| The Spring Festivals of the Messiah |
Lev 23:1,2 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, The feasts of the
LORD, which you shall proclaim, holy convocations, even these are My appointed feasts.
Feast: (Mem-Vav-Ayin-Dalet) Moed
#4150 an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):--appointed (sign, time),
Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night and let
them be for signs <owth>, and for seasons <mow`ed>, and for days, and years:
#226. (Aleph-Vav-Tav) 'owth, (in the sense of appearing); a signal
Convocation: (Mem-Koph-Resh-Aleph) miqra'
#4744 from 7121; something called out, i.e. a public meeting, also a rehearsal:
Proclaim: (Koph-Resh-Aleph) qara'
#7121 Root word (the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (address by name), them that are bidden, invite,
mention, publish, read,
Mt 22:3,4 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen
and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Lev 23:5,6 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S Passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must
eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:10,11 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto
you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest
shall wave it.
Lev 23:15,16,17 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the
sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall
ye number fifty days; Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine
flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Deut 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not
appear before the LORD empty:
Num 9:2,3 Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at his appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this
month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the
ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
Ex 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your
houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
from Israel.
Ex 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither
shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
John 2:13-15 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the
temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers doing business. When He had made a
whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers'
money and overturned the tables.
What do we see: The search for leaven begins in His Father’s House! He’s helping Dad clean His house before
the days of Unleavened Bread!
We are the House of God!
1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man
defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
There was leaven in the Church at Corinth:
1 Cor 5:1-2, It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as
named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather
mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. Your glorying is not good. Know
ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Cor 5:7,8 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened
(Matzah). For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven,
nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Ex 12:3-6 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them
every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for
the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man
according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first
year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the
same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Jn 12:1,2 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was (who had died, whom
He raised from the dead). Then they made a supper there for Him. (Nisan 8/9)
Jn 12:9,10 Then a great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there. And they did not come for Jesus' sake only,
but also that they might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they
might put Lazarus to death also.
Jn 12:12,13 On the next day, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, a great crowd who had come
to the Feast took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they cried, Hosanna! "Blessed is He who
comes in the name of the Lord! The King of Israel " (Nisan 9/10)
Ps 118:24-26 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech
You, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech You, cause us to prosper now. Blessed is He coming in the name of the
LORD; we have blessed You out of the house of the LORD.
What do we see: The same day the Passover Lambs brought to temple so is Yeshua!
Mrk 11:9,11-15 And those going before, and those following, cried out, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is He who
comes in the name of the Lord! And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked
around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve. And on the next day,
they going out of Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He
might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs.
And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard. And they came
to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And
He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
It is now the 10th/11th of Nisan and the inspection of the Lamb begins:
Mk 12:13 And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
Matt 26:59,60 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him
to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none.
Lk 23:13-15 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, Said unto
them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverts the people: and, behold, I, having examined him
before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I
sent you to him;
SEDER SERVICE:
Joh 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
THE FOUR QUESTIONS?
Why on all other nights do we eat leavened or unleavened but on this night only unleavened bread?
Why on all other nights do we eat all kinds of herbs but on this night only bitter?
Why on all other nights we never dip but on this night we dip twice?
Why on all other nights we eat sitting but on this night we recline?
Ex 12:7-10 And they shall take of the blood and strike on the two side posts and upon the upper door post of the
houses in which they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread.
They shall eat it with bitter herbs. Do not eat of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire, its head
with its legs, and with its inward parts. And you shall not let any of it remain until the morning. And that which
remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
THE FOUR CUPS
Ex 6:6,7 Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will rescue you out of their bondage. And I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with
great judgments. And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God.
Lk 22:17,20 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: Likewise
also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
The 1st cup is the Cup of Sanctification: “I will bring you out from under the burdens” Symbolizing how the Lord
has freed us from the yoke of burdens and cares of this world. He wants to take our load.
Ex 4:22,23 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: And I say
unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
We can’t serve two masters.
