- YHVH, which is pronounced as YaHVaH
or YaHWaH. In addition we will also use our Heavenly Father’s
attribute/title, which is Elohim rather than “God,” which
sadly is the name of a pagan god. In addition we also love to use the actual
and real Name of our beloved Messiah which is 
- Yahushua or Yahshua in short, for
this is our Saviours original Hebrew Name as given to Him at birth in
“And on the fifteenth day of the same
month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread unto YHVH; seven days you must eat
unleavened bread” Vayikra
- Leviticus 23:6.
“Our Messiah also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps. Who did not commit any
sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth who, when He was reviled, did not revile
in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him
who judges righteously, who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the stake,
that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes
you were healed” 1 Shime’on – 1 Peter 2:21-24.
Summary of Historical Unleavened Bread
As Elohim can have nothing to do with sin
(leaven), His provision had to be perfect, thus this was another reason it
had to be without leaven. According the Word of Elohim, leaven is a
type, a picture of sin and evil.
Yahushua, as well as His Apostle Sha’ul
of
1… Leaven of the
Pharisees – Hypocrisy, lawlessness, and ritualism. Mattityahu –
“The scribes
and the Pharisees sit in
These men were religious, they tithed and
fasted. They believed in the supernatural, the resurrection, and the Holy
Scriptures. Externally they were clean, but as the Word says “whited
sepulchres,” for inwardly they were really as rotten as a “dead
man’s bones.”
“Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs,
which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead
men’s bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear
righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness” Mattityahu – Matthew 23:27-28.
2… Leaven of
Beloved, we know that Messiah Yahushua will
return soon, yet we see the world of ‘christianity’ spend so too
much time amassing fortunes and possessions and living in self-pursuit.
Prosperity? It
is sad that worldliness and earthly “prosperity” has entered so
many who dare to call themselves “believers.” Father, what a joy it
would be, if all leaven were removed from those who have a “Bible”
in their homes and come unto the truth of your Word! (Read Acts 2:45, 4:34-37),
and learn how the early believers dealt with their possessions, when coming in
faith to Yahushua our Master and Saviour.
There must be a lesson in these Scriptures for
the faithful and those who claim to be “followers of the
3… Leaven of the Sadducees - Disbelief, and the Human viewpoint. (Mattityahu –
How tragic it is that priests can believe in the
great Elohim of Avraham -
Their leaven was that they did not really believe
the Word of Elohim. Sadly, today, there are just as many that follow in the
footsteps of the Sadducees, not believing in the TRUTH of the Word. They
do not understand that Elohim will do just what He said He would do!
4… Leaven of
I pray there is not any form of leaven of
sensuality, malice, pride, and wickedness in our lives! We are to be a
witness of life unto the world, that they might see
the love of Yahushua the Messiah in us.
“Let your
light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your
Father in heaven.” Mattityahu –
We have looked at the picture of sin related
to leaven, but what is so special about Unleavened Bread? Matzah and wine represents a unique
picture of Messiah Yahushua.
We are now going to search out the wonderful details of Yahushua’s presence on the Passover table. Each year the “Little Flock” in Messiah partakes of the Passover meal (called the “Seder”) on the eve of Nisan 15, that generally occurs around March/April. It is important to note, that the faithful in Him today just like our Saviour Yahushua, continues to use the Scriptural Hebrew Solar/Lunar based calendar for all the Feasts, etc!
The first night of the “Feast of Unleavened Bread,” is a High Sabbath day and is upheld just like a Seventh Day Sabbath!
Looking at Yahushua on the
Passover Table
The Passover meal is prepared ready for the
Passover “Seder” meal for that evening.
“Three times a year all your males shall
appear before YHVH your Elohim in the place which He chooses; at the feast of Unleavened
Bread, the feast of Weeks, the feast of Tabernacles. And they
shall not appear before YHVH empty-handed. Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of YHVH your Elohim which He has given you” Davarim
- Deuteronomy 16:16-17.
The Seder table is beautifully decorated and
features the following items … Below is a list of the traditional
rabbinic contents of the table and the ceremonial platter.
