Category: Passover

The Feast of Passover represented two things. It was a culmination of judgment upon the Egyptians; and it was also, during the process of those ten judgments which culminated in the Passover night when the death angel came (Exodus 12:29–30), a concluding experience of judgment upon the Israelites. They suffered things at the hands of… Continue reading Thinking as a son

We can get the idea that the Passover came about because the Lord wanted to deliver the Israelites out of slavery and kill some Egyptians, but that was not really the reason. Basically, God wanted to introduce Himself as Yahweh. The Passover is to mean much in the way of real experience in God, but… Continue reading Father, what’s your name?

According to the Sacred calendar of the Jews, the Feast of Passover was the beginning of months, the beginning of beginnings. This also was the time when the Lord was crucified, which means the beginning of new life for us by the blood of Jesus Christ. When the days of the Kingdom come, those who… Continue reading The kingdom passover

Exodus 23:14–17, Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep:—this represented the Feast of Passover—seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none… Continue reading Harvest of first fruits

The ninth chapter of the book of Numbers is a most interesting chapter. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed… Continue reading The Passover for the unworthy and unprepared

The following events took place during the plagues of Egypt, and before the actual Passover. After seven of the ten plagues had occurred, Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God; but who are they that shall go? Notice: Who are they that shall… Continue reading The family-God’s unit of service

One of the most interesting studies on the Passover observance is found in the days of King Josiah. It intrigues us because we find ourselves in the same situation today as he did. The story begins long before the days of King Josiah, at the time of the division of the kingdom into the northern… Continue reading The Passover of warfare

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of Cod, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the… Continue reading By faith Moses kept the Passover

And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. Exodus 12:29. When God starts something, He does not… Continue reading The spoils of Egypt

We know a great deal about the longsuffering of God, for many times He seems to delay working out various purposes until we become quite impatient. However, the sixteenth chapter of Deuteronomy presents another side of the picture. This is one of the two chapters which gives the list of the feasts, the other being… Continue reading When God is impatient

The Epistle of Jude was written as a stern warning to the Christians in the early Church; and yet Jude is primarily speaking to the believers living in these final days before the return of the Lord. In these days of great spiritual conflict, ungodly men have crept into the Body of Christ in an… Continue reading Uncover the doubt-recover the faith

And as they were eating (the Passover feast), Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the… Continue reading A covenant in His blood

Satan knows his defeat is through the blood of Jesus Christ, but we need to see how far-reaching the victory of Christ really is. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover. And ye shall take… Continue reading None of you shall go out of the door until morning

The blood of the covenant is a most important truth in the Passover teaching. The blood of Jesus Christ, our Passover, is the means by which everything in heaven and earth is to be reconciled unto God, and one of the great instruments through which the Remnant in the end time will overcome Satan. And… Continue reading By the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony

And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born… Continue reading The midnight cry

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou… Continue reading Ye that have ears to hear

We observe the Feast of Passover—not in a literal sense of the Old Testament fulfillment, but in its New Testament application: Christ our Passover, crucified for us. We keep the Feast, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The Passover, one of the greatest miracles… Continue reading The principles of the first-born

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to… Continue reading The kindred covenant commonly called the threshold covenant

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep; or from the goats: and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. And they shall take of the… Continue reading Loins girded, shoes on feet, and staff in hand

This message is concerned with what the Holy Communion is to mean to us. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation… Continue reading Let nothing of it remain until morning

As we keep the Feast of Passover in its spiritual significance, we live through experiences similar to the way the Israelites lived. Paul said those experiences happened to them by way of examples; and were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come (I Corinthians 10:11). We are those on… Continue reading Festival of freedoms

Everyone desiring a ministry will want to review this message in their hearts many times. Some of the truths taught here are so real that we must let them live fresh in our hearts. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for… Continue reading The feast of unleavened bread

… there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord until we come thither. Exodus 10:26. This verse occurs at the conclusion of the devastating plagues that came to judge Egypt. The tenth was… Continue reading We know not what the Lord will require of us

This message is a survey of what the Feast of Passover can really mean to us. There are many deep spiritual principles we need to understand, such as the principles of transference, substitution and appropriation, immunities, and the entering in to deliverance on the material level, which the children of Israel experienced. They not only… Continue reading A survey of the Passover

