For thousands of years Israel & her offspring have celebrated Passover (Their deliverance from Egyptian Slavery [Ex. 12: 22]).

Some 2000 years ago Yeshua (Jesus Christ) became our Passover sacrifice (I Cor. 5:7) [Deliverance for all who believe in him, from the slavery of bondage to sin and this world, just as it was in the beginning, Ex.12:22; Heb 11:28] that we might enter into a relationship with God through Jesus, knowing he has cleansed us and set us apart for his use. (Psm. 4:3; Heb. 10:22)

Over time the division between Judaism with Christianity has become so prominent that, we Christians have almost lost the link between  what we call “ Good Friday” and Passover; We forget that the Passover Seder celebrated by Jews was the last supper shared by Yeshua (Jesus) and his disciples in Jerusalem. The symbolism of the Passover Seder is rich toward all that Jesus accomplished and what is written about in the New Testament, it points to the “Passion of the Christ” the Lamb that was slain. At the first passover those who believed were saved from death by the sprinkling of blood on their homes, likewise, we are saved by the Sprinkling of the blood of Yeshua; the Matzos (bread of affliction) Yeshua (Jesus) was afflicted (Isa 53:7; Matt 16:21) He is our bread (John 6:48), in the Jewish Seder the bread is put into a bag with 3 pouches, the middle one(called Aphikomen)  is removed, broken and hidden, later to be found and used, that is so prophetic of the suffering servant Jesus, who would be in the grave 3 days and on the third day Rise again (Mat. 12:39; Jonah 1:17)! The Passover Haggadah is also forward looking to Messiah with a cup of wine reserved for Elijah the coming prophet who will prepare the way for the Messiah (Mal. 4:5), for Christians this is the fulfillment of John the Baptist (Mat. 11:14) and also the equivalent of Rev 11:3 where God sends 2 witness who will preach 3.5 years, before Christ’s return, Elijah is thought to be one of those witnesses.

So this year as we celebrate this Season of Passover, let us keep our Seders (the order of things) (1Co 5:8) remembering the history from whence we’ve come and the promise of what is coming!  Resurrection Sunday!

I have been blessed with the privilege of assisting my daughter, by being her day care provider! One of my Grand daughter’s favorite  games to play is Hide and go Seek, which is typical of most 3 year olds, She is now old enough to hide herself and Grammy has to find her. Now, what makes this game so unique of an experience at least for Grammy, is that; my Grand
 daughter needs my help to get into the Closet in which she has chosen to hide, so she asks me “Grammy you want to play Hide and seek”? “Open the door for me” and as I do, she commands me “ go and count and find me” all the while I know exactly where she is. Off I go and count to 10 or more and I always say, “ Here I come ready or not”!
As I come around the corner I say something like “Where are you, where could you be, you were here just a minute ago”? And  invariably the closet door swings wide open and she jumps out, yelling in her  little -three -year old giggling voice, “ Here I am”! or “Surprise”! Her eyes
 glisten with joy, her body barely contains her excitement as she queries “You wanna go again”? And of course we play until she’s done playing! 
        Playing Hide and go seek with her reminds me of what I call the first game of Hide and seek, which wasn’t really a game, it occurred in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve hid themselves from God, (after eating of the forbidden fruit and realizing their nakedness), when God came to spend time with them, he  already knew what they had done and where they  hid. The problem was, their actions damaged their perspective of  God and his love for them as well  their relationship with each other and so being afraid  and ashamed of themselves, they hid. Adam and Eve didn’t jump out and shout “Surprise” or “It’s us"! when they heard God's voice call them  (If God were human that could have been quite the surprise) 
    Most of us have hidden from God or our friends and family out of fear at least once in our lives. This type of response, either, shows an already dysfunctional relationship and or continues to damage the relationship we desire to have. What’s so awesome about this story is that God didn’t walk away from Adam and Eve; there were consequences to their choices but God stayed through it all. I’d like to be more like God in those circumstances when my friends
 hide on me, to be able to seek them out and be willing to restore our relationship. How about you?

This week while making bread, things were going along
just fine, however as I was adding that last ingredient into the bread machine,
  things changed, as I placed the yeast on the counter suddenly yeast was all
  over the place! (“Oh no, not again”). 23 hours earlier: I decided the
  make bread for our Hebrew class (a little end of year party) and I needed to
  open a new package of yeast, I noticed the package was too small to contain the
  yeast once opened so I decided to pour it into another container. Upon emptying
  the new yeast into the new container, the container moved and yeast went
  everywhere!  “Damn what a massive
mess”I said. I cleaned and cleaned, vacuumed, cleaned some more and thought; “ I
got it all”! Pleased with my accomplishment I continued on with my day



Present Day: How did this happen again? Yesterday
I cleaned so carefully, what had I missed? a hole in the container? Upon careful
  inspection of the current mess, I realized yeast spores had clung to the
  outside of the new yeast container. Their color blended in with the container.



You see I was so careful in cleaning the counter, the
draws, the floor, and the cupboards that I had missed the primary source of the
mess, the yeast container itself.


Life often imitates messes!


Paul talks about deception in Galatians chapter 5 and in
  verse 9 he says a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.


I now have a new perspective of this scripture, the
typical bread illustrations are good, but they don’t really get down to how
destructive and messy deception can be, either in an individual, family or in a
corporation such as a church.


A person, family or corporation can clean up mess after
mess and maintain a decent image, but those little spores of deception are
hiding, lurking in corners, and crevasses, biding their time for the day in
which they can cause another mess. Maybe not today or tomorrow but someday and
soon!  So it seems to me that the
next time we’re in a mess we need to seek God’s wisdom as to where the mess
began and cleanup the source as well as the periphery.