However: The Word of YHVH Elohim
only instructs three items that are required for this Feast and these
are; 1. Roast Lamb, 2. Matzah (Unleavened Bread) and 3. Bitter
Herbs. But just for interest, I will describe all of the Seder items as
used according to the traditions of
The Table:
1. The Festival Lights (usually two candles) which
represents the seven-branched Menorah that stood in the
2. A Tosh (pile) of three pieces of Matzah. (S)
3. The Haggadah. A book containing the order of service
- (Haggadah in Hebrew means “The Telling”).
4. Bottle/Carafe of Red Wine for 4 glasses during the
meal, we know that 3 glasses were used at the time of Yahushua’s Seder,
but not the 4th!
5. Kippur/Yarmulke - Head covering for all males. (R)
1. One piece of “Matzah.” (S)
2. “Karpas,” parsley, or another green herb
such as lettuce or watercress. (R)
3. “Maror,” a bitter herb, such as
horseradish.
4. “Charoset,” being apple, almonds and
raisons mixed with cinnamon and a little wine. (R)
5. Roast Lamb. (S)
6. A roasted shank bone of lamb. (R)
7. A roasted egg, which is a custom introduced from
somewhere, but many Jews no longer include this pagan ritual, it is too
christian! (R)
On the Chairs:
1.
*Please Note: The author at his Seder at home only uses the
Scriptural 3 items. However when giving a public Passover demonstrations he
will use all, as it is a very good learning of the traditional Seder and thus
providing a better understanding on how to pray for the Children of Israel! For
Yahushua is in the very heart of this blessed Feast and the service!
At the commencement of Passover, the mother of the household lights the two festival lights, which are a representation of the Seven Branched Temple Menorah! After the lighting she says the appropriate blessings and it is she who has had the honour and blessed privilege to bring into the home the commencement of this wonderful Feast to the household, as she does each week on the eve of the Sabbath as well as all of the Feasts of YaHVaH Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name!
To the believer, the two lights reveal a
wonderful and a blessed picture. For as we look at the lights, we will think of
Him who said, “I am, the Light of the World!” Yochanan -
One signifies creation, and the second redemption.
Thus, beloved a beautiful symbol rests on the family table, as it does each
week on the Sabbath table.
The First light
represents YaHVaH Elohim the Father who “Created the heaven and
the earth.”
The Second light represents the Redemption and Salvation of
“In Him (Messiah Yahushua) all who come into
faith may obtain forgiveness through the shed blood of He who is called “
It is also significant to note that it is the
lady of the household who lights these festival lights for it is so meaningful
to remember that Elohim chose
2… Matzah.
Matzah is symbolised as purity. These days *Matzah
is baked on a “griddle,” which causes the bread to have stripes,
thus the following Scripture is wonderful “analogy.”
“By His stripes we were healed.”
Yeshayahu - Isaiah 53:3.
In addition, Matzah these days is a
crisp-bread and therefore it has to be pierced with a sharp instrument in order
it will not bubble and explode.
“They shall look on Him whom they
pierced.” Zecharyah
–
Matzah is therefore an amazing analogy of Yahushua the Messiah who was both striped and pierced!
Note: These
three pieces of Matzah were added by the rabbis at sometime in history and the
explanation of the rabbi’s symbolism may explain why they did.
However, there is another explanation and it
is one
Relatively early in the Seder service it is the Middle Matzah that is removed from the stack of three Matzot and it is this that is broken into two pieces. The pieces are called the “lachma anya”, meaning the “bread of affliction,” but rabbis have called it the “Afikomen” a word that is based on an invented Greek word that that is translated as dessert, yet it has no relevance whatsoever to this Feast.
However, both parts of the broken Matzah is
wrapped in a white piece of linen and it is “hidden” somewhere
in the room “under a cushion”.
We may ask, “why there are three
Matzot on the table and what is the meaning of the middle one?”
The following is the explanation according Rabbis of old in relation to the
three Matzot.