This word is based upon a number of Scriptures that will build a picture in your mind, which you will carry from this Feast of Passover on as a way of life. And God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they… Continue reading The purpose of the Passover

In the Feast of Passover we are concerned about the Scriptural foundation only in relationship to what God is now doing and speaking to us during these days. Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth… Continue reading Sweeping out the leaven

In Hebrews 11:23–29, we read, By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. In this… Continue reading What to look for in the feast

This word is based upon a number of Scriptures that will build a picture in your mind, which you will carry from this Feast of Passover on as a way of life. And God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they… Continue reading Untitled

It has become increasingly important to learn how our young people, who have been in the midst of many problems and sins, can be released from their defilement and come into perfect righteousness, perfect purification. Even if only a little of the old life remains, it could rise up like a thorn in their side,… Continue reading The restored Passover

Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take… Continue reading Your lamb shall be without blemish

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. And you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses… Continue reading Symbolic instructions for the Passover

Sometime during the Feast of Passover we need to hear again the story of the last Passover that Jesus kept with His disciples, going over it in our minds and hearts, and living it. There are some things that live in my mind and in my spirit. Some of the prophecies during this feast spoke… Continue reading I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you

In the Old Testament, especially among the prophets and in the Psalms, there are many Scriptures about the Passover and about the Exodus out of the land of bondage into what God had for His people. These passages have a way of looking forward to a spiritual Exodus, a spiritual Passover that was to come.… Continue reading The lamb led to the slaughter

This message deals with the Psalm that was sung by the Lord when He kept the last Passover with His disciples. It is a Psalm that has many references in it, some of which are very definite allusions to Christ in His first coming, while others are related to Christ as He is coming forth… Continue reading This is the day

Hebrews 3:12–14: Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God. Notice the language: falling away from the living God; an evil, unbelieving heart. And note this: But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called… Continue reading The opening of a new door

Have your souls been content with that which is only half a measure and half a blessing, or hast thou come to the place where thy soul is stirred within thee to believe that the Lord shall give thee the double portion, that thy cup shall run over, that thou shalt say unto the Lord,… Continue reading All of us-all the way

We are in a period of repentance, a period of sackcloth and ashes, in a sense. We are asking God to get rid of the things that are keeping us from being vessels of honor, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, prepared for every good work. The Lord must deal with whatever it is… Continue reading Instead of the shame of bondage

We will be reading Joshua 5:1–15. Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until… Continue reading Rolling away the reproach of Egypt

Hebrews 11:23–29 speaks about the faith of Moses—faith to choose and the faith to move in God. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he had… Continue reading By faith I have refused-by faith I have chosen

The feasts of the Lord are inexhaustible in the truths they teach us. Think of the Passover and what it meant: God’s miracle deliverance for His people, to go forth out of slavery and accomplish His will, through the wilderness and on into the land of Canaan.  The Passover speaks also of our experience of… Continue reading To the uttermost

With deep gratitude for the Passover preparation the Lord has worked in our hearts, let us read a number of Scriptures about the Passover. Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out;… Continue reading Are we the most miserable of all men?

God is searching our hearts, demanding that we sweep out the old leaven and keep the feast, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I Corinthians 5:1–8 will bring us to more of the heart searching. It is actually reported that there is immorality among… Continue reading The leaven of malice and wickedness

The Passover recorded in 2 Chronicles 30 could be called a Passover of grace. If there ever was a miserable excuse for keeping the law of Passover, we see it in this account. The people were not able to keep the Passover at its appointed time because they had no priests who were consecrated to… Continue reading If that don’t beat Sennacherib!

