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April 29, 2016
This is a potluck Oneg. Please bring something to share with other at dinner. Again no yeast or leaven.
The Seventh Night of Pesach
Mishtei Ha’Mshich- Messiah Banquet.
Exodus 12:16 On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.
The week of Passover begins with the Seder meal, at which we commemorate the Exodus and our Salvation in Yeshua. It ends on the seventh day and is “crowned”, as it were, with a special meal at which we celebrate the full and final Redemption when the Risen Messiah returns and is crowned as King in our Father’s Kingdom.
The Israelites left Egypt on the first night of Passover and the miraculous parting of the Red Sea and the overcoming of Pharaoh’s army happened on the seventh day. It was then that Moses made the first proclamation of the Kingship of God recorded in Scripture: “YHVH-Adonai yimloch le’olam va’ed! The LORD will reign for ever and ever" (Exodus 15:18).
Therefore, it is fitting to conclude the week with a joyous occasion. We again crown Yeshua as Lord of our lives and celebrate with anticipation his glorious coronation as King of kings and the establishing of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven.
The seventh night of the Week of Unleavened Bread is called Acharon shel Pesach – The Last Day of Passover. Just as the Shabbat crowns the week, so this seventh day crowns Passover. It brings the appointed time to a beautiful completion and it is therefore fitting to celebrate it with a special meal, as we do on Shabbat.
We are in a time of history where we are awaiting the return of Messiah Yeshua. It has been 2000 years since He died and rose from the dead, and we await his return.
The Banquet of Messiah is a strong theme throughout Jewish literature, and the scriptures.
Isaiah 25:6-8 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
On Shabbat we experience a taste of the eternal “day that will be all Shabbat” all peace and joy in our Father’s presence. Likewise, on this seventh day of Passover we anticipate and celebrate the crowning of Messiah and his glorious reign as King of kings.
Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. 9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Passover is the time of Shir ha’Shirim, the Song of Songs, the love story that culminates in a wedding feast. The coronation of the King is also his wedding banquet – the wedding supper of the Lamb! How much more, as his betrothed bride do we eagerly await the return of our Beloved? We read in Matthew’s gospel:
Matthew 25:6-10 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut
Revelation 19:9 And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."We celebrate with joy as we eagerly anticipate the arrival of our Bridegroom and prepare to take our place at the wedding banquet as the Bride of Messiah.