The three Matzot
are symbolic of:
Having already stated the facts as described
in A and B above. The father continues;
“It is also said that two of
these Matzot, the Upper and the Lower, represents the loaves of Showbread on display in
the
Thus the prophetic meaning of the middle
Matzah is obviously a picture, a type of the
Messiah of Israel, as this Matzah is the central part of the
Passover meal, one that Yahushua Himself partook of on the eve of the
“Day of preparation”
We need to understand that our Saviour did not
partake of the “Passover meal” on the actual night of Passover, but
He performed the meal 24 hours earlier, being the evening of the day the
Scriptures clearly describes as “the day of preparation.” For
Yahushua was to die when the Passover lambs were to be killed on that day! For
remember, Yahushua was to be “the Passover to be sacrificed for us.”
These are the relevant Scriptures re the
Preparation Day!
“Now it was the Preparation Day of
the Passover” Yochanan - John 19:14
“Therefore, because it was the
Preparation Day” Yochanan -
“Because of
“That Day was the Preparation Day”
“Because it was the Preparation Day”
Markus - Mark 15:42
Let me first make clear the events, for
translations have somewhat confused the order of events, but that is due to the
translators not having any great knowledge of the Hebrew, which the Gospels
were originally written in, and they were much later translated into Greek and
then frequently retranslated with countless changes made that much or the
original has been sadly lost! But, thankfully Mattityahu –
“When
evening came, Yahushua was
reclining at the table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, He said, ‘I tell you
the truth, one of you will betray
Please
Note: the Greek
Font used is the BibleWorks Bwgrkl font.
“Yeshayahu took the bread - a;rton , gave thanks and broke it and
gave it to His disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat, this is My body.’
Then He took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, ‘Drink
from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for
many for the forgiveness of sins.” Mattityahu -
Sadly, the Greek word used for bread in the
verse above is completely incorrect, proving the uselessness of the
translators, for can you imagine Messiah Yahushua taking “bread - a; rton - leavened,
or raised bread” at what is supposed to be the Apostles special Passover
with their Messiah? No, certainly not, Yahushua would have used Matzah,
unleavened Bread as prescribed back in
However, beloved, there is great significance
in the ceremony of the broken Matzah as it reveals the life, death, and
resurrection of the Messiah Yahushua. The Tosh (pile) with the three wafers
of unleavened bread sharing the same pile with the three pockets, yet this
“Tosh” is called “a UNITY” - “Yachid.”
However, we the faithful of
Remember it is the middle Matzah that is
removed, not the top, and not the bottom, just the
middle one, thus here we see He who is the Son coming to our hand, to man and He
is broken because of our sin. His body is wrapped in white linen and then it is
hidden under a cushion that represents the Garden Tomb of Yoseyf – Joseph of Arimathea.
Sadly, as I have already stated, my Jewish
brethren do not have this understanding, but remember, I myself was once
totally “blinded in part” as I celebrated the Passover without
understanding the fullness of what
I recall as I and a few new faithful shared
the Seder together, we all knew who our Saviour was, we knew His real Name and
that through His precious shed Blood we were forgiven from our sins!
However, the Seder has not been completed as yet, for the broken Middle Matzah that was wrapped at the very beginning of the service in white linen remained there throughout part one of the Seder and the drinking of the first 2 cups of wine, and then the actual meal is eaten and songs are sung!
Then after the meal is finished and all food
has been eaten, a child, or the youngest present goes to find the hidden Matzah
and lifts the cushion and removes the linen and reveals the broken Matzah.
Yahushua, our beloved Saviour took this very
same returned piece of Matzah on the night He spent with His Apostles and a
special blessing for the unleavened bread is always said, and Yahushua would
have done that first, before saying His blessed words as recorded in the Word,
for it is the blessings as said by all Israelites through all time!
“
“Blessed are You, YaHVaH our Elohim, King of the Universe, Who brings forth Unleavened Bread from the earth.”
This Barouche (blessing) was followed by;
“
“Blessed are You, YaHVaH our Elohim King of the Universe, Who has sanctified us by His commandments and has commanded us concerning the eating of Matzah.”