Serve: (Ayin-Beit-Dalet) abad
#5647 a primitive root; to work, to serve, husbandman, worshipper,
More than just responding to their woes, God wanted their worship.
God choose them, separated them while they were still in Egypt.
The 2nd cup is the Cup of Deliverance: “I will rescue you out of their bondage”
The Lord not only lifted off the yoke but also broke the chains that tie us to the world.
Bondage: (Ayin-Beit-Dalet-Hey) abodah
#5656 `abodah, from 5647; work of any kind:
Ro 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Their loads been removed. Their ankle chains are broken. But they are not free till God pays their redemption price.
The 3rd cup is the Cup of Redemption “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm”
Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched
out arm,
What price was paid for the creation of the universe?
Redemption took the same extension of God’s power but at a much greater cost!!
The 4th cup is the Cup of Acceptance: “I will take you to me”
The fact that God paid a great price for you should let you know He treasures you.
Eph 1:4-7 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of his grace;
Mr 14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Ps 118:21-23 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. The stone which the builders
refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Ps 118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the
altar.
Mk 15:21,25 And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of
Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Matt 27:45-47 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias
Ac 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Jn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave
up the ghost.
Ps 118:14-16 The LORD is my strength and song, and He is my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is
in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does mighty things. The right hand of the LORD is lifted
up; the right hand of the LORD does mighty things.
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst.
Matt 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came
wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
OT:1035 Bethlehem
Beit Lechem (bait leh'-khem; from OT:1004 and OT:3899; house of bread;
Lev 23:5-6 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of
the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The same day God buried His Firstborn Son! The Feast of Unleavened Bread!
Why is the Feast of Unleavened Bread 7 days and immediately follows the 1 day Feast of Passover?
Rev 13:8-9 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (Antichrist), whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Gen 2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he
had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Num 33:3,4 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the
morrow after the Passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. For
the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD
executed judgments.
Matt 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Lev 23:10,11 When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye
shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD,
to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
OT:6016 `omer (o'-mer) Sheaf; from OT:6014; properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf;
A Sheaf represents a person and sheaves, people:
Ps 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have
fallen asleep.
Ac 26:23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show
light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Firstfruits/Firstborn has always been a major theme throughout the Bible, the choicest / the best.
Deut 26:1-2 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which
thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the
place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
What do we know of Yeshua?
We follow:
Matt 27:51-53 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And
came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
The First & Best Sheaf of Barley was harvested and brought to the Temple as a Thanksgiving offering to the Lord
of the harvest. It was representative of the whole harvest serving as a pledge that the rest of the harvest would be
realized.
Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
COUNTING THE OMER
Lev 23:15,16 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the
sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall
ye number fifty days;
Counting in anticipation of an exciting event is quite understandable.
Lev 25:8,9 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the
seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to
sound….
things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be
unto you.
Jn 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors
being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
1 Cor 15:6a,7 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; After that, he was seen of James;
then of all the apostles.
On the 40th day of the Omer,
Acts 1:3,4 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them
forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with
them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which,
saith he, ye have heard of me.
Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out
of their sight.
Num 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks
be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
PENTECOST or SHAVUOT
De 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of (matzah) unleavened bread, and in the feast of (Shavuot) weeks, and in the feast of (Sukkot)
tabernacles:
Le 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they
shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Lev 23:20,21 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD,
with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it
may be a holy “convocation” unto you:
Acts 2:1,5 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And there
were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:2,3 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Ex 23:14-16 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:
(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it
thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy
labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou
hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them
about three thousand souls.
Ac 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Ac 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many
(tens of) thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Ex 19:16,18 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a
thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the
camp trembled. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire:
Eze 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself,
and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Eze 3:12,13 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the
glory of the LORD from his place. I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one
another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
Ez 36:26,27 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony
heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to
walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Isa 24:5,6 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the (Torah),
changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they
that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Ps 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Ru 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest;
and dwelt with her mother in law.
