How to celebrate Passover?

I am writing this text because of inquiries in the comments, and I have never celebrated Passover myself, and therefore during the actual writing or rather searching for materials, I will find out for myself how it should look like.

Passover takes place tonight and coincides with both the Sabbath and the pagan rituals of Easter, which makes a big difference if someone wants to celebrate it at the last minute without prior planning.

 

How will I do it?

 

Passover is a time to tell the story of Passover and God's rescue of His people from Egyptian slavery. So I am going to read the passage about the exodus from Egypt and the ones that talk about the Last Supper.

 

I also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians are holding captive, and I remembered my covenant. (6) Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will deliver you by an outstretched arm and by great judgments.

Exodus 6: 5-6

 

Although the Passover sacrifice is done, we still observe the leaven established in Exodus. Miało to przypomnieć, jak uciekliśmy z Egiptu – w pośpiechu, bez czasu, by pozwolić chlebowi urosnąć.

 

Why is this night different from other nights?

 

Tonight is different because we remember that the Israelites as we are today were slaves in Egypt under Pharaoh, and our God brought us out by the strength and power of His hand," If God had not brought us out, we would still be slaves.

The current Pharaoh is the Pope and we have spiritually escaped him, so it would be nonsense to celebrate like Rome Sol Invictus or Easter on the same days (Sunday-Monday).

This year they uniquely coincide on Saturday. But the Passover holiday has two days off (the first and seventh), not three days in a row.

 

 

Every year during Passover there are those who speak of removing the "yeast" from our lives , kiedy prawdziwym słowem jest „zaczyn” … który reprezentuje grzech. A grzech, jak wszyscy wiemy, rośnie, gdy pozwoli się zakorzenić w naszym życiu. Grzech żywi się samym sobą i prowadzi do innych grzechów. To „zakwas” … i dlatego powstrzymujemy się od jedzenia czegokolwiek zakwaszonego przez 7 dni – tylko po to, by zadowolić Boga Ojca, który używa święta Paschy, po części, jako przypomnienie, że JEGO ludzie mają być wolni od grzechu. I oczywiście najważniejszą rzeczą w Paschy jest pamiętanie, że nie mielibyśmy życia wiecznego, gdyby nie męczeńska śmierć samego YJezusa w naszym imieniu ….. Zapłacił dług, którego nie był winien, z powodu długu, którego nie mogliśmy zapłacić!

 

 

The similarity of the situation of Christ-followers and Israelites:

 

• Niewolnictwo – Ograniczony przez swoją niewolę, naród izraelski był własnością faraona. Tam była Isis a tutaj Maryja. Zostaliśmy od tego uwolnieni.
• Cuda – Bóg spowodował zdumiewające, nadprzyrodzone wydarzenia, które miały miejsce w procesie ratowania Jego ludu. Te cuda ukazywały moc Boga jako większą niż ta faraona i świadczyli, że jest jedynym prawdziwym Bogiem. Kiedy chrzczę ludzi uprzedzam ich, że od teraz zaczną się ataki, które będą próbą wiary. Jednak Bóg ratuje z tych opresji podczas ucieczki z Egiptu.
• Ofiara – Baranek paschalny został złożony w ofierze, aby jego krew, rozłożona na odrzwiach i nadprożach każdego izraelskiego domu, zapewniła osłonę niezbędną do uniknięcia śmierci wszystkich pierworodnych w Egipcie. Z powodu krwi baranka naród izraelski w Egipcie został ocalony od śmierci. My natomiast jesteśmy uratowani od śmierci drugiej dzięki ofierze Jezusa jako Baranka bez skazy.

 

 

• Niewola  grzechu – byliśmy niewolnikami grzechu, niezdolni do zadowolenia Boga lub spełnienia Jego standardu sprawiedliwości. Nie mogliśmy mieć społeczności z Nim z powodu naszego grzechu.
• Służba Cudów – Jezus czynił niezliczone cuda podczas swojej służby na ziemi. Świadczą one, że Jezus ma zarówno moc, jak i władzę, aby pokonać grzech i uwolnić nas od jego panowania nad nami.
• Ofiara – krew Jezusa została sprowadzona do niebiańskiej Świątyni, aby raz na zawsze dokonać przebłagania za nasz grzech. Jego śmierć ofiarowała nam Jego odkupienie. Dzięki przelanej krwi mamy odkupienie od naszego grzechu. Jego życie, dane za nas, wyprowadza nas ze śmierci i do życia w Nim.
• Uwolnieni do nowego życia – mając życie w Mesjaszu, jesteśmy uwolnieni z niewoli grzechu i uwolnieni do chodzenia w nowości życia i społeczności z Bogiem (Rzymian 6: 4). „Gdyby Bóg nas nie wyprowadził, nadal bylibyśmy niewolnikami”.

 

 

"Bread at the Lord's Supper. Recipe for unleavened bread.

1) What bread should be at the Lord's Supper?

