Friday, March 26, 2021
COMMUNION EXPOSED!!!
Exodus 13
Today we are walking in: Communion Exposed!!!!
Today we look to the word-REMEMBER-H2142 zakar-- to cause to remember, remind; cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
The Torah testifies...............
Deuteronomy 15:15
And thou shalt remember H2142 that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
The prophets proclaim..................
Isaiah 44:21
Remember H2142 these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
The writings bear witness...........................
1Chronicles 16:12
Remember H2142 his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
The “Last Supper” & “Holy Communion” Exposed!
Most of us have seen the famous painting by Leonardo DaVinci’ called “The Last Supper.” As a matter of fact, there have been countless conspiracies surrounding the “The Holy Grail” (which supposedly is the cup that our Machiach drank from). We have seen the occult world dream up all kinds of theories about the magical powers surrounding this cup, with movies such as “The DaVinci Code.”
People who have grown up in a Roman Catholic Grade School, is all too familiar with the images of Leonardo DaVinci’s “Last Supper” paintings which were strewn everywhere I went.
They were taught by the nuns that this event called “The Last Supper” was the institution of a BRAND NEW ORDINANCE called “HOLY COMMUNION,” wherein our Machiach offered up his body and blood in the form of a little round wafer and a cup of grape juice.
The nuns did not teach them that our Machiach was the Passover Lamb, slain for us (1st Corinthians 5:7). They did not tell them that he was the UNLEAVENED BREAD from heaven, symbolizing his sinless life (John 6:32-58).
There was no mention of the First Passover where Yisra’el (Israel) was delivered out of Egyptian Slavery. Neither was the connection made between that First Passover in Egypt to our Machiach who became that fulfillment of the Passover Lamb as he delivered us from SLAVERY TO SIN!
And even now, within Messianic & Hebraic groups (just like the Catholic Church), people are still trying to separate our Machiach from the Passover Meal by claiming that he was only eating a LAST SUPPER!
Our Machiach was not giving us a brand new ordinance called “Holy Communion” when he said “As often as you do this, do this in IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME” (1st Corinthians 11:24-25; Luke 22:19).
Instead, he was repeating the commandment to remember what he did for us at the first Passover, and what he was about to do for us in the Renewed Covenant Passover:
Exodus 13:3 “REMEMBER this day, in which you came out from Egypt...”
The Roman Church invented a brand new ordinance called “Holy Communion,” citing that this was a brand new commandment. However, the Greek word “communion” (koinonia) simply means “fellowship.”
In 1st Corinthians 10:16, the Apostle Shaul (Paul) was not describing a “Eucharist communion wafer.” He was talking about the fellowship or “partnership” we have with Machiach and his sacrifice when we partake of the “Cup of Blessing,” which is one of the four cups at a typical Hebrew Seder Passover Meal!
By treating this meal as a separate ordinance, we are agreeing with the Vatican that this was not a Passover Meal, but instead it was called “Holy Communion” or the “The Last Supper!”
In Luke 22:15, our Machiach knew that he was going to suffer and die as the Passover Lamb the next day, and yet he told his disciples that he “Desired to eat the Passover with them BEFORE HE SUFFERED.”
It was not as if his Passover Meal plans got derailed, or that he was caught off guard when he was arrested that night. He knew that he was going to eat a Passover Meal and then suffer the next day.
Listen to what he said:
Luke 22:15 “With desire I have desired to EAT THIS PASSOVER WITH YOU BEFORE I SUFFER.”
He knew he as about to suffer, so it is not as if he planned to eat it, but then his plans were derailed.
This begs the question: “How could he believe that he could eat a Passover Meal with them, and then also become the Passover, all withing the same 24 hours?
The answer is simple.
He knew that Exodus 12:6 commands that the lambs be killed “between the two evenings” or “between the two sunsets” on the 14th of Abib!
The English translators translated this command as follows:
Exodus 12:6 And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
The phrase “In the evening,” in Hebrew is “Beyn ha’erebiym” which translated literally means “Between the two evenings.”
Our Machiach knew that this commandment gave him the ability to do both “eat the Passover” and then “become the Passover” all within the same 24-hour period of the 14th of Abib!
