it is to be grafted into Israel and receive the blessings of the promise.

Justin and Neal blowing the shofars

It's times like these that I am humbled by the blessings of fellowship and the knowledge that the compassionate and powerful leading of Yehovah draws like-minded believers together to encourage one another as the day draws near. During the Passover meal we shared from John 12-17 and the themes that came out of these last words of Yeshua before the giving of His life as atonement for us.

Our Passover meal consisted of the elements spoken of in Exodus 12; lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread; and the grape juice representing Yeshua's blood. The lamb that was eaten was born and raised at Hebron.

The next day we had a time of celebration and worship to celebrate the special sabbath of the first day of Unleavened Bread. This week of the festival of Unleavened Bread is a time of reflection and reliance on the Ruach haKodesh to rid our lives of the leaven of sin and hypocrisy. Yeshua is the bread of life and it's His words and the Spirit of Yehovah that do a powerful work in us when we give Him access.

Being in a small community of believers gives us an opportunity to be encouraged, be strengthened, be provided for and be challenged as we grow and mature. As we allow ourselves to be fitted in together as living stones by His hand our rough edges are knocked off, our dogmas are exposed and we find purpose in the common as well as the individual. Is it any wonder that the sabbaths and festivals are times for convocations where His Spirit is poured out.

May you be blessed as you spend time in His presence and His Word this week.

I Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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