Please Note: as
Jews no longer use the Memorial Name of the Almighty, they will not say
“YaHVaH” or “YaHWaH” but say either “Adonai”
meaning “LORD” or “HaSHEM” meaning “the
Name.” However Yahushua knew His Father’s Name as did all those
with Him and it was used by Him and all His faithful and YaHVaH was used
throughout the Brit Chadashah – the New Covenant and we have absolute
proof of this in a study online!
After saying the Ivrit/Hebrew blessings,
Messiah and today the head of the household, breaks this final piece of hidden
and restored Matzah in small pieces and gives it to all present around the
Passover table and declare:
“Take eat this,
the bread of affliction, do this in memory of what
Yahushua also said that blessing, and then He
said …
“Take, eat, THIS
(Matzah – unleavened bread)
represents My (broken) Body.” Mattityahu -
Yahushua was saying, “THIS Passover Matzah represents My body”
The meaning is quite simple. The faithful in Messiah, should partake of the
Passover observance each year, not just on their Sunday’s, etc, or
when churchgoer’s come together. No, “This bread” – “This cup” … was The Passover Matzot and the Passover Cup of Wine/Red Grape Juice … for Yahushua is “our
Passover sacrificed for us.” 1 Corinthians 5:7, and certainly
not our Easter sacrificed for us!
The “christian church” should be
ashamed of itself having broken away from our beloved Saviour’s
teachings! The church teaches that the Apostles partook of
“communion” as often they came together, for the Word they teach:
“they broke bread.”
To understand this, you simply need to
understand very simple Hebrew, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean customs and
phraseology. The truth is the term to “To break bread” is
used throughout the Middle East and
But, praise be to Yahushua, the Passover has
been retained by the “Little
Flock” of the Faithful in
Messiah Yahushua around the world and they come
together every Passover and uphold Yahushua’s command and they “take
This (middle restored) Matzah … and This Cup.”
That
Important Cup of Wine!
Immediately after having eaten the broken
Middle Matzah, which must be the very last food eaten on the night, all of
Having eaten the Matzah being a representation of Yahushua’s broken body, Yahushua during that final Passover meal, completed the “Seder” by taking the third cup of wine and He would have first said the blessing for the wine – after which He made His concluding statement regarding “the Blood of My Covenant.”
“
“Blessed is YaHVaH our Elohim, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.”
“Drink from it, all of you, for this
is (or represents) the blood of My covenant, which is shed for many
for the remission of sins.” Mattityahu -
For some obscure reason “new” was obviously added later, although it is found in certain other texts, but even there it is said to be have been added as it is a word from a later origin.
We know that the YaHVaH Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name, forbids men to add or subtract from His Word, yet both the rabbis and the Church have obviously done so, and I can point to many instances and I have a study online called The Sopherim that proves this, and this is about rabbis changing the Scriptures, for they did very clearly hide the Sanctified Name of YHVH Elohim!
I pray you have enjoyed studying the Feasts so far!
Some of you may be a little shocked with
certain parts of its contents, for some may well be a little different to that
as taught by so many church leaders and even some “Messianic
believers,” but, I am not sorry, we cannot base doctrines on those things
that were added to the Word, or ceremonies added by the rabbis, or the
churches, for we MUST remain strictly based on the Word and we are not
permitted to stray from it!
However, the blessed truth is that the
Passover clearly speaks of the Anointed one of
As I have said the author’s Messianic Seder
does NOT have all the above items on the Passover Table, just roast lamb, and
not just a simple shank bone, Matzah as well as bitter Herbs, and we conduct a
Messianic Seder befitting a believer in Messiah Yahushua, including that piece
of Matzah after the meal and the third cup of wine, the cup of redemption
… Praise His Name and Thank You my beloved Elohim!
Beloved, there is no doubt, that Yahushua was,
is and always will be the perfect provision when He gave His life on that
“tree” for there was no leaven to be found in Him! He freely gave
His life and shed His Blood, in order that all, who believe, repent, follow
Him according to His Word will reign with Him in that day to come!
UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME!”
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