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Are you looking for a Christ-Centered Haggadah?  Here are a few of my favorites! 1) This is what I affectionately call "the long version" Haggadah .  I created it in 2021, and to date, that was probably my favorite Passover.  (But let's keep trying, right!?) 2) Because there is a long version, you knew there had to be a "short version" Haggadah , right?  After a few l-o-n-g years 😉, my teenager helped me understand that sometimes a shorter version is just what is needed.   3) If I had all the time in the world, I would use this beautiful (and 40 page!) Haggadah from Torah Resource .  I love the Hebrew recitation, the traditions, and the New Testament connections.  As a matter of fact, I am thinking of pulling a few pages from this Haggadah and meshing it with "the short version" in 2024.  Does that mean we may have a medium version to share next year? 😎😂 4) I am also a big fan of the Haggadah published by Chosen People Ministries (CPM)....

  Passover Then and Now The Four Cups A Light Unto the Nations The New Covenant The Engagement The Four Cups Cup 1 - I will bring you out and deliver you from bondage Exodus 3:7-10 - (heard their cry ~ salt water / making bricks) Exodus 7:14-11:10 - (passes judgements on Egypt ~ plate activity) Exodus 12:30-32; 14:21-22 - (Rise up and go out!) Cup 2 - I will redeem you Exodus 12:3 (take a lamb) Exodus 12:5-8 (blood on doorpost) Exodus 12:12-14 (I will pass over) Exodus 13:1-2 (firstborn are His) Cup 3 - I will take you to Myself as a people Exodus 19:5-6 (a holy nation) Exodus 24:7-8 - (We will obey / Moses sprinkled the blood of the covenant) Cup 4 -  I will bring you into the land Joshua 3:5 (Get ready!) Joshua 3:14-17 (Crossing the Jordan) Joshua 5:13-15 (Commander of The Lord’s army welcomes Joshua into the land) A Light Unto the Nations  Why was Israel preserved?   Isaiah 49:6 - to be a light unto the nations What does Jesus say of Himself? John 8:12 - I am...

  Greetings Dear Friends and Readers! I am currently in preparation mode for this year's Passover and spending time contemplating why it is so important to remember The Passover each year.   I think we can look to what scripture tells us about Israel as "Exhibit A," as they fell into a pattern of forgetfulness and consequences before they ever reached The Promised Land.   I think it is also critical for Christians to realize that Passover is not "just a Jewish holiday."  It is a STORY that transcends.... If we claim to have been saved by "the blood of Jesus Christ," how do we know what that means?  That's Passover verbiage my friends!  Let us not reject learning about and leaning into the depth of our salvation. With that said, may we also not fall into the pattern of forgetfulness, disobedience, and consequences that we read about throughout scripture. We have been released from bondage, Friends.   That's Our Exodus!!  We are meant...

Firstfruit WAVE OFFERING Theory, by Brenda Wilson. I don’t know how I got on this particular trail (other than it being Holy Spirit led), but on January 26, 2024 I happened upon the account in Matthew 27:50-53 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people. NLT My thoughts started racing to Jesus being the firstfruit of the resurrected in 1 Cor 15:20-23 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam...

I had been there once before, so my reaction was a bit unexpected.  As I bowed in prayer, surrounded by a landscape of arid mountains and caves, my head suddenly jerked upward...eyes wide open.... I scrambled through my bag to find a pen and page to write these words: Two Witnesses Two Witnesses -I had been on that trail before.  What did it mean now in this context? This was my experience at Qumran.  You may recall hearing of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Well this is where they were found.  It's a vast desert area south of Jerusalem, where The Essenes, a sect of religious Jewish men, meticulously copied the Bible and carefully stored it away in a system of caves.   Why? I am not able to answer that question, but I do believe that The Holy Spirit must have been involved.  You see, those Dead Sea Scrolls, buried in the caves of Qumran, authenticate the very scriptures we read today.    They are a witness. Did the Essenes know that they had been...

In the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, on the Via Dolorosa, stands a Roman Catholic church bearing the above tiled work of art.   The work is called the 'Mother of Hope' in English and depicts Mary, the Mother of Jesus.  While aesthetically pleasing, I get the distinct feeling that Mary's friends and neighbors in Nazareth would have a hard time recognizing her.  I think in the Christian world, it can be much the same with Jesus.  As a Christian, do I represent Jesus in a way that His friends and neighbors would have recognized Him?   I found myself thinking about that during my time in Israel.   Paul speaks of provoking his Jewish brothers to jealousy for their salvation  in  Romans 11 . But how can that happen, if our Jewish brothers do not recognize the way we represent Jesus...Yeshua? What changes are we willing to make to better represent Jesus...Yeshua to His own kinsmen? What changes am I willing to make in order to more authenti...