NISAN 14
Pesach
“Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover
to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of
Egypt by night.” (Deu 16:1, WEBA)
“And this day shall become
to you a remembrance. And you shall observe it as a festival to יהוה
throughout your generations – observe it as a festival, an everlasting law.” (Ex 12:14)
At sundown on the day
of Nisan 14, Jews and Messianic believers worldwide will participate in the
event known as The Pesach, an event that commemorates the last of the
plagues in ancient Egypt, and the deliverance of the Hebrew nation. It is commanded in the Torah that we must
never forget where WE WERE, and the great deliverance that was brought
about by the hand of Elohim – taking us out from slavery, bondage and
suffering and into deliverance, redemption and freedom.
Those of the Jewish
faith believe that we must look at the Pesach experience as if we were actually
there, going through what the forefathers experienced right alongside of
them. And, in truth, we have all
been there. Egypt – or Mitsrayim,
in the Hebrew – has also been compared to an ‘iron furnace’ (see Deu 4:20),
with the indication being that of a large vessel used for the refining of gold
and precious metals. When a substance
has been ‘refined’, it generally involves a process of intense pressure
or intense heat, with the result being that impurities and other
unwanted elements are easily removed.
When we choose to
look in the rearview mirror, we can clearly see our journey to reach where we
are today. We can see the ‘pig pen’
where we lingered for too long (Luke 15:15-17) before finally realizing that it
was not where Elohim desired for us to take up residence. And if we are truthful, we can recognize the
refining process that Elohim allowed us to go through before He
brought us to the Mountain where we would receive His Torah, His divine
instructions in righteous and moral living.
We have ALL had our own personal ‘Egypt’ that He has brought us
out of, and He was the only One that could.
As we celebrate this
amazing event, let us take the time to look back on our own lives, and rejoice
at the deliverance given to us. And as
we recite the Pesach Haggadah (the text that guides us through the
rituals of the Seder, and the retelling of the Exodus story), let us see
ourselves as the ones who are walking free from the bondage that is Egypt.
“I am יהוה
your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of
slavery.” (Ex 20:1)
Chag Pesach Sameach!
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