Daily Bible Portion (Friday)
Daily Bible Portion – 6 of 7
"COME"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 10:1-13:16, Jeremiah 46:13-28, Luke 2:22-24, John 19:31-37)
Sabbaths carry the anointing to bless and to sanctify (Genesis 2:3). Yahweh is eager to impart this consecration to Israel His Bride especially on this night. So important was this to Him that He warned His people,
Seven days represents a personal consecration period for believers. The Israelites had come from living in the realm of death (world system); they needed to be redeemed from the realm of death to the realm of life (Yahweh's system). In the obedience to the command to not eat leavened puffy bread for seven days came a cleansing of not only the physical body but, of the heart and mind also. It was to be an eternal observance to all Israel and future generations – us included. This eternal feast is prophetic preparation of the end time’s redemption of the Bride of Yeshua. These feast day observances are for believers, not as works for salvation purposes but for the pursuit of holiness and sanctification.
Ephesians 5:26-27 Yeshua gave Himself up for His Bride “to make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant ekklesia (assembly), without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”
The commandment to celebrate Passover and Unleavened Bread is still in place today as the Scripture says,
Exodus 12:17 “Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.”
Yeshua’s blood redeems the Bride, but it is up to the Bride to prepare herself according to the instructions given her.
The Passover and seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread is the first step in the preparation of the Bride for her wedding. Of Yahweh’s feasts/moadim, the spring feasts are the prophetic steps that bring the Bride into a betrothal relationship with her Bridegroom. This is why we continue to observe them each year; they are dress rehearsals for the Bride in preparation for her wedding day. We are fitting and clothing ourselves with the imperishable.
Seven days represents a cleansing or consecration ceremony. As a royal priesthood of Yeshua, may we desire to participate with passion in the Passover and this Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 8:33; 1 Peter 1:9-16; 1Peter 2:9: Exodus 19:5-6).
The Exodus
(Exodus 12:37- 42, 51)
After plundering Egypt, the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, and with them their women and children. Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all of Yahweh’s divisions (all twelve tribes) left Egypt. Yahweh kept vigil that night to bring His people out of Egypt (Galatians 3:17).
Who May Eat the Passover?
(Exodus 12:43-49)
Yahweh lists the people who may eat the Passover meal. He alone knows the hearts of man and not all are eligible to partake in the Passover meal.
Circumcision
There is some debate among believers today whether or not to allow a physically uncircumcised believer to partake in the Passover dinner. Paul/Rabbi Saul settled the argument for us. Of the great Messianic leaders traveling with Paul at the time, Timothy was circumcised and Titus, Paul’s fellow worker, was uncircumcised (Galatians 2:3). Both Timothy and Titus had circumcised hearts and both were in Covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Each year both men joined other believers to celebrate and eat the Passover together.
The story of Hezekiah, in 2 Chronicles 30:1-31:1 sets the example for us to follow when considering Passover guests. The King of Judah, Hezekiah, sent invitations to the Southern Kingdom, the House of Judah and to the Northern Kingdom, House of Israel inviting all twelve tribes to celebrate the Passover in Jerusalem. Since many priests (Kohath Levites) had not consecrated themselves, the Levites (Gershon and Merari Levites) had to kill the Passover lambs on their behalf. Many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves (they were uncircumcised), yet they ate the Passover as they were part of the Covenant of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Hezekiah prayed on their behalf…
2 Chronicles 30:18-20 “For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun [the Northern Kingdom, House of Israel], had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, ‘May the good LORD provide atonement for everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.’ And Yahweh listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.”
continues tomorrow...
"COME"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 10:1-13:16, Jeremiah 46:13-28, Luke 2:22-24, John 19:31-37)
Sabbaths carry the anointing to bless and to sanctify (Genesis 2:3). Yahweh is eager to impart this consecration to Israel His Bride especially on this night. So important was this to Him that He warned His people,
Exodus 12:15 “For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.”