One of the reasons why I believe Yah designed Passover to be this way is because in the original covenant made with Abraham, Yah walked with Abraham “Between the two pieces” of the animal sacrifices!
Do you think that the disciples went to the Temple to eat a Passover Meal after watching the bloody, gruesome death of their Machiach?
I hardly think so!
As a matter of fact, the Apostle John was there at his crucifixion, but he was not at the Temple standing in line waiting to have his lamb slaughtered!
And what does the Torah say about those who do not partake of the Passover Lamb?
It says that they shall be cut off from the Congregation of Yisra’el!
What conclusion can we come to?
The disciples had already eaten their Passover Meal the night before with their Machiach and then the next day, they witnessed him being killed as the Passover Lamb!
Imagine the compassion that he showed towards his disciples by allowing them to partake of a very intimate and private Passover with him, knowing full well that they would be grief-stricken the next day, and unable to keep their composure at the Temple with all those who had plotted their master’s murder!
Not to mention, the disciples were in danger of being arrested and killed themselves for being his followers!
For both of these reasons, it is highly unlikely that they would have shown their faces at the Temple to eat the Passover on the 15th of Abib, while their Machiach was being buried!
I don’t know about you, but I would have been bawling my eyes out, and wailing in grief after having witnessed my beloved Machiach’s brutal torture. There is no way that I would have been able to eat a meal, (much less keep quiet and act cheerful at the Temple), especially if I had caught just one glimpse of the High Priest Caiaphas. I would have wanted to lunge at him and rip his head off!
In First Century Jerusalem, there were TWO EVENINGS for slaughtering, because the Sadducee’s & Samaritans believed in eating the Passover Meal on the 14th of Abib, while the Pharisees ate the Passover on the 15th of Abib.
Yah in his eternal wisdom, designed the Passover to be killed BETWEEN THE EVENINGS or BETWEEN THE TWO SUNSETS on the 14th of Abib.
He did this ON PURPOSE so that in the future, our Machiach would first EAT THE PASSOVER and then also BECOME THE PASSOVER all on the 14th of Abib!
There are TWO EVENINGS on the 14th of Abib for slaughtering lambs because there are TWO HOUSES of Yisra’el!
The reason this is so important, is because people are beginning to cast doubt on the validity of the Briyth Chadashah (New Testament), and many have left our Machiach because of this.
The main reason people are confused about this is because of the phrase “between the two evenings” (beyn ha’erebiym).
If you look up the two words (between & evening), it literally means “between the two sunsets!”
This phrase is not limited to the time of the evening sacrifice from twelve noon until sundown, (although it can also mean that as well).
Yah designed Passover in the same way as he did Yom Kippur as it is “from evening to evening” (the evening of the 9th of Tishri into the 10th of Tishri).
Yah knew that in the future, they were going to need 24 hours (from sunset to sunset) on the 14th of Abib to slaughter thousands of lambs from those traveling to Jerusalem.
I am merely speculating here, but I believe that the Passover being killed between the two sunsets, is hinting at the idea that the covenant made with Abraham was at sundown, just as the Renewed covenant made with our Machiach and his disciples was also at sundown on the 14th of Abib. In between the Abrahamic Covenant, and the Renewed Covenant of Machiach, there was the first Passover in Egypt, which was the Mosaic Covenant. These three covenants are symbolized by the three animals used in Genesis 15:9. The ram symbolizes Passover, and the she-goat symbolizes Yom Kippur. The red heifer brings these two sacrifices together as one. In other words, the smoking furnace symbolizes the burning of the ashes of the heifer commanded in Numbers 19.
It is the ashes of the red heifer that sanctifies the altar in the Temple, and it is the ashes of the red heifer that purifies Israel. The red heifer qualifies the she-goat to be the atonement for Israel, and it also qualifies the ram to be the substitute for Israel, the first-born son.
The entire chapter of Isaiah 58 hints of Yom Kippur language as it speaks about fasting on the Sabbath day (referring to the High Sabbath of Yom Kippur). It ends with a prophecy about the future restoration of Israel, and how there will be a reparation of the “Gap” or “Breach” in the broken covenant with Both Houses of Israel. Yah showed Abraham in advance that there would be a breach or a gap in the covenant, resulting in Israel becoming two separate nations. This is why a smoking furnace “Passed between those pieces!”