Re 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him
that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her
grapes are fully ripe.
Just as the Spring Feasts were the dress rehearsals for Messiah’s first coming; the Fall Feasts are the dress
rehearsals for His second coming!!
LORD, which you shall proclaim, holy convocations, even these are My appointed feasts.
Feast: (Mem-Vav-Ayin-Dalet) Moed
#4150 an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):--appointed (sign, time),
Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night and let
them be for signs <owth>, and for seasons <mow`ed>, and for days, and years:
#226. (Aleph-Vav-Tav) 'owth, (in the sense of appearing); a signal
Convocation: (Mem-Koph-Resh-Aleph) miqra'
#4744 from 7121; something called out, i.e. a public meeting, also a rehearsal:
Proclaim: (Koph-Resh-Aleph) qara'
#7121 Root word (the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (address by name), them that are bidden, invite,
mention, publish, read,
Mt 22:3,4 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen
and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Lev 23:5,6 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S Passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must
eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:10,11 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto
you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest
shall wave it.
Lev 23:15,16,17 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the
sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall
ye number fifty days; Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine
flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Deut 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not
appear before the LORD empty:
Num 9:2,3 Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at his appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this
month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the
ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
Ex 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your
houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
from Israel.
Ex 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither
shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
- The candle: Ps 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
The feather: Ps 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust.
The wooden spoon: Deut 21:22,23 if he is put to death and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain
all night on the tree. But you shall surely bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God)
Leaven: 2Cor 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
The linen cloth: Mrk 15:46 And he bought a linen cloth, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen,
and laid Him in a tomb
Taken outside: Heb 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
John 2:13-15 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the
temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers doing business. When He had made a
whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers'
money and overturned the tables.
What do we see: The search for leaven begins in His Father’s House! He’s helping Dad clean His house before
the days of Unleavened Bread!
We are the House of God!
1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man
defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
There was leaven in the Church at Corinth:
1 Cor 5:1-2, It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as
named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather
mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. Your glorying is not good. Know
ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Cor 5:7,8 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened
(Matzah). For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven,
nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Ex 12:3-6 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them
every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for
the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man
according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first
year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the
same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Jn 12:1,2 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was (who had died, whom
He raised from the dead). Then they made a supper there for Him. (Nisan 8/9)
Jn 12:9,10 Then a great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there. And they did not come for Jesus' sake only,
but also that they might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they
might put Lazarus to death also.
Jn 12:12,13 On the next day, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, a great crowd who had come
to the Feast took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they cried, Hosanna! "Blessed is He who
comes in the name of the Lord! The King of Israel " (Nisan 9/10)
Ps 118:24-26 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech
You, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech You, cause us to prosper now. Blessed is He coming in the name of the
LORD; we have blessed You out of the house of the LORD.
What do we see: The same day the Passover Lambs brought to temple so is Yeshua!
Mrk 11:9,11-15 And those going before, and those following, cried out, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is He who
comes in the name of the Lord! And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked
around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve. And on the next day,
they going out of Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He
might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs.
And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard. And they came
to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And
He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
It is now the 10th/11th of Nisan and the inspection of the Lamb begins:
Mk 12:13 And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
Matt 26:59,60 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him
to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none.
Lk 23:13-15 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, Said unto
them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverts the people: and, behold, I, having examined him
before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I
sent you to him;
SEDER SERVICE:
Joh 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
THE FOUR QUESTIONS?
Why on all other nights do we eat leavened or unleavened but on this night only unleavened bread?
Why on all other nights do we eat all kinds of herbs but on this night only bitter?
Why on all other nights we never dip but on this night we dip twice?
Why on all other nights we eat sitting but on this night we recline?
Ex 12:7-10 And they shall take of the blood and strike on the two side posts and upon the upper door post of the
houses in which they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread.
They shall eat it with bitter herbs. Do not eat of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire, its head
with its legs, and with its inward parts. And you shall not let any of it remain until the morning. And that which
remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
Why roasted?
