Beth Simcha

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. Monday April 22, 2024 14th day of the 1st month Nisan 5784 Leviticus 23:4-8 “These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD’s Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.” Jim's comments As I write this at 7:15 our time it is 5:15PM in Jerusalem and they are all getting ready to start their Passover/Pesach Seder Dinners. Things are different in Israel than the last few years because of the horrific attack by Hamas on the Jewish people living in Israel. But even with that in mind, families will still be keeping Pesach. Most of you are familiar with the events of Pesach, the deliverance from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea and appearing before the Lord at Mt. Sinai so I’m not going into details of that. These feast is one of God’s appointed times. These are not just the feasts of Israel, they are the appointed feasts of the LORD. I wasn’t born Jewish and yet, for the last 33 year or more, Judy and I have been keeping these feasts. Why? Because it says to do so in the scripture. But many say, no, we don’t have to keep these, didn’t Yeshua abolish the law, the Torah? Didn’t Paul says we don’t need to follow these anymore? 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Messiah, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Notice, therefore, celebrate the festival. He is telling them and us to celebrate the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. Yeshua is our Passover Lamb; He is the One who redeemed us. Tonight, many will be celebrating Passover, and this year I hope and pray that all of us pray that those living in Israel may have a peaceful and joyful Passover. I pray that all of us keeping Passover and having a seder tonight will have a meaningful seder dinner and experience the presence of the Lord this evening. . . . . . .

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Jim and Judy Rickard

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