Pesach Adonai's DNA
The Feast Days cycle follows a pattern of seven and begins with Pesach. Seven in Hebrew is Sheva and is represented by the letter Zain. Seven (Sheva) is the central key to God’s design, Sheva is the building blocks of the universe. The world was created in Sheva (seven) days. There are Sheva (seven) feasts of the Lord in the annual feast day cycle. There are Sheva (seven) days in the week. There is the shenat ha-sheva, the seventh year or Sabbatical year in which the ground is to lay fallow which we are currently in!!
Leviticus 23:1-3. ADONAI said to Moshe, 2 "Tell the people of Isra'el: 'The designated times of ADONAI which you are to proclaim as holy convocations are my designated times. 3 "'Work is to be done on six days; but the seventh day is a Shabbat of complete rest, a holy convocation; you are not to do any kind of work; it is a Shabbat for ADONAI, even in your homes.
Moedim, Divine appointments, Convocation in Hebrew is Mikra (calling out of the holy ones) who's root word is Kaw-raw which means rehearsal! We are to proclaim, guard, observe, and keep the Designated Times of Adonai! Shabbat is the First feast Day the begins the annual Feast Day cycle, Pesach is the second:
Leviticus 23:5-8. "'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between sundown and complete darkness, comes Pesach for ADONAI. 6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of matzah; for seven days you are to eat matzah. 7 On the first day you are to have a holy convocation; don't do any kind of ordinary work. 8 Bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work.'"
In preparation for this we cleanse our homes and rid them of S’or (Yeast) and Hametz. It is found numerous times in Torah, first in Exodus 12.
Exodus 12:15. "'For seven days you are to eat matzah - on the first day remove the leaven from your houses. For whoever eats hametz [leavened bread] from the first to the seventh day is to be cut off from Isra'el.
The punishment for eating yeast or Leavened bread during the Festival of Unleavened Bread is “venichretah”, spiritual excision, cut off, cut down, to be eliminated from the greater house of Israel, to literally have one’s soul cut off from Israel. God gives a severe punishment for not submitting too and following His feasts, which, by the way most here already know that Adonai commands be done:
Exodus 12:17. You are to observe the festival of matzah, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, you are to observe this day from generation to generation by a perpetual regulation.
Perpetual in the Hebrew is Olam which means forever, always, continuous existence, perpetual, everlasting, indefinite, and eternity! L’dor V’dor, generation to generation! So regardless of one’s religious theologies or doctrine, all who worship the God of Israel and acknowledge Yeshua’s death and resurrection (which transpired during Pesach and festival of Matzah (Unleavened Bread)) should be keeping and celebrating Pesach and Matzah. It’s one of the Ten Commandments:
Exodus 34:18,28. "Keep the festival of matzah by eating matzah, as I ordered you, for seven days during the month of Aviv; for it was in the month of Aviv that you came out from Egypt.
28 Moshe was there with ADONAI forty days and forty nights, during which time he neither ate food nor drank water. [ADONAI] wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words.
These commands come after the construction and worship of the Golden Calf in Exodus 32, an illicit religious festival not commanded by Adonai. Adonai is reiterating, restating His Divine calendar of legitimate Feasts and related obligations in Exodus 34. He does not want illicit, illegitimate worship! He desires those who will worship Him according to His word, commands, and instructions. As Yeshua stated to the woman at the well in Shomron:
John 4:23. But the time is coming -- indeed, it's here now -- when the true worshippers will worship the Father spiritually and truly, for these are the kind of people the Father wants worshipping him.
Yeshua’s reference to “true worshippers” reveals that there are illegitimate, illicit worshipers who are not worshipping Adonai in Spirit and Truth! This season is a paradox for believers, two different holidays are being celebrated (Passover and Easter) yet, with great irony, were all using the same bible…..Luke 22 clearly records the truth. In the NKJV:
Luke 22:1. (NKJV) Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover.
Its explicitly clear that Yeshua’s death and resurrection is unfolding during the Feast of Pesach (Passover) and Matzah (unleavened bread).
Luke 22:7-8. (NKJV) Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. 8 And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
If this isn’t clear enough, Yeshua then tells His Talmidim about preparing the place for their Passover Seder meal:
Luke 22:11. (NKJV) Then you shall say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?" '
They weren’t eating a convicts last meal before a death sentence, they were celebrating and performing a Passover seder! It’s this very reason that we refer to Yeshua/Jesus as the Lamb of God! He is our Passover Lamb sacrifice! In Egypt Death passed over us one evening! In Yeshua death Pesach/Passover us forever!
Luke 22:14-20. (NKJV) When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15 Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19 And He took bread (Artos: Water mixed with flour and baked-Shew Bread [Matzah]), gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
We will celebrate Pesach with Yeshua in the millennial reign! Fulfilled in the Greek in verse 16 is: Pleroo (play-ro'-o): to fulfil, to cause God' s will as made known in the Torah to be obeyed as it should be, and God' s promises given through the prophets to receive fulfilment, Correct interpretation. Many misinterpret these verses because they believe Torah, the law is no longer relevant or valid. However, Yeshua said He came to fulfill it, which does not mean it was lacking something but that the coming of the Messiah completed the picture. Torah now existed as God originally intended. As Sha’ul stated in Romans 7:7. the function of the Torah was that without it, I would not have known what sin is. For example, I would not have become conscious of what greed is if the Torah had not said, "Thou shalt not covet.
