Many people have asked me for a Passover how-to video, so here is my Passover guide to help
you get started keeping the Feast.
The first thing you need to do is clean your house, and make sure you remove all of the
leaven.
Any food containing yeast or other leavening agents.
(Baking soda in your toothpaste or deodorant are not used for leavening, so don't worry
about those things).
As you are removing the leaven from your home, you should also think about ways you can remove
leaven from your life.
Sin and false teachings are types of leaven in our lives that need to be removed.
The second thing to do is make or buy unleavened bread.
My Passover guide contains my favorite unleavened bread recipe that we make every year, and
I will place a link to my Passover guide in the description box below.
You also need to buy wine or grape juice, and bitter herbs such as parsley, kale, or
horseradish.
These will be used in the Passover celebration.
Finally, you will need to prepare a special meal, but make sure you don't make anything
with leaven in it.
Now we are ready to begin the Passover celebration.
1.
The Blessings as we begin (Some people choose to light candles at this
time) “Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal,
who has sanctified us with your commandments and has commanded us to keep the Passover.
We thank you for your deliverance and salvation as we remember your Passover.
Amen”
(Pour the first cup of wine, the cup of sanctification)
“Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal, who creates the fruit of the vine.
We thank you for keeping us alive, sustaining us, and bringing us to this season.
Sanctify us by your Word, and by the blood of the Lamb.
Amen”
Wine represents blood and reminds us of the shed blood that sanctifies us.
(Drink the cup of sanctification)
2.
Eating bitter herbs The bitter herbs (such as parsley, kale, horseradish,
etc.) remind us of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt as well as the bitterness of sin.
“Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal, who has sanctified us by your commandments
and commanded us to eat bitter herbs.
Amen”
Take a bite of the bitter herbs (some people may prefer to eat it on a piece of unleavened
bread)
3.
Washing with water Everyone should wash their hands with water.
This symbolic act of purification prepares us to enter into the holiness of the feast.
It also reminds us of the red sea crossing, and of our baptism in Yeshua.
(Some may also choose to do a foot washing to follow the example of what Yeshua did with
His disciples)
4.
Breaking Unleavened Bread Unleavened bread was used by Yeshua to represent
His broken body.
We break a piece of unleavened bread and select the best piece and wrap it in a cloth, and
place it under a pillow to represent His death and burial, and later we will resurrect this
piece as the culmination of our Passover.
5.
The Cup of Instruction (Pour the second cup of wine, the cup of instruction)
It is time to tell the story of Passover.
Some choose to read it directly out of the Bible, while others choose to paraphrase it
in their own words.
Below are a list of points to cover: - Israel became slaves in Egypt
- Pharaoh ordered that all Hebrew male babies be killed
- Moses was saved from death as a baby and grew up in Pharaoh’s house
- God sent Moses to ask Pharaoh to let the people go
- Pharaoh hardened his heart and God sent 10 judgments on Egypt (blood, frogs, gnats,
flies, diseased cattle, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and death of the firstborn)
- The blood of the lamb was placed on the doorposts to protect them from the destroyer
- The people were set free from Egypt and began their journey
- Pharaoh changed his mind and chased them to the red sea where Israel crossed over on
dry land, but Pharaoh and his army were washed away
- Then God gave them His commandments for how to live as redeemed people in His kingdom
- Some people began worshipping idols and were killed for it, some people grumbled and
wanted to return to Egypt, and they all ended up wandering in the wilderness for 40 years
because of their lack of faith
(After you tell the story you will drink the cup of instruction)
6.
Eat the Passover meal Unleavened bread is known as the “bread
of affliction”, the “bread of humility”, and the “bread of haste”.
We are commanded to eat unleavened bread at Passover to remind us of the bread our forefathers
ate when they came out of Egypt.
We are also commanded to eat this bread in memory of the death of Yeshua.
"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.
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."
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
(Take a piece of unleavened bread and break it and say the blessing.)
“Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal, who has given us bread to eat.
Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal, who has sanctified us with your commandments
and has commanded us to eat unleavened bread.
Amen”
(Everyone eat a piece of unleavened bread.)
Now it is time to celebrate and enjoy the meal that is set before you.
(Eat your supper and enjoy the fellowship.)
7.
The Bread and Cup of Redemption After supper has ended, we resurrect the piece
of unleavened bread that was buried under the pillow.
This piece will be used in the memorial of our Messiah.
“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus
on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks,
He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in
remembrance of Me.’”
– 1 Corinthians 11:23-24
(Take the bread and say the blessing)
“Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal, who has given us the true bread from heaven
in our Messiah Yeshua.
We remember His death, burial, and resurrection.
Amen”
(Break the bread and share it with everyone)
(Pour the third cup of wine, the cup of redemption)
“In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in My blood.
This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
– 1 Corinthians 11:25
(Take the wine and say the blessing)
“Blessed are you LORD our God, King Eternal, who has redeemed us from slavery and sin and
given us the way of salvation through Messiah Yeshua.
We know that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness, and we remember the
blood of the Lamb.
Amen”
(Drink from the cup of redemption and share it with everyone)
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death
till He comes.
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.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself,
not discerning the Lord's body.”
– 1 Corinthians 11:26-29
8.
The cup of praise (Pour the fourth cup of wine, the cup of praise)
This cup reminds us of the wedding supper of the Lamb that will take place when Messiah
returns.
Yeshua told His disciples that He would not drink of the fruit of the vine again until
He drinks it in His Kingdom.
So, we drink the cup of praise with eager expectation for His return, and we pray for
His kingdom to come soon.
(Drink the cup of praise and rejoice.
This is also a good time to sing a song of praise, or read a Psalm of praise)
(End the evening with prayer.)