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Many Misconceptions
• Is there any differences among religions
in observing it today?
• Does it matter what we do as long as we
do something to remember Christ?
• Does it change our relationship with
God?
• Is it a problem with God, if we observe it
incorrectly?
• When do we partake? Age? Time?
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Understanding The
Observance (start at beginning)
• Ex 11:4-7
Then Moses said, "Thus says the
LORD: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of
Egypt; 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on
his throne, even to the firstborn of the female
servant who is behind the handmill, and all the
firstborn of the animals. 6 Then there shall be a
great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as
was not like it before, nor shall be like it again. 7 But
against none of the children of Israel shall a dog
move its tongue, against man or beast, that you
may know that the LORD does make a difference
between the Egyptians and Israel
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Passover Meal
• Lamb secured on 10th day and killed on 14th day
• 14th day all leaven removed from their houses until
evening of 21st day
• Not a bone of the Lamb was to be broken and it was
to be roasted whole and eaten with bitter herbs
• Eat it with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your
feet and your staff in your hand.
• You shall eat it in haste It is the Lord’s Passover Ex
12 (detailed account and why it was to be done)
• If your family was to small to eat a lamb they could
share it with another
• If any remained, it was to be burned
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Why such a big deal?
It was a perpetual reminder!
• Ex 12:25-28 It will come to pass when you come to
the land which the LORD will give you, just as He
promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 And it
shall be, when your children say to you, 'What do
you mean by this service?' 27 that you shall say,'It is
the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed
over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt
when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our
households.'" So the people bowed their heads and
worshiped. 28 Then the children of Israel went away
and did so; just as the LORD had commanded
Moses and Aaron, so they did.
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Celebrating The Passover
• Josh 5:10 Now the children of Israel camped in
Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day
of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.
• They continued this observance always
• Devout Jews today still celebrate this “Seder meal”
• The head of the family in a white ritual gown kittel
begins the benediction over a cup of wine (1 of 4)
pure grape juice
• There is a ceremonial washing of hands by all
• The table is prepared with matzo (unleavened
bread), bitter herbs and horse radish to remind
them of their bitter oppression by Egypt , they dip
their vegetables in salt water to remember the tears
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Four Cups Of Wine
• Ex 6:5-7 Therefore say to the children of Israel:'I
am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from
their bondage, and I will redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 I will
take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then
you shall know that I am the LORD your God who
brings you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians.
• I will bring out – Kiddush (this world)
• I will deliver or rescue you – Magid (Messianic age)
• I will redeem you – Birkat (world at revival of dead)
• I will take you – Hallel (world to come)
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Seder Plate For Each
• Maror & Chazeret – two types of bitter herbs
(grated horseradish) (romaine lettuce roots)
• Charoset – sweet brown pebbly mixture
representing mortar of the bricks
• Karpas- vegetable usually parsley but could
be celery or potato dipped in salt water,
vinegar
• Z’roa- A roasted shank bone which was a
lamb offered in the temple and eaten in meal
• Bietzah- a roasted egg eaten in this meal
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Order For The Seder Meal
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Kadeish – blessings and 1st cup of wine
Ur”chatz – washing of hands by all
Karpas – appetizer – veg in salt water – tears
Yachatz – breaking of the middle matzah –
breaking of unleavened bread
• Magid – Telling of the Passover story
• Ha Lachma Anya – invitation to Seder – to all
who are hungry or needy to join the Seder
• Mah Nishtanah – The four questions
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4 Questions at Seder Meal
• Why is it that on all other nights we do not dip (food)
even once but on this night “twice” ?
• Why is it that on all other nights during the year we
eat leavened bread and on this night only matza or
unleavened bread?
• Why is it that on all other nights we eat all kinds of
vegetables, but on this night bitter herbs?
• Why is it that on all other nights we dine either
sitting upright or reclining, but on this night we all
recline
• Why is it that on all other nights we eat either
roasted, marinated or cooked meat but on this night
only roasted ?
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Order of Seder Meal cont.
• Kos Sheini – Second cup of wine
• Rachtzah – ritual washing of hand repeated
• Motzi Matso – blessings over the matzo
(must be eaten in 2 to 18 minutes)
• Koreich – sandwich matzo (unleavened bread) and
maror (bitter herbs) are combined
• Shulchan Orech – the meal – begins with roasted
egg
• Tzafun – eating of the afikoman (olive size portion
of matzo eaten as lost morsel) no other food for
night may be eaten except two more cups of wine
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Order of Seder Meal cont.
• Bareich – Grace after meal – reciting of Birkat
Hamazon
• Kos Shlishi – 3rd cup of wine – cup of blessing
• Kosshel Eliyahu ha-Navi cup of Elijah the Prophet,
front door of house is opened, and Elijah visits each
house on Seder night
• Hallel – songs of praise – then 4th cup of wine
• Nirtzah – a prayer that the service is acceptable
before God and a hope for the Messiah to come
next year in Jerusalem Final of 15 orders of Seder
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Does This Sound Like It Made A
Difference To God As To “What
& How They Observed?
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1500 Years Later
The Lord’s Supper Instituted
• Jesus and his disciples come to Jerusalem about a week
prior to the Passover
• In Jerusalem on Thursday evening before his betrayal on
the morrow, we find Jesus ready to observe the Passover
• Matt 26:17-21 Now on the first day of the Feast of the
Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to
Him, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the
Passover?" 18 And He said, "Go into the city to a certain
man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says,"My time is at hand;
I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."'"
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they
prepared the Passover. 20 When evening had come, He sat
down with the twelve. 21 Now as they were eating, He said,
"Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me."
During this meal the Lord’s
Supper was instituted !
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• Matt 26:26-29 And as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the
disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." 27
Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it
to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28 For
this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say to
you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now
on until that day when I drink it new with you in My
Father's kingdom."
• The elements of the Lord’s Supper are two of the
the same as for the Passover, unleavened bread
and unfermented wine
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Understanding the Memorial
• 1 Cor 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that you
remember me in all things and keep the traditions
just as I delivered them to you
• Christ is our Passover - 1 Cor 5:7-8 Therefore purge
out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump,
since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ,
our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 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.
• Jesus told his disciples to do this in remembrance of
him
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Do This In
Remembrance Of Me !
• “Remembrance” in 1 Cor 11:24 is the same word
found in Hebrew 10:3.
• Heb 10:3-4 But in those sacrifices there is a
reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible
that the blood of bulls and goats could take away
sins.
• Levitical sacrifices reminded men of sins – but could
not take away sins – Lord’s Supper reminds us that
Christ death could and does take away man’s sins
• Jesus said - Matt 26:28 For this is My blood of the
new covenant, which is shed for many for the
remission of sin
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Unleavened Bread &
Fruit of the Vine
• We partake of the unleavened bread to remind us of
Christ’s body
• We partake of the fruit of the vine to remind us of
his blood shed for our sins
• At Passover Jews retell the story of the plagues
• Today Christians proclaim the death of the Lord as
their exodus from sin which is the basis of
redemption from our sins
• We are taught to look back at his Death, Burial and
Resurrection as the event that made it possible, and
The Lord’s Supper to remember that it continues to
have the ability to redeem us till he comes again
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Our Manner of Partaking
• If we were not given parameters or directions for
partaking of the Lord’s Supper, we could partake
once for your entire life.
• In Jerusalem -- Acts 2:42 And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• In Troas -- Acts 20:7 Now on the first day of the
week, when the disciples came together to break
bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to
them and continued his message until midnight.
• No directions were given to partake in a particular
service on the Lord’s day – don’t try to bind what is
not bound in the scriptures
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At the institution….
• It was not an assembly of the church because it had
not been established at this time on this Thursday
• The Lord preached to the Apostles, they sang a
hymn, and went to Gethsemane to pray Matt 26:2630, Lk 22:15-39
• This was not a worship service of the early church
• It was not the first day of the week
• His thanks for them were not offered in Christ name
because he was still on earth
• At Troas, it was at a meeting of the saints, the
church had been established, and it was the first day
of the week, Sunday Not Saturday the Sabbath
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At Troas….
• The Breaking of Bread occurred prior to the sermon
because it lasted until midnight which would have
made the Lord’s Supper on Monday not the first day
of the week
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Who should participate?
• Those in the Kingdom
• Matt 26:29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this
fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I
drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."
• What about the non-Christian?
• 1 Cor 11:28-30 But let a man examine himself, and
so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29
For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner
eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning
the Lord's body.
• This book was written to Christians at Corinth
• No police power to refuse the unworthy – up to each
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Danger of Unworthy actions?
• 1 Cor 11:27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or
drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner
will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
• We will never be worthy of Christ dying for us
• If we have sins on our hearts, our hearts condemn
us and we should repent, private sins require private
repentance, public sins require public repentance
• Thus, the basis for us to remember the Lord’s Death
by this memorial service
• We constantly (weekly) are reminded of the benefit
of Christ’s death for our sins for without it we will be
lost eternally
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What about the one cup?
• Luke 22:15-22 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." 20 Likewise He also
took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the
new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
• Could you divide the cup in vs 17 or the contents
• He explains it is its contents in vs 20
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What about the one cup?
• Matt 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, "You do
not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the
cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with?"
• Was the cup a container here or that Jesus was
going to suffer and die and be buried and arise
• Mark 14:23-25 Then He took the cup , and when He
had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all
drank from it. 24 And He said to them, "This is My
blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
• Is this teaching us that the physical cup that we drink
out of, is what he was instituting here as part of the
Lords Supper
Jesus Instituted
“The Lord’s Supper”
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Remember what a serious day it was to God
to remember the “Passover”
How important is it to God today
Remember the “Lord’s Supper”
Which do you think is important to God today
All we have to think about is what do they
both remind us about
One deliverance from bondage of Egypt one
of bondage of sin , which deliverance is most
important to you
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What about the one cup?
• Matt 16:19 And I will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth
will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on
earth will be loosed in heaven."
• The scriptures are our guide in all things spiritual
• We should not bind on people our opinions unless
they are God’s will
• Can anyone use scripture and prove the container is
important in the Lord’s Supper- was it ever about the
container- what is it’s significance
• We know the bread represents his body – the fruit of
the vine his blood but what does the container do…