Some of you may have been taught that Passover is a Jewish Holiday…An Old Testament event that Christians just don’t celebrate.
Many years ago I learned “The Old is in the New contained and the New is in the Old explained. The New Testament is filled with quotes from the Old Testament and the Old Testament offers a prophetic understanding of the New Testament. For instance, If you want to understand what Jesus did for us through His death, burial and resurrection, you ought to include the Old Testament Book of Isaiah in your study…especially, Chapter 53.
Even as a young denominational preacher, Holy Spirit led me to the understanding that the Book of Exodus has much to say to instruct our faith in Jesus and our journey into Christian wholeness and maturity. But, for today, I want to focus on the events of Exodus, Chapters five through twelve. It is in these chapters that Holy Spirt has more recently led me to what I have come to know as The Passover Paradigm.
According to Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary, a paradigm is an example or pattern…an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype. By implication, it can be the original pattern or prototype of something.
It is in this regard that Passover was originally instituted for the benefit of Israel, God’s covenant people. But, now it serves as a template or pattern that is designed to benefit those who have come into covenant relationship with God through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
Some of you may have been taught that Passover is a Jewish Holiday…An Old Testament event that Christians just don’t celebrate.
Many years ago I learned “The Old is in the New contained and the New is in the Old explained. The New Testament is filled with quotes from the Old Testament and the Old Testament offers a prophetic understanding of the New Testament. For instance, If you want to understand what Jesus did for us through His death, burial and resurrection, you ought to include the Old Testament Book of Isaiah in your study…especially, Chapter 53.
Even as a young denominational preacher, Holy Spirit led me to the understanding that the Book of Exodus has much to say to instruct our faith in Jesus and our journey into Christian wholeness and maturity. But, for today, I want to focus on the events of Exodus, Chapters five through twelve. It is in these chapters that Holy Spirt has more recently led me to what I have come to know as The Passover Paradigm.
According to Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary, a paradigm is an example or pattern…an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype. By implication, it can be the original pattern or prototype of something.
It is in this regard that Passover was originally instituted for the benefit of Israel, God’s covenant people. But, now it serves as a template or pattern that is designed to benefit those who have come into covenant relationship with God through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.