The following is a compiled Passover Seder. You will find many variations of a Passover Seder. This one combines two different ones in an effort to create the richest experience and teaching opportunity as possible. Seders can be short, or hours long.

Review the following and accommodate to your needs. The most important thing is that it is done in a way where you and your loved ones are able to participate in a way that teaches the story and spiritual truths regarding Passover.

Note: There may be some errors, as I was in a hurry to complete this in time for this year’s Passover. If you find errors or have questions, let me know or comment below.

What is Passover?

Originally found in Exodus 12, reading it is required to understand Passover!
One of the 3 pilgrimage festivals: passover, shavuot, sukkot
A pilgrimage festival means the men* of Israel are to travel to Jerusalem to the temple for it. (Deuteronomy 16:16). Jesus participated as well (Luke 2:41, John 7, John 10:22)
*“Despite this omission, women did have the same religious and spiritual obligations as men in offering personal sacrifices for thanksgiving and the expiation of sins.” -myjewishlearning.com

Passover:

Includes the first fruits of the barley harvest
Passover is actually a sacrifice, not a holiday. It ushers in the feast of firstfruits.
Jesus was buried during the “Feast of Unleavened Bread.”, and his body did not see decay (Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:25-28, Acts 13:34-37), leaven is removed from homes and represents sin and corruption, which Jesus had neither.
Jesus was crucified as the passover lamb and rose at the feast of firstfruits, as the “firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” (1 Corinthians 15:20-23)
- “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.”

Shavuot:

Starts 50 days after the feast of firstfruits
Also known as Pentecost
Celebration of the first fruits of the wheat harvest
When gathering from your field, leave the corners and don’t gather anything that was left behind. Leave it for the poor and the strangers.

Sukkot:

A time of remembering the 40-year journey through the wilderness, where God provided for the people of Israel.
Solomon’s Temple was dedicated to the Lord at this time (1 Kings 8:2)
At this time the Israelites who had returned to rebuild the temple, gathered together to hear Ezra proclaim the word of God to them, which resulted in repentance and revival (Nehemiah 8).
Five days after Day of Atonement.
First fruits of the olive and grape harvests

4 “These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,[a] is the Lord’s Passover. 6 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. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 8 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.”

Leviticus 23: 4-8

Passover is a lamb sacrifice, not a holiday. All the instructions in the OT for passover are regarding the preparation, sacrifice, and eating of the passover lamb.
On passover afternoon (14th), the lamb is slaughtered, blood splashed on the altar, then roasted. That evening becomes the 15th, ushering in the 1st of 7 days. Today when people say Passover, they mean Chag Hamatzot. Originally it was talking about the sacrifice.
First month: Nisan
Appointed feasts: (mo’ed) it’s a bad translation implying they are all feasts, because the day of atonement is a fast. It should have said appointments or appointed times.
Holy convocations: (Mikra’ei Kodesh). In english it means assembly. Original meaning is a declaration, specifically of a time proclaimed as holy.

These are appointed times that the children of Israel are commanded to declare as holy, at the time appointed to them.

Commandments Regarding Passover

“Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.”

Deuteronomy 16:1

“Observe the month of young ears of grain, and offer the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of young ears of grain the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.”

Deuteronomy 16:1 (translation clarified)

Abib is not a proper name, it’s part of a description, “the month of young ears of grain”.
The word for keep means prepare or offer, it doesn’t mean celebrate.

You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.

Deuteronomy 16:14

Exodus 12 (contains instructions for original AND memorial passover). The memorial is similar but with differences from the original Passover.

Exodus 13:8 You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

The word whatzeh is the hebrew word, meaning “this”. It’s pointing at something, which in this case is the passover.
Declare it as holy at its appointed time
Offer the Passover Lamb sacrifice the prior afternoon
Eat matzah throughout the week
Don’t do work on the 1st and 7th Day
It’s a negative commandment (don’t do something) so there’s no step to do it during the seder.
Present other fire offerings throughout the week
Part of the levitical cycle, not included in the family seder

You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast (chag) is kept

Isaiah 30:29

When Asked Why We Celebrate Passover

You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what (this) the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Exodus 13:8

And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

Exodus 13:14

And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’”

Exodus 12:25-27

“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 6:20-21 20

4 Questions

“Why do we keep the Passover each year?”