Seven days represents a personal consecration period for believers. The Israelites had come from living in the realm of death (world system); they needed to be redeemed from the realm of death to the realm of life (Yahweh's system). In the obedience to the command to not eat leavened puffy bread for seven days came a cleansing of not only the physical body but, of the heart and mind also. It was to be an eternal observance to all Israel and future generations – us included. This eternal feast is prophetic preparation of the end time’s redemption of the Bride of Yeshua. These feast day observances are for believers, not as works for salvation purposes but for the pursuit of holiness and sanctification.
Ephesians 5:26-27 Yeshua gave Himself up for His Bride “to make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant ekklesia (assembly), without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”
The commandment to celebrate Passover and Unleavened Bread is still in place today as the Scripture says,
Exodus 12:17 “Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.”
Yeshua’s blood redeems the Bride, but it is up to the Bride to prepare herself according to the instructions given her.
“Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready” (Revelation 19:7).
The Passover and seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread is the first step in the preparation of the Bride for her wedding. Of Yahweh’s feasts/moadim, the spring feasts are the prophetic steps that bring the Bride into a betrothal relationship with her Bridegroom. This is why we continue to observe them each year; they are dress rehearsals for the Bride in preparation for her wedding day. We are fitting and clothing ourselves with the imperishable.
1 Corinthians 15:53 says, “For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
Seven days represents a cleansing or consecration ceremony. As a royal priesthood of Yeshua, may we desire to participate with passion in the Passover and this Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 8:33; 1 Peter 1:9-16; 1Peter 2:9: Exodus 19:5-6).
The Exodus
(Exodus 12:37- 42, 51)
After plundering Egypt, the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, and with them their women and children. Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all of Yahweh’s divisions (all twelve tribes) left Egypt. Yahweh kept vigil that night to bring His people out of Egypt (Galatians 3:17).
Who May Eat the Passover?
(Exodus 12:43-49)
Yahweh lists the people who may eat the Passover meal. He alone knows the hearts of man and not all are eligible to partake in the Passover meal.
•The first category mentioned lists people who are not to eat the Passover dinner. They are: a foreigner, a temporary resident or a hired worker. Individuals who do not desire to serve or have a relationship with the God Israel.
•The second category lists people who may eat the Passover. They are: all slaves, aliens and native born who desire to serve and walk in the ways of Yahweh. They are those with circumcised hearts who put aside their own desires to embrace and follow after the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and have entered into a Covenant relationship with Him by faith.
•The second category lists people who may eat the Passover. They are: all slaves, aliens and native born who desire to serve and walk in the ways of Yahweh. They are those with circumcised hearts who put aside their own desires to embrace and follow after the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and have entered into a Covenant relationship with Him by faith.
Circumcision
There is some debate among believers today whether or not to allow a physically uncircumcised believer to partake in the Passover dinner. Paul/Rabbi Saul settled the argument for us. Of the great Messianic leaders traveling with Paul at the time, Timothy was circumcised and Titus, Paul’s fellow worker, was uncircumcised (Galatians 2:3). Both Timothy and Titus had circumcised hearts and both were in Covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Each year both men joined other believers to celebrate and eat the Passover together.
The story of Hezekiah, in 2 Chronicles 30:1-31:1 sets the example for us to follow when considering Passover guests. The King of Judah, Hezekiah, sent invitations to the Southern Kingdom, the House of Judah and to the Northern Kingdom, House of Israel inviting all twelve tribes to celebrate the Passover in Jerusalem. Since many priests (Kohath Levites) had not consecrated themselves, the Levites (Gershon and Merari Levites) had to kill the Passover lambs on their behalf. Many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves (they were uncircumcised), yet they ate the Passover as they were part of the Covenant of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Hezekiah prayed on their behalf…
2 Chronicles 30:18-20 “For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun [the Northern Kingdom, House of Israel], had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, ‘May the good LORD provide atonement for everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.’ And Yahweh listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.”
continues tomorrow...