What were these animal sacrifices?
Genesis 15:
9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
*Note: the three-year old red heifer is for the cleansing of the altar (see Numbers 19). The she-goat is the Yom Kippur atonement for Israel (see Leviticus 16). And finally, the ram is the substitute offering for Isaac, the first-born son of Abraham (Genesis 22:13). Our Machiach had a ministry that lasted 3.5 years. All three of these sacrifices point us to him. Please see the blog entitled: Who Confirms the Covenant of Daniel’s 70th Week?
Genesis 15:
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day Yah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
So you see, the idea of there being “two sunsets” on Passover wherein lambs maybe slaughtered, illustrates thebreach or the gap between the divided House of Israel being repaired!
Additionally, the fact that it is to be done on the 14th day of the first month of Abib also points to the fourteen years that Jacob worked for Rachel & Leah (the two mothers of the twelve tribes of Israel). The first month symbolizes the first-born sons of Israel.
Our Machiach fulfilled the pattern of the Red Heifer, the Passover Lamb, and the Yom Kippur twin goats, in order to repair the breach or the gap between both Houses of Israel.
The Roman Catholic Church has changed the names of these events to “The Last Supper & Holy Communion,” thus destroying the prophetic picture of our Machiach as the Passover Lamb, as well as the Red Heifer, and the Yom Kippur she-goat.
Without these prophetic shadow pictures, it is impossible to see our Machiach as the one who would “Repair the breech between the two sunsets” on Passover. His role as the Red Heifer was like the burning lamp walking between the two pieces, thus restoring the two houses of Israel!
Was it Passover or the Last Supper?
Have you ever wondered why Modern-day Judaism observes the Feast of Passover & the Feast of Unleavened Bread as if they are just ONE FEAST?
If Yah commands us to keep SEVEN FEASTS, annually, why do so many behave as if there are only SIX FEASTS by combining Passover and Unleavened Bread into one feast on the night of the 15th of Abib?
During Passover Week, there are Three DISTINCT FEASTS on three SEPARATE NIGHTS:
1.) Pesach (Passover) on the night of the 14th of Abib/Nisan.
2.) Unleavened Bread (Matzah), on the 15th of Abib/Nisan.
3.) First-Fruits (Yom haBikkuriym) on the 1st day of the week following the Passover.
The historical truth is, the two feasts were kept on two separate and distinct nights, until after the Babylonian Captivity.
“When the Jews returned from Babylon under Ezra, they first observed two days, the first for Passover and the second for the first day of the Feast [of Unleavened Bread]. But in a later shift, they merged Passover and Unleavened Bread.”
The article states in another section:
“The Jews freely admit that the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread were at one time two separate festivals. However, following their return from Babylon, the two were merged into one observance, and Passover is now kept by Jews on Abib 15. That they kept Passover a day late is clear from John’s Evangel.”
“Then led they Yahshua from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the Passover” (John 18:28).
The Encyclopedia Judaica admits that the Jews have fused the two observances and now keep Passover a day late on the 15th, observing it along with the first day of Unleavened Bread:
“The feast of Passover consists of two parts: the Passover ceremony, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Originally, both parts existed separately; but at the beginning of the exile they were combined” (Vol. 13, “Passover,” p. 169).
The Torah makes it clear that we are commanded to celebrate each of these feasts distinctly on the 14th & the 15th (Passover & Unleavened Bread). The Feast of First-Fruits/Resurrection Day is to be kept on the day after the weekly Sabbath following the Passover. And finally, we are to observe the last night of Unleavened Bread on the 21st.
*Note: First-fruits does not always fall on the 18th of Abib, but it did fall on the 18th at the first Passover in Egypt and also at the last Passover of our Machiach.
Leviticus 23:9-16 says that the Feast of First-Fruits is to take place on the day after the WEEKLY SABBATH FOLLOWING PASSOVER.
Some people think that it means the HIGH SABBATH of Unleavened Bread. However, this is easily cleared up by knowing that the Hebrew word for the weekly Sabbath is “Shabbat” (#H7676 in the Strong’s Concordance).