Answer: “To remind us that God has freed us from slavery to sin, that blood had to be shed for our salvation, and that we must not go back to our old life.”

“Why do we eat both leavened and unleavened bread on other nights, but on this night we only eat unleavened bread?”

Answer: “Just as the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, we too were slaves to sin. Removing leaven represents the removal of sin which God hates.

“Why do we eat all kinds of herbs on others nights, but on this night we only eat bitter herbs?”

Answer: “We eat only bitter herbs to remind us of the suffering and anguish of the consequences of our sin, from which the LORD rescued us.

“Why did they eat the first Passover in a hurry, but we do not?”

Answer: “The first Passover was eaten in a hurry because God was going to deliver them from slavery and bring them out of Egypt as soon as the sun rose in the morning. We relax because we have already been rescued from slavery. We have rest, peace, and deliverance through the sacrifice of the Lamb of God.”

Types of Offerings in the Bible

Burnt offering: burnt up totally (can’t be passover lamb)

Grain offering: (can’t be passover lamb)

Sin offering: can’t be eaten by person offering it (can’t be passover lamb)

Guilt offering: can’t be eaten by person offering it (can’t be passover lamb)

Peace offering: CAN be passover lamb

Types of peace offerings are vow/voluntary, and thanksgiving

Vow/voluntary

no obligation (other than vowing to do so)
Two days to eat it
Not required side dishes

Thanksgiving

Obligatory in certain circumstances
One day to eat it
Must be eaten with bread

People required to bring a thank offering: Psalm 107:1-3

One who survives a desert journey 107:4-9
One who is released from prison 107:10-16
One who is saved from diseases 107:17-22
One who safely crosses the sea 107:23-31

As a NATION, Israel did all of these things!

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The Last Supper and Passover

When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Matthew 26:1

17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.

20 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve.[b] 21 And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” 23 He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” 25 Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.”

26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the[c] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Matthew 26:17-29

Passover Night To-Do List

Declare the Holiness of the day
Remember the Exodus from Egypt
Rejoice on the feast (also applies to other holy days) Chag
Eat the lamb roasted over fire with matzah and bitter herbs
A truly biblical passover would have the lamb sacrifice on the altar at the temple
Symbolically represent the Passover lamb
Tell our children the story of the redemption using the ritual foods as visual aids.
Make our children curious
Ask questions
Relive and personally identify with the exodus from Egypt
Thank God with songs of praise (Isaiah 30:29)
Eat the matzah and drink the wine as a remembrance of Messiah
This is specifically for followers of Jesus

The Seder

Seder means order. It’s the means by which we celebrate and remember Passover.

