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Tell the Story - We explain why is this night different from every other night
Ex 12:24-27
"Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' then tell them, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.'"
NIV
God is Telling us to Tell the Story of our Deliverance. He is telling us to tell our children, the next generation, how we were saved from slavery to sin by the blood of the Lamb, by being willing to eat bread made in haste, and do as He asks.
Rev 12:11
They overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death. NIV
And it is the same all the way until the end. Part of the plan of God for the deliverance of mankind is OUR testimony. There is tremendous power in our telling of how God delivered us. It is a specific instruction to tell our stories of deliverance as part of the Passover Feast.
Jewish believers celebrate Passover with a special family meal called the Seder (say-dur). "Seder" means "order", it is an ordered meal full of fascinating traditions.
GET A BELIEVER'S SEDER - now (Printable Adobe File - requires Free Adobe Reader)and GUIDE (coming soon)
There are many traditions that speak of our Messiah Jesus even though those practicing the traditions may have no knowledge of their Messianic significance. During the meal they read through a scripted account of Israel's deliverance from Egypt; this is called the "Haggadah" which means "Telling." There are many versions and styles of "Haggadah" that have been developed over time, but they all tell the same story.
For more on this subject see: A Haggadah for Believers in Messiah (coming soon)
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