Yeshua’s death and resurrection becomes watered down when taken out of scriptural context then mixed with eggs, rabbits, and Easter which is never mentioned in scripture, not once. The King James translation in Acts 12:4 says King Herod arrested Kefa (Peter), put him in prison, planning to bring him before the people after Easter. The Greek word is Pascha (Pesach/Passover). We must come to terms with Illicit worship so that worship of Adonai will be in Spirit and Truth, correctly reconciled to the word.
The Feast of Pesach/Matzah is a profound sign of our covenant relationship with Adonai, that’s why it’s one of His Ten Commandments. Pesach/Matzah defines our relationship with Adonai! To turn away from Adonai results in wandering and death in the wilderness! Rebellion keeps you from the promise. Everyone has free will, you can do whatever you want, you don’t have to do these things, one can choose to ignore Pesach/Matzah and Adonai’s commands but that choice comes with consequences, severe, negative consequences, called curses, the lack of blessings. The choice of Obedience and submission also has consequences: blessings, success, and victory in everything that you do.
In Yeshua we have been born again into an eternal, Kingdom life! Yeshua said, “I tell that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Our first birth gave us physical life; being born again gives us spiritual life and membership in Adonai’s family and Kingdom (John 1:13). To be born again is to have the Ruach HaKodesh transform our hearts from indifference and hostility toward God to a love of God and a desire for righteousness and holiness. The only way one can come to God and experience what it means to be “born again” is through repentance of sin and trust in the Lamb of God, Yeshua as your Passover Lamb sacrifice! That’s the purpose of this season, to be born again into a profound, intimate relationship with Adonai through Yeshua! New Beginnings, renewal!!! In this holiday season and new year what does Yeshua want YOU to do?
Mathew 10:6-8. but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra'el. 7 As you go, proclaim, `The Kingdom of Heaven is near,' 8 heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those afflicted with tzara'at, expel demons. You have received without paying, so give without asking payment.
Through the blood of Yeshua you are born again, transformed into the very the image of Adonai, from one degree of Glory to the next! Proclaiming the Kingdom and performing supernatural signs and wonders!! During Pesach the Holy One judged the gods of Egypt to bring us to freedom; a freedom to worship the One true King. The day will yet come when the tyrannical gods of the secular will also be judged. May the liberating power of His right hand again bring many multitudes back in alignment to His righteous authority.
Chag Pesach Sameach,
Rabbi Eric S Carlson
Leviticus 23:1-3. ADONAI said to Moshe, 2 "Tell the people of Isra'el: 'The designated times of ADONAI which you are to proclaim as holy convocations are my designated times. 3 "'Work is to be done on six days; but the seventh day is a Shabbat of complete rest, a holy convocation; you are not to do any kind of work; it is a Shabbat for ADONAI, even in your homes.
Moedim, Divine appointments, Convocation in Hebrew is Mikra (calling out of the holy ones) who's root word is Kaw-raw which means rehearsal! We are to proclaim, guard, observe, and keep the Designated Times of Adonai! Shabbat is the First feast Day the begins the annual Feast Day cycle, Pesach is the second:
Leviticus 23:5-8. "'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between sundown and complete darkness, comes Pesach for ADONAI. 6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of matzah; for seven days you are to eat matzah. 7 On the first day you are to have a holy convocation; don't do any kind of ordinary work. 8 Bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work.'"
In preparation for this we cleanse our homes and rid them of S’or (Yeast) and Hametz. It is found numerous times in Torah, first in Exodus 12.
Exodus 12:15. "'For seven days you are to eat matzah - on the first day remove the leaven from your houses. For whoever eats hametz [leavened bread] from the first to the seventh day is to be cut off from Isra'el.
The punishment for eating yeast or Leavened bread during the Festival of Unleavened Bread is “venichretah”, spiritual excision, cut off, cut down, to be eliminated from the greater house of Israel, to literally have one’s soul cut off from Israel. God gives a severe punishment for not submitting too and following His feasts, which, by the way most here already know that Adonai commands be done:
Exodus 12:17. You are to observe the festival of matzah, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, you are to observe this day from generation to generation by a perpetual regulation.
Perpetual in the Hebrew is Olam which means forever, always, continuous existence, perpetual, everlasting, indefinite, and eternity! L’dor V’dor, generation to generation! So regardless of one’s religious theologies or doctrine, all who worship the God of Israel and acknowledge Yeshua’s death and resurrection (which transpired during Pesach and festival of Matzah (Unleavened Bread)) should be keeping and celebrating Pesach and Matzah. It’s one of the Ten Commandments:
Exodus 34:18,28. "Keep the festival of matzah by eating matzah, as I ordered you, for seven days during the month of Aviv; for it was in the month of Aviv that you came out from Egypt.