Fifteen Steps of the Seder

Kaddesh: Recite blessing over wine
- The Seder begins with the recitation of blessings and the drinking of the first of four cups of wine. This cup, known as the Cup of Sanctification, is a reminder of God’s promise to redeem His people. In the Christian context, this can symbolize Christ’s sanctifying blood, which was shed for the redemption of humanity.
Urchatz: Wash hands before seder
- Participants wash their hands as a symbolic act of purification. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of the spiritual cleansing that Jesus offers through his sacrifice.
Karpas: Eat greens dipped in salt water
- A green vegetable, usually parsley, is dipped in salt water and eaten. The green vegetable represents new life, while the salt water symbolizes the tears shed during slavery. This can remind Christians of the new life in Christ and the suffering he endured for humanity.
Yachatz: Break the middle matzah in two
- The middle of the three matzot is broken in half, with one half set aside as the afikomen. The broken matzah can symbolize Christ’s broken body, and the hidden afikomen represents his burial and resurrection.
Maggid: Tell the passover narrative
- The story of the Exodus is recounted, including the ten plagues and God’s deliverance of the Israelites. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ’s role as the ultimate deliverer from sin and death.
Rochtzah: Wash hands before the meal
- After the Maggid (telling the Passover story) and before the festive meal, participants wash their hands a second time. This time, they recite a blessing. In the Christian context, this can again symbolize the spiritual cleansing offered through Jesus’ sacrifice and the importance of being spiritually prepared to partake in the meal.
Motzi: Recite the blessing over bread
- Before eating the matzah, a blessing is recited over the bread. This blessing thanks God for providing sustenance and for bringing forth bread from the earth. For Christians, this can remind them of Jesus’ words during the Last Supper when he broke bread and said, “This is my body, which is given for you” (Luke 22:19). It can also remind them of Jesus’ teaching that he is the “bread of life” (John 6:35).
Matzah: Recite the blessing over Seder
- Following the blessing over bread, another blessing is recited specifically for the matzah as a commandment to eat it during Passover. For Christians, the matzah, which is unleavened bread, can symbolize Jesus’ sinless nature and his role as the perfect sacrifice for humanity’s sins.
Maror: Eat bitter herbs
- Participants eat bitter herbs, typically horseradish, to remember the bitterness of slavery. This can remind Christians of the bitterness of sin and the suffering Christ endured on their behalf.
Korech: Eat matzah and bitter herbs together
- A sandwich of matzah, maror, and charoset (a sweet mixture of fruits, nuts, and wine) is eaten. This can symbolize the sweetness of redemption found in Christ, despite the bitterness of sin and suffering.
Shulchan Orech: Eat a full meal
- A festive meal is shared, often including symbolic foods such as roasted lamb (representing the Passover sacrifice), and a roasted egg (symbolizing the Temple sacrifice). For Christians, the lamb can represent Jesus, the “Lamb of God” who was sacrificed for the sins of humanity.
Tzafun: Eat the special set aside matzah
- The hidden afikomen is found, and everyone eats a piece. This can symbolize Christ’s resurrection and the hope of eternal life for believers.
Barech: Recite the Grace After Meals
- Blessings are recited, and the third cup of wine, known as the Cup of Redemption, is drunk. This cup can represent the blood of Christ and his role as the Redeemer.
Hallel: Recite praise Psalms
- Psalms and songs of praise are sung, and the fourth cup of wine, known as the Cup of Praise or Cup of Hallel, is drunk. This can symbolize the joy and thanksgiving for Christ’s redemptive work.
Nirtzah: Conclude the seder
- The Seder concludes with prayers and the hope that next year will be celebrated in Jerusalem. For Christians, this can symbolize the hope of the ultimate redemption and the establishment of God’s kingdom on Earth, with Jesus reigning as the Messiah.

The content below includes content taken directly from the pdf found on the 4Winds Fellowships website.

Here is the link: Passover Haggadah

Introduction

The Feasts of the LORD are given in Lev. 23, and all point to Christ. We use them for INSTRUCTION, not observed by obligation.
Genesis 22:1-14 The ram sacrificed in place of Isaac, the prototype
Exodus 12:1-33 describes the instructions for the first Passover.
Luke 22:1-30 Jesus explained the true meaning of the Bread & Cup
1 Cor. 5:6-8 Paul commanded us to “keep the Feast” (SCROLLS)
1 Cor. 10:1-22 We eat the same “spiritual food” and drink the same “spiritual drink” – Passover.

According to Deuteronomy 16:16, the Jewish people were expected to pilgrimage to Jerusalem from all over Israel and the surrounding regions each year to celebrate Passover, which starts on the eve of the 14th of Nisan. this begins a week-long festival called the Feast of unleavened bread and includes a small Festival on the first Sunday after Passover called first fruits the day of Jesus’ Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20-23)

We don’t always think about it, but Jesus participated in these biblical Feasts left [Bible passages] in fact, one of the last things Jesus did while on Earth was to celebrate Passover with his disciples. But this night was no ordinary Passover celebration. While they were reclining around the Seder table Jesus said to his disciples, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” Luke 22:15

It was here, in the context of the Passover seder that he would reveal to his disciples the depth of God’s Plan of Redemption, speaking to them of his body the bread and his blood the wine, as the Passover Lamb. It was no coincidence that Jesus chose the Passover for the setting of what is now known as communion or the Lord’s Supper. It wasn’t the image of the Passover Lamb that Jesus could best communicate the course he would take over the next several hours, commencing the Fulfillment of God’s plan of redemption.

Preparation & Burning of Leaven

As a preparation for Passover and the Feast of unleavened bread that followed, God commanded the Israelites to eat only unleavened bread and to clean any Levin from their dwelling places:

Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 12:15

Why, you ask? leaven is a picture of