Simultaneously with the Passover the Feast of Unleavened Bread began, during which for 7 days it was forbidden to eat anything leavened, i.e. leavened bread. This order concerned both the feast of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

2 Genesis 12:3-11 "(3) Speak to the whole congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month shall each one take a lamb for his family, a lamb for his house. (4) And if the family is too small for one lamb, let him choose the neighbor living nearest to his house according to the number of people; according to how much each can eat, count the people for one lamb. (5) It is to be a lamb without blemish, a male one year old. It may be a lamb or a goat. (6) You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregation of the church of Israel shall kill it at twilight. (7) And they shall take of its blood, and anoint both the doorjambs and the lintel of the houses where they eat it. ( They shall eat its meat roasted on the fire during that night; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. (9) Eat nothing of it raw or boiled in water, but only roast it in the fire whole: the head together with the legs and the middle parts. (10) Leave nothing of it until morning, and if anything is left of it until morning, burn it in the fire. (11) And this is how you shall eat it: your loins shall be girded, sandals on your feet, and a staff in your hand. You shall eat it in haste. It is a paschal offering to the Lord."

2 Genesis 12:15 "(15) For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove the leaven from your houses, for anyone who eats what is leavened from the first to the seventh day shall be removed from Israel."

2 Genesis 12:19-20 "(19) For seven days there shall be no leaven in your houses; for everyone who eats leavened bread shall be removed from the community of Israel, whether a sojourner or a native. (20) You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread."

The Lord's Supper was instituted during Passover, or the Last Supper. Jesus and the apostles ate unleavened bread at that time.

Mt. 26:17 "(17) And on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked: Where do you want us to prepare the Passover supper for you?"

Lk. 22:7 "(7) And the day of Unleavened Bread came, when the Passover lamb should have been offered."

1 Corinthians 11:23-24 "(23) For I took over from the Lord what I handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night he was delivered took bread, (24) and having given thanks, broke it and said: Take, eat; this is my body given up for you; this do in remembrance of me."

Another fact that indicates to us that unleavened bread should be used in the Lord's Supper is that it was broken, not sliced or broken.

Mt. 26:26 "(26) And while they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body."

1 Corinthians 11:23-24 "(23) For I took over from the Lord what I handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night he was delivered took bread, (24) and having given thanks, broke it and said: Take, eat; this is my body given up for you; this do in remembrance of me."

2) What flour and ingredients should be used for the bread at the Lord's Supper?

Unleavened bread during Passover, but not only, was baked from the best flour. Whole-wheat flour was used in Israel. White flour as it is often used nowadays has been known for 200 years, and before that it was found only in Egypt (1 Genesis 40:16-17), where the flour was also purified and deprived of its most valuable ingredient - fiber. We also know that white flour will not leaven, and since all leaven was to be removed and only what was unleavened was left, this indicates that whole wheat flour was used for bread. In addition to the best flour, olive oil and salt were also used for unleavened bread.

So we have these ingredients:
– mąka pszenna pełnoziarnista
– woda
– oliwa z oliwek
– sól

Some believe that unleavened bread should be made from wheat flour and water alone. However, there are passages below that indicate that olive oil and salt were also used in unleavened bread.

2 Genesis 29:1-2.23 "(1) And this is how you shall deal with them when you consecrate them as my priests: You shall take one young bullock and two rams without blemish, (2) and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes leavened with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You shall make them of the finest wheat flour. (...)(23) And one loaf of bread, and one pancake leavened with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord."

3 Genesis 2:4-5 "(4) But if you wish to offer as a food offering that which is baked in the oven, let it be unleavened dough of the fore flour leavened with oil and thin unleavened cakes anointed with oil. (5) And if your offering is to be an offering of food fried in a pan, let it be an unleavened cake of fore flour leavened with oil."

3 Genesis 7:12-13 "(12) If he offers it as a sacrifice of thanksgiving, he shall offer at this slaughter sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes leavened with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; cakes leavened with oil from the flour of the front. (13) With the cakes he shall offer at the thanksgiving sacrifice of atonement as his offering leavened bread."

3 Genesis 8:26 "(26) and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, one bread leavened with oil, and one wafer, and laid them on these fats and on his right shoulder."

3 Maccabees 2:11-13 "(11) No offering of food to be offered to the LORD shall be made on acid; for nothing leavened or honey ye may offer as a fire offering to the LORD. (12) You may offer them to the LORD as a firstfruits offering, but you may not lay them on the altar to be changed into a pleasant fragrance. (13) You shall salt every one of your food offerings; you shall not deprive any of your food offerings of the salt of the covenant of your God. At every one of thy offerings thou shalt also offer salt."

4 Genesis 6:14-15 "(14) He shall offer as a sacrifice to the LORD one lamb of the year without blemish for a burnt offering, one lamb of the year without blemish for a sin offering, one ram without blemish for a sacrifice of atonement, (15) a basket of unleavened bread of antediluvian flour, cakes leavened with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, together with their food offering and their liquid offering."

