Chapter 57: Working out Your Salvation/Exaltation – Part 2

​Spring Feasts
The overall theme of the Spring Feasts is Yehovah restoring His relationship with His people – descendants of Abraham, which also included a mixed multitude of Gentiles. The Spring Feasts include Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First fruits.

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Spring Feasts
Passover
Passover commemorates Israel’s deliverance from bondage.
 
Unleavened Bread
The traditional view of Unleavened Bread is to get sin out of one’s life. But I believe a better understanding is to experience an existence without life realized through God and His law. Yeast is a living organism that causes bread to rise and gives it a fullness of flavor, which is absent in Unleavened Bread.
 
First Fruits
God requires that we dedicate the first of everything to Him. Our crops, our animals, and our firstborn sons to God’s service. We can also acknowledge here that the Messiah/Christ is the first fruit of the resurrection.
 

Passover and the Melchizedek Priesthood
Since the Melchizedek Priesthood with Israel wasn’t revoked until their sin with the golden calf, we are going to observe the Passover through the lens of the Melchizedek Priesthood and integrate elements of the Melchizedek Priesthood in with our Passover observance.
 
Venue
Passover should be held with individuals and families – it is not a community event.
 
Father’s Preside and Conduct
When we look at the Passover, we see elements of priesthood and kingship centered in the father of the home. Father’s sacrificed a male lamb – priesthood. Father’s applied the lamb’s blood to the doorposts – kingship. The father as king and priest of his home should preside and conduct the Passover service. Fathers are to be the lead reader of the Passover service.
 
Fathers should wear a dress jacket, sit at the head of the table, and display the Seal of the Melchizedek Priesthood - that the Passover service is being held under the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood. The Seal of the Melchizedek Priesthood is comprised of the Star of David representing the Law of God; the symbol for the Melchizedek Priesthood – two offset squares - representing priesthood and kingship; and the circle representing the eternal nature of the Law and the Melchizedek Priesthood – Hebrews 7:3.

Single sisters without men can display the Seal to indicate that the service is being held under the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
 

Covenants in the Passover
We can integrate three covenants with our Passover service from the 12th chapter of Exodus.
 
Abrahamic Covenant – God’s chosen people. Exodus 12:48
Messianic Covenant – Yeshua’s salvation from eternal physical death – Exodus 12:3,5,6
Threshold Covenant – kingship – Exodus 12:7
 
Sealing the Covenant – consuming a meal in connection with covenants represented the sealing of the covenant – usually pledging one’s life to defend and uphold the covenant. We see this kind of symbolism with the sacrament of bread and wine.
 

The Coming of Elijah
A place is set at the Passover table recognizing the coming of Elijah or God's Endtime Servant who will turn Israel back to the Law - Malachi 4:4-6; restore all things - Matthew 17:11; and preach the Everlasting Gospel - Revelations 14:6.
 
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Passover Program (Haggadah)
Supplied for your use is a Haggadah that integrates the elements indicated above. To shorten the duration, you can eliminate parts of the program.

To be posted in the next couple of days.