28 Moshe was there with ADONAI forty days and forty nights, during which time he neither ate food nor drank water. [ADONAI] wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words.
These commands come after the construction and worship of the Golden Calf in Exodus 32, an illicit religious festival not commanded by Adonai. Adonai is reiterating, restating His Divine calendar of legitimate Feasts and related obligations in Exodus 34. He does not want illicit, illegitimate worship! He desires those who will worship Him according to His word, commands, and instructions. As Yeshua stated to the woman at the well in Shomron:
John 4:23. But the time is coming -- indeed, it's here now -- when the true worshippers will worship the Father spiritually and truly, for these are the kind of people the Father wants worshipping him.
Yeshua’s reference to “true worshippers” reveals that there are illegitimate, illicit worshipers who are not worshipping Adonai in Spirit and Truth! This season is a paradox for believers, two different holidays are being celebrated (Passover and Easter) yet, with great irony, were all using the same bible…..Luke 22 clearly records the truth. In the NKJV:
Luke 22:1. (NKJV) Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover.
Its explicitly clear that Yeshua’s death and resurrection is unfolding during the Feast of Pesach (Passover) and Matzah (unleavened bread).
Luke 22:7-8. (NKJV) Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. 8 And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
If this isn’t clear enough, Yeshua then tells His Talmidim about preparing the place for their Passover Seder meal:
Luke 22:11. (NKJV) Then you shall say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?" '
They weren’t eating a convicts last meal before a death sentence, they were celebrating and performing a Passover seder! It’s this very reason that we refer to Yeshua/Jesus as the Lamb of God! He is our Passover Lamb sacrifice! In Egypt Death passed over us one evening! In Yeshua death Pesach/Passover us forever!
Luke 22:14-20. (NKJV) When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15 Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19 And He took bread (Artos: Water mixed with flour and baked-Shew Bread [Matzah]), gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
We will celebrate Pesach with Yeshua in the millennial reign! Fulfilled in the Greek in verse 16 is: Pleroo (play-ro'-o): to fulfil, to cause God' s will as made known in the Torah to be obeyed as it should be, and God' s promises given through the prophets to receive fulfilment, Correct interpretation. Many misinterpret these verses because they believe Torah, the law is no longer relevant or valid. However, Yeshua said He came to fulfill it, which does not mean it was lacking something but that the coming of the Messiah completed the picture. Torah now existed as God originally intended. As Sha’ul stated in Romans 7:7. the function of the Torah was that without it, I would not have known what sin is. For example, I would not have become conscious of what greed is if the Torah had not said, "Thou shalt not covet.
Yeshua’s death and resurrection becomes watered down when taken out of scriptural context then mixed with eggs, rabbits, and Easter which is never mentioned in scripture, not once. The King James translation in Acts 12:4 says King Herod arrested Kefa (Peter), put him in prison, planning to bring him before the people after Easter. The Greek word is Pascha (Pesach/Passover). We must come to terms with Illicit worship so that worship of Adonai will be in Spirit and Truth, correctly reconciled to the word.
The Feast of Pesach/Matzah is a profound sign of our covenant relationship with Adonai, that’s why it’s one of His Ten Commandments. Pesach/Matzah defines our relationship with Adonai! To turn away from Adonai results in wandering and death in the wilderness! Rebellion keeps you from the promise. Everyone has free will, you can do whatever you want, you don’t have to do these things, one can choose to ignore Pesach/Matzah and Adonai’s commands but that choice comes with consequences, severe, negative consequences, called curses, the lack of blessings. The choice of Obedience and submission also has consequences: blessings, success, and victory in everything that you do.
In Yeshua we have been born again into an eternal, Kingdom life! Yeshua said, “I tell that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Our first birth gave us physical life; being born again gives us spiritual life and membership in Adonai’s family and Kingdom (John 1:13). To be born again is to have the Ruach HaKodesh transform our hearts from indifference and hostility toward God to a love of God and a desire for righteousness and holiness. The only way one can come to God and experience what it means to be “born again” is through repentance of sin and trust in the Lamb of God, Yeshua as your Passover Lamb sacrifice! That’s the purpose of this season, to be born again into a profound, intimate relationship with Adonai through Yeshua! New Beginnings, renewal!!! In this holiday season and new year what does Yeshua want YOU to do?
Mathew 10:6-8. but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra'el. 7 As you go, proclaim, `The Kingdom of Heaven is near,' 8 heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those afflicted with tzara'at, expel demons. You have received without paying, so give without asking payment.
Through the blood of Yeshua you are born again, transformed into the very the image of Adonai, from one degree of Glory to the next! Proclaiming the Kingdom and performing supernatural signs and wonders!! During Pesach the Holy One judged the gods of Egypt to bring us to freedom; a freedom to worship the One true King. The day will yet come when the tyrannical gods of the secular will also be judged. May the liberating power of His right hand again bring many multitudes back in alignment to His righteous authority.
Chag Pesach Sameach,
Rabbi Eric S Carlson
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