1 Kings. 17:11-16 "(11) And while she was going to fetch, he called out to her still: Bring me also, please, a piece of bread. (12) But she answered: As the Lord thy God liveth, that I have nothing baked, but only a handful of flour in a jug, and a little oil in a tumbler. Behold, I am just gathering some wood, then I will go and prepare it for myself and my son, and when we eat it, I think we will die. (13) But Elijah said to her: Fear not! Go and do as you say, but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and you shall make it for yourself and your son later. (14) For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, The flour in the pot shall not run dry, The oil in the basin shall not run dry, Until the day that the LORD rains upon the earth. (15) So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and they had something to eat, she and he and her family, day by day. (16) The flour in the pot did not run out, the oil in the bubble did not run out, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke through Elijah."

Job 6:6 "(6) Can you eat what is saltless and bland, or does egg white have any flavor?"

3) What does the unleavened bread used at the Lord's Supper symbolize?

Unleavened bread is called the bread of misery:

5 Mojż. 16,2-3 „(2) Złożysz na ofiarę paschalną dla Pana, Boga twego, owce i bydło, w miejscu, które Pan wybierze na mieszkanie dla imienia swego. (3) Nie będziesz przy niej jadł zakwaszonego ciasta przez siedem dni. Będziesz jadł przy niej przaśniki – chleb nędzy, gdyż w pośpiechu wyszedłeś z ziemi egipskiej – abyś pamiętał dzień twego wyjścia z ziemi egipskiej przez wszystkie dni twojego życia.”

– chleb przaśny to chleb nędzy, płaski nie wyrośnięty, abyśmy pamiętali i wspominali przy każdej Wieczerzy, że w pośpiechu wyszliśmy z tego świata, chleb ten ma nam też przypominać dzień naszego wyjścia z królestwa ciemności oraz czyste Słowo Boże które przyjęliśmy (5 Mojż. 16,2-3)

– ziarno to symbol Słowa Bożego (Łk. 8,11)

– woda to symbol życia (1 Mojż. 1,2; 2,10; J. 4,14; 7,37-38)

– oliwa to symbol Ducha Świętego (Ps. 133,2; Iz. 61,1; Mt. 25,1-13; Łk. 4,18; Dz. 2,4.17-18; 4,27; Hbr. 1,9)

– chleb przaśny symbolizuje więc czyste Słowo Boże ożywione w nas przez Ducha Świętego, a więc Słowo bez kwasu, bez dodatków i naleciałości (5 Mojż. 4,2; 13,1; Mk. 7,6-9; Obj. 22,18-19)

– zakwas to nauka faryzeuszy, to tradycja, formy, skostnienie, naleciałości (Mt. 16,6.11-12)

– może być dobra tradycja, ale co jakiś czas trzeba zawsze konfrontować ją i sprawdzać ze Słowem, podobnie i w Izraelu raz w roku pozbywano się wszelkiego zakwasu i spożywano tylko chleb przaśny, a później wszelki zakwas na pieczywo tworzono od nowa (Dz. 17,10-11; 2 Kor. 13,5)

– przaśniki to szczerość i prawda, kwas to złość i niegodziwość, musimy usunąć duchowy kwas (1 Kor. 5,6-

– chleb przaśny wskazuje także na bezgrzeszne ciało Jezusa (J. 6,27.35)

Recipe for unleavened bread (scones, unleavened bread)

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour (type 1850 or 2000)

1/2 cup olive oil (Extra Virgin)

1/2 cup cold water

1/2 teaspoon salt

Performance:

Płynne składniki miksujemy w blenderze, aż do momentu uzyskania białej (lekko zielonkawej) emulsji o wyglądzie śmietany. Następnie wlewamy ten płyn do przygotowanej mąki i solimy. Całość mieszamy przy pomocy drewnianej łyżki, a potem zagniatamy ręką, wałkujemy na grubość ok. 1 cm, nakłuwamy widelcem i pieczemy w nagrzanym do 180 – 200 st. C piekarniku (można piec na termoobiegu – trzeba sprawdzać czy ciasto się zarumienia i uważać, by nie przypalić) po ok. 10-15 minut z każdej strony. Po upieczeniu nakrywamy ściereczką i czekamy aż podpłomyki ostygną.”

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Jezus symbolicznie utożsamiał swoje ciało z tym chlebem – tak jak został złamany, byłby „zmiażdżony, złamany  za nasze winy” ( Izajasz 53: 5

 

“Lecz on był zraniony za nasze występki, starty za nasze nieprawości. Kara dla naszego pokoju była na nim, a jego ranami zostaliśmy uzdrowieni. ”

 

 

Customs. The Israelites were in the habit of  hunt for leaven that day 🙂

Hunting was done by candlelight at night. Over time, this evolved into spring cleaning, which may also be related to leaven. After all, dirt also symbolizes sin.

 

Other than prayer, Scripture readings, and unleavened bread, what can you do on this day?

Na pewno Pascha nie jest li tylko obrzędem, ceremonią mającą na celu utwierdzenie w religijności i uczynkach. Pomodlę się, odczytam upiekę i amen…Nie. To jest czas na zbadanie samego siebie i o tym nagram daj Boże dzisiaj filmik. Będzie długi i będzie się długo wgrywał, ale może zdążę przed zmrokiem.