Why not boiled in water?
Why unleavened bread?
Why eaten with bitter herbs?
Why the following morning burned with fire?
Why do they recline at a Seder?
THE FOUR CUPS
Ex 6:6,7 Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will rescue you out of their bondage. And I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with
great judgments. And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God.
Lk 22:17,20 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: Likewise
also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
The 1st cup is the Cup of Sanctification: “I will bring you out from under the burdens” Symbolizing how the Lord
has freed us from the yoke of burdens and cares of this world. He wants to take our load.
Ex 4:22,23 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: And I say
unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
We can’t serve two masters.
Serve: (Ayin-Beit-Dalet) abad
#5647 a primitive root; to work, to serve, husbandman, worshipper,
More than just responding to their woes, God wanted their worship.
God choose them, separated them while they were still in Egypt.
The 2nd cup is the Cup of Deliverance: “I will rescue you out of their bondage”
The Lord not only lifted off the yoke but also broke the chains that tie us to the world.
Bondage: (Ayin-Beit-Dalet-Hey) abodah
#5656 `abodah, from 5647; work of any kind:
Ro 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Their loads been removed. Their ankle chains are broken. But they are not free till God pays their redemption price.
The 3rd cup is the Cup of Redemption “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm”
Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched
out arm,
What price was paid for the creation of the universe?
Redemption took the same extension of God’s power but at a much greater cost!!
The 4th cup is the Cup of Acceptance: “I will take you to me”
The fact that God paid a great price for you should let you know He treasures you.
Eph 1:4-7 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of his grace;
Mr 14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Ps 118:21-23 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. The stone which the builders
refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Ps 118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the
altar.
Mk 15:21,25 And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of
Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Matt 27:45-47 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias
Ac 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Jn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave
up the ghost.
Ps 118:14-16 The LORD is my strength and song, and He is my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is
in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does mighty things. The right hand of the LORD is lifted
up; the right hand of the LORD does mighty things.
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst.
Matt 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came
wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
OT:1035 Bethlehem
Beit Lechem (bait leh'-khem; from OT:1004 and OT:3899; house of bread;
Lev 23:5-6 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of
the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
- Messiah was unleavened or without sin:
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was
in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The same day God buried His Firstborn Son! The Feast of Unleavened Bread!
Why is the Feast of Unleavened Bread 7 days and immediately follows the 1 day Feast of Passover?
Rev 13:8-9 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (Antichrist), whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Gen 2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he
had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Num 33:3,4 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the
morrow after the Passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. For
the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD
executed judgments.
Matt 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Lev 23:10,11 When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye
shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD,
to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
OT:6016 `omer (o'-mer) Sheaf; from OT:6014; properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf;
A Sheaf represents a person and sheaves, people:
Ps 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have
fallen asleep.
Ac 26:23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show
light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Firstfruits/Firstborn has always been a major theme throughout the Bible, the choicest / the best.
Deut 26:1-2 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which
thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the
place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
What do we know of Yeshua?
- Firstborn of Mary/ Matt 1:23-25
First Begotten of God/ Heb 1:6
Firstborn of every creature/ Col 1:15
First Begotten of the dead/ Rev 1:5, Acts 26:23
Firstborn of many brethren/ Ro 8:29
First Fruits of the resurrected ones/ 1Cor15:14-23
Beginning of the creation of God/ Rev 3:14
He’s the preeminent one/ Col 1:18
We follow:
Matt 27:51-53 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And
came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
The First & Best Sheaf of Barley was harvested and brought to the Temple as a Thanksgiving offering to the Lord
of the harvest. It was representative of the whole harvest serving as a pledge that the rest of the harvest would be
realized.
Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
COUNTING THE OMER
Lev 23:15,16 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the
sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall
ye number fifty days;
Counting in anticipation of an exciting event is quite understandable.
- At one time or another, we've all probably said something like, "Grandma's coming to visit in a week and a
half," or "Only 17 more days until my birthday!" But there's one subtle difference: The usual method is to
count down toward the big day, whereas in the case of the Omer, we count up -- from one to 50. Why the
difference?