And the annual high Sabbath is called “Shabbatown” (#H7677 in the Strong’s Concordance).
Spring Feast #1 Celebrated on the 14th of Abib:
On the night of the 14th of Abib (Passover), we commemorate when the death angel PASSED OVER the homes of the Israelites in Egypt.
We also commemorate on the very same night of the 14th of Abib (Passover), when our Machiach caused us to PASS OVER from the BROKEN COVENANT into the RENEWED COVENANT (Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-10 & 10:16), as he held up the cup of wine and said the following words:
Mattithyahuw (Matthew) 26:28 For this is my blood of the Renewed Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
*Note: This was NOT the last supper, this was a true rite of passage called Passover!
Spring Feast #2 Celebrated on the 15th of Abib:
On the night of the 15th of Abib (Unleavened Bread), we remember when Israel DEPARTED out of Egypt.
We also remember on the 15th of Abib (Unleavened Bread), that our Machiach DEPARTED after he died, and went to the lowest parts of the earth, and gave gifts unto men (see Ephesians 4:8-9).
Exodus 12:42 refers to this night of the 15th of Abib as “A NIGHT TO BE MUCH OBSERVED.”
“It is a night to be much observed unto Yah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Yah to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.”
Spring Feast #3 Originally Celebrated on the 18th of Abib:
*Note: In the year that Israel crossed the Red Sea (after a 3-day journey from Egypt), and also in the year that our Machiach died, it happened to be three days after Unleavened Bread. However, First-Fruits does not always fall three days after Unleavened Bread. As previously explained, we are commanded to observe First-Fruits on the first day of the week following the weekly Sabbath that follows the Passover.
Three Days later, on the 18th of Abib, (First-Fruits), we remember that Israel CROSSED OVER from DEATH TO LIFE as they walked across the Yam Cuwph (Sea of Reeds) aka The Red Sea.
They first DESCENDED into the depths of the sea, and then they ASCENDED as they reached the other side to victory and life.
Three days later, on the 18th of Abib, (First-Fruits), we remember that our Machiach CROSSED OVER from DEATH TO LIFE as he TOOK THE KEYS OF DEATH & HELL AWAY FROM THE DEVIL, and then he ASCENDED to the throne in heaven where he presented before the Father, those souls who were his FIRST-FRUITS from among the dead.
Thus he resurrected, and caused others to resurrect with him (see Matthew 27:53-53, Romans 8:23; 16:6; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 4:8-9; Revelation 1:18).
Our Machiach first DESCENDED to the lowest parts of the earth, and then he also ASCENDED to the Father to present his wave sheaf offering of souls as his first-fruits!
One final thought, for those who are still confused:
The 14th of Abib (Passover) is a preparation day, indeed. However, the Feast of Unleavened Bread is inclusive of all eight days (the 14th of Abib through the 21st of Abib is eight days). The Passover Lamb Slaughter is a separate ordinance from the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The slaughter took place in Egypt at the beginning of the 14th---not at the end of the 14th.
Yah designed it to be “between the evenings” (or between the two sunsets on the 14th of Abib). In Hebrew the term is “beyn ha’erebiym” (between the two evenings).
Some people think that this term means “between the morning and evening sacrifice,” and indeed, it does mean this as well---in some cases. However, because of the events of the Exodus in Egypt, we have to conclude that this term “beyn ha’erebiym” (between the evenings) means between the two sunsets on the 14th of Abib. Remember, there was no temple in Egypt, so there was no precedence yet for the “morning and evening sacrifice.”
Why did Yah design it to be this way? Because he knew that later on in history there would be Two Houses of Yisra’el, and they were going to have two evenings for slaughtering in 1st Century Jerusalem.
The Sadducees slaughtered their lambs on the evening of the 14th (just after the sun went down on the 13th). The Pharisees did it just before the sun went down on the 15th, the following evening.
Additionally, each family did a personal lamb slaughter at their homes on the night of the 14th, and then the following night of the 15th, they celebrated at the Temple and did a community Passover Meal.
Yahusha had to eat the Passover Meal the night before he died, otherwise he was in violation of the Torah, and therefore unfit to be the sinless Lamb of The Most High the next day!
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