Link to 04-28-18 Passover Service Video - part 1 - 20:38min
Link to 04-28-18 Passover Service Video - part 2 - 68:01min
Link to 04-28-18 Passover Service Video - part 2 - 68:01min
The service begins with the Passover memorial meal
THE
MEMORIAL MEAL WE WILL BE EATING IS OF ROASTED LAMB (THE LAMB WAS NOT
SACRIFICED, BUT WAS ROASTED AHEAD OF TIME), BITTER HERBS (Leafy vegetables i.e.
all types of Lettuce, Spinach, Arugula in other words a salad of mixed greens)
and UNLEAVENED BREAD. it is a time of
remembering those who sat in their homes knowing that doing so would save the
lives of the firstborn both of man and of their herds and flocks, while the
lives of the firstborn both of man and beast in the land of Egypt died,
including non-Egyptians.
PRIOR TO THE MEAL READ THE FOLLOWING:
Tonight we are gathered together to observe two
memorials, each having it’s own special meaning.
We will begin first with
the oldest memorial: the Observance of the Passover in Egypt, in which we eat a
meal that represents the meal eaten in Egypt, a meal that sanctified the
firstborn of Israel and dedicated them to Yahweh. Following this meal the death
angel passed through the land of Egypt and killed all of the firstborn of man
and beast that had not participated in this meal and had placed the blood of
the sacrifice on the doorposts.
READ:
(Exodus
12:1-31)
(Exodus
13:1-16)
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(Leviticus 23:4) These are
the appointments of YAHWEH, even holy
assemblies, which you shall proclaim in their seasons.
(Leviticus
23:5) On the fourteenth day of the first month between the sunsets is YAHWEH'S passover.
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(Numbers
28:16) And on the
fourteenth day of the first month is the
passover of YAHWEH.
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(Deuteronomy
16:1) Observe the month of the Aviv,
and keep the passover unto YAHWEH your Elohim: for in the month of the Aviv
YAHWEH your Elohim brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
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(Joshua
5:10) And the children of Israel
encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the
month at dusk/sunset in the plains of Jericho.
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(2
Chronicles 35:1) Moreover Josiah
kept a passover unto YAHWEH in Jerusalem: and they slaughter the passover on
the fourteenth day of the first month.
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(Ezra
6:19) And the children of the
captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day
of the first month.
(Ezra
6:20) For the priests and the Levites
were purified together, all of them were
pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for
their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
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(Ezekiel
45:21) On the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you
shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; with out leaven shall be eaten.
Ezekiel 45:21 is the last Old Testament reference to
Passover until the time of Yahshua.
I
WILL ASK THAT ALL OF YOU RISE WHILE I ASK A BLESSING ON THE MEAL THAT WE ARE
ABOUT TO EAT IN MEMORY OF THE EVENTS ON THAT PASSOVER NIGHT IN EGYPT.
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WE WILL NOW TAKE A PAUSE TO PREPARE OUR PLATES AND
EAT A MEAL.
The meal is now concluded and we will proceed with
the Second Memorial.
THE NEW COVENANT SYMBOLS
AS INTRODUCED BY YAHSHUA
AFTER THE MEAL INSTRUCTIONS:
WHOEVER IS TO LEAD IN THE
SERVICE, WILL OPEN WITH PRAYER.
THEN THE FOLLOWING VERSES
SHOULD BE READ ALOUD:
READ:
LUKE 22:7-20
(Luke
22:7) Then came the day of without
leaven, when the Passover must be killed.
(Luke
22:8) And he sent Peter and John,
saying, Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat.
READ:
1 COR. 11:17-26
AS YAHSHUA AND HIS
DISCIPLES RECLINED AFTER SUPPER, AND BEFORE HE INSTITUTED THE SYMBOLS OF HIS
BODY AND BLOOD, YAHSHUA INTRODUCED THE FOOTWASHING SERVICE). READ:
READ:
JOHN 13:1-17
INSTRUCTIONS
ANNOUNCE: WE WILL NOW BREAK FOR THE FOOTWASHING
SERVICE. PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE
FINISHED TO RETURN QUIETLY TO YOUR SEAT.
REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A TIME FOR REFLECTION AND SELF-EXAMINATION.
WE
HAVE EXTRA PANS AND TOWELS.
THE
WOMEN WILL RISE FIRST AND FOLLOW THE DEACONESS.
THE MEN WILL THEN RISE AND FOLLOW THE DEACONS.
AFTER THE FOOTWASHING SERVICE, THE FOLLOWING
SCRIPTURES SHOULD BE READ ALOUD:
READ:
JOHN 6:47-58
1 PETER 2:19-25
ISAIAH 53:1-9
1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-24, 27-32
INSTRUCTIONS
THEN UNCOVER THE UNLEAVENED BREAD AND PRAY, ASKING YAHWEH
TO BLESS THE BREAD AS THE SYMBOL OF THE BODY OF MESSIAH, BROKEN FOR OUR
SINS. GIVE THANKS TO YAHWEH FOR
HIS POWER TO HEAL, AND FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS THAT WE HAVE IN THE MESSIAH.
THEN, BREAK THE BREAD INTO BITE-SIZE PIECES AND CALL THE
DEACONS FORWARD TO PASS IT AROUND TO THOSE ASSEMBLED. WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL EVERYONE HAS BEEN SERVED AND HAS EATEN THE
BREAD BEFORE PROCEEDING.
READ:
1 PETER 1:18-21
1 CORINTHIANS 11:25
INSTRUCTIONS
WHEN YOU HAVE READ THE SCRIPTURES, UNCOVER THE WINE AND
PRAY, ASKING YAHWEH TO BLESS THE WINE AS A SYMBOL OF THE SHED BLOOD OF
HIS SON YAHSHUA MESSIAH. THE
PRAYER SHOULD INCLUDE THANKSGIVING TO YAHWEH FOR HIS SON WHO SHED HIS
BLOOD AND DIED IN OUR PLACE, AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE ARE SINNERS WHO CAN
HOPE ONLY IN HIS MERCY.
THOSE LEADING THE SERVICE UNCOVER THE WINE AND TAKE A
PORTION, THEN CALL THE DEACONS FORWARD TO PASS IT AROUND TO THOSE
ASSEMBLED. WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL EVERONE
HAS BEEN SERVED, HAS DRUNK THEIR PORTION AND RETURNED THE EMPTY CUP TO THE
TRAY.
JOHN 13:18 THROUGH JOHN 17:26.
INSTRUCTIONS
AFTER THE EVENING WAS OVER, THE GOSPELS TELL US THAT THEY
SANG A HYMN AND THEN WENT OUT. WE DO
NOT CLOSE IN PRAYER, BUT WE DO SING A HYMN TOGETHER.
Special
Note: Any leftover bread and wine that
was blessed and used during the Passover service should be destroyed. Outside of the Service the leftover BREAD
AND WINE should not be eaten, drank or used for any other purpose.