The answer is that the Jews were not yet spiritually equipped to receive the Torah. For over 200 years, they
had been living in an Egyptian society known to be the world center for immorality and vice. The high-impact
adventure of the Exodus -- 10 miraculous plagues and the splitting of the Red Sea -- launched the Jews into
physical freedom. Any experience, as powerful as it is, does not permanently change anyone's character. That
is only possible through practice and adjustment over time.
Why did God wait 50 days after the Jews left Egypt before giving the Torah? Why didn't He simply give it to
them in Egypt, or immediately after their departure?
You can take people out of Egypt, but you can't take Egypt out of the people. Think of wealthy people who
steal. Or people who attend a seminar all psyched up but no permanent change in their life.
Lev 25:8,9 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the
seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to
sound….
- Why Count the Omer?
Beginning on the day that the first omer of barley was harvested and brought to the Temple, a countdown to
the next Biblical Festival began. The Israelites were commanded to count off 49 days and then celebrate
the festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) on the 50th day. Traditionally, the period of the Omer count is to be a
time of spiritual introspection as the counters prepare themselves for Shavuot. Because it begins during
Passover and concludes at Shavuot, it is a remembrance of the journey from Egypt to Mount Sinai. A
remembrance of our journey from the world to a life walking in the Spirit. It is an expectation of a coming
harvest and asking God to prepare us for it!
The Counting of the Omer is a count down to Shavuot (Pentecost), the time of the giving of the Holy Spirit.
It is a journey which is begun with Passover, the symbol of our Salvation in Yeshua, and completed at
Pentecost, the symbol of our completion through the Spirit. The distance of days between the two events
should be a time of spiritual reflection, growth, purification and preparation.
The Master's resurrection makes the counting of the Omer a season of special significance and joy. For his
disciples, it is a time to remember the resurrected Yeshua. All of his post-resurrection appearances and
ascension fell within the days of the Omer count.
On the first day of the Omer, Messiah Yeshua appeared to Miriam and to two of our number while they
traveled to Emmaus then those gathered together.
things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be
unto you.
- On the ninth day of the Omer, he appeared to us again and Thomas was with us.
Jn 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors
being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
1 Cor 15:6a,7 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; After that, he was seen of James;
then of all the apostles.
- During the counting, he appeared to seven of our number while they fished on the sea. (ref John 21:1-3)
On the 40th day of the Omer,
Acts 1:3,4 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them
forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with
them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which,
saith he, ye have heard of me.
Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out
of their sight.
- They waited and counted the days. Forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-
seven, forty-eight, forty-nine days of the Omer... "and when the day of Pentecost was fully come we were
all together in one place." Let's work together this year as we keep the Counting the Omer. Let's express
the resurrected life within us by spreading more joy.
Num 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks
be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
PENTECOST or SHAVUOT
De 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of (matzah) unleavened bread, and in the feast of (Shavuot) weeks, and in the feast of (Sukkot)
tabernacles:
Le 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they
shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Lev 23:20,21 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD,
with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it
may be a holy “convocation” unto you:
Acts 2:1,5 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And there
were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:2,3 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Ex 23:14-16 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:
(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it
thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy
labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou
hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them
about three thousand souls.
Ac 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Ac 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many
(tens of) thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Ex 19:16,18 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a
thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the
camp trembled. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire:
Eze 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself,
and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Eze 3:12,13 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the
glory of the LORD from his place. I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one
another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
Ez 36:26,27 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony
heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to
walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Isa 24:5,6 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the (Torah),
changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they
that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Ps 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Ru 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest;
and dwelt with her mother in law.
Re 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him
that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her
grapes are fully ripe.
Just as the Spring Feasts were the dress rehearsals for Messiah’s first coming; the Fall Feasts are the dress
rehearsals for His second coming!!
- HE’S THE SAME, YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER!!!
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