At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came… Continue reading Led by our captain

The Passover was a means of deliverance through judgment. These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and… Continue reading The day after

When the Jews observed the Passover, or the Feast of Unleavened Bread, it was required that there be no leaven found anywhere in the house. They disposed of any yeast and all bread with leavening in it. Then symbolically they took a little broom and swept out all the corners of the house. We will… Continue reading Sweep out the corners

The first Passover in Egypt failed in the sense that those delivered were not able to bear the Word of the Lord. They came out from Egypt but not into a receptivity of what God was saying. The next Passover at the Jordan River came to another generation who listened to what God said and… Continue reading What makes a Passover succeed or what makes a Passover fail

Now we will review, in summary form, a number of instances recorded in the Word where the Feast of Passover was observed. Exodus 12 gives the account of the first Passover which took place in Egypt, when the children of Israel were slaves, living in the land of Goshen. God gave them a Word, which… Continue reading Away we go

It was at Passover that Joshua prepared to go into battle. The Captain of the host of Israel, standing on the plains of Jordan, confronted Joshua before he was to lead the army against Jericho, saying, “As Captain of the host of the Lord am I now come” (Joshua 5:14), Joshua bowed down and worshiped… Continue reading Again, the word became flesh!

Have you ever wondered why God seems to repeat the accounts of certain events in the Bible? The story of the first Passover is recorded in Exodus 12. We find the second account of a Passover in Leviticus 23; it describes the various feasts and the directions concerning their observance. The ninth chapter of Numbers… Continue reading In the place in which the Lord chooses

The books of the Bible which tell of the restoration after the exile in Babylon are precious for us, because they so closely parallel today’s time when God’s people are being restored after leaving Babylon. As we have observed the keeping of the Feast of Passover in recent years, the Lord has given us wonderful… Continue reading Give them more than a lamb bone

The twelfth chapter of Exodus is a well-known chapter on the Passover. It is filled with familiar facts concerning that fateful night. It tells about the blood being put on the doorpost and about the eating of the lamb which had been roasted. It recounts how, at God’s command, the Israelites ate that lamb with… Continue reading A deal is a deal

When Ezekiel was taken captive into Babylon, Daniel had already been there for nine years. Ezekiel and Daniel were probably very close, even though Daniel was related more to the life in the palace, and Ezekiel spent much of his time in the country by a river bank.  Frequently he was caught up in the… Continue reading It shall belong to His sons

Several outstanding occasions of the Passover I found in the Scriptures. One that took place when Jesus was growing up is found in Luke 2:39–52. And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth. And the Child continued to grow and… Continue reading Where did you lose Him?

The second chapter of John tells us about the first Passover in Jesus’ ministry. It was a Passover of judgment and of miracles; and as such it applies also to the time in which we are living. The Lord is revealing to His people that there will be exploits and judgments visited upon the earth,… Continue reading Clean house again Lord

The beginning of the book of Exodus records the story of Moses going down to Egypt at the command of the Lord to lead the children of Israel from bondage. The word “exodus” means “the departure” or “the way out.” The word “exit” is derived from the same root word. The Exodus was the departure… Continue reading Off in a cloud of dust

The fifth chapter of 1 Corinthians deals with a problem of immorality that existed in the Corinthian church. In this chapter, Paul gave enlightenment concerning the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among… Continue reading Be a new lump

Acts 12 is the Scripture which gives the account of one very interesting Passover at the time of the early New Testament Church. The Apostle Peter had been put in jail, and after the Passover he was to be killed; but instead, God set him free. Would you like to see your apostles that are… Continue reading How to get an apostle out of jail

For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. Colossians 1:13. After reading this verse, we realize that legal jurisdiction exists in the spirit realm as well as in the natural realm. Almost all the old cowboy movies have one standard line: “Head ’em off… Continue reading Head them off at the pass

“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.… .for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed. Also you shall observe the Feast of the… Continue reading These are the feasts of harvest

Many wonderful truths are being revealed to us concerning the Feast of Passover—truths that, surprisingly, have never been on earth before. The Passover comes to project us into action, to liberate us into that which we were not able to do before, and to enable us to do it. The ninth chapter of Numbers is… Continue reading The Lamb who leads us

The beginning of the book of Exodus records the story of Moses going down to Egypt at the command of the Lord to lead the children of Israel from bondage. The word “exodus” means “the departure” or “the way out.” The word “exit” is derived from the same root word. The Exodus was the departure… Continue reading Exodus

Beyond our Passover experience is a wilderness with problems of survival. Not only are there giants to be overcome; there is a promised land to be fully possessed. There are many new and challenging experiences Beyond Passover. Joshua 5:1 Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan… Continue reading From Gilgal to the giants