Tomorrow is Passover, one of the most significant (yet least celebrated) events in "holy week".
It is going to be Hunter's first Passover, as we have never formally celebrated it since Hunter has been born. We are both very excited and have been preparing for days.
One of the things we did was make a "Pesach" (Hebrew word for passover) place mat, which has the Seder plate (Seder, the Hebrew word for order, is what the Jews call the passover dinner), the four cups (glasses of wine or juice that are drank at various time throughout the meal), pieces of matzah (unleavened bread), and a picture of a lamb and a cross to represent Jesus, our passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7). The verse, Exodus 12:26-27, is on the left side:
"And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses..."
Back from the very first passover (the actual one, when all the firstborn of the Egyptians and unbelieving Hebrews were killed), God instructed the Israelites to tell their children the story of their deliverance from Egypt every year at this time. It was on Passover that Jesus had his last supper with his disciples, and told them the famous words, "And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me."The placemat has that verse on one of the pieces of matzah, and on the other piece it has John 6:35,
"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."
Over the picture of the lamb and the cross are the words John the Baptist spoke to the crowd when he saw Jesus coming,
"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
There is so much significance in all of these symbols, and I can't wait to share with you all the many things that I have learned in preparing for this celebration. Our whole family is going to be taking part in the Seder meal, so because of work and school schedules we will not be celebrating until Saturday night. Looking forward to telling you all about it!
"Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD."
Psalm 34:11
Hunter is 4 years, 0 months old
I've been wanting to tell you that I used Hunter's Pesach during the Passover that we did at school (Biblical Perspectives class).
ReplyDeleteYou can tell him that he is smarter than a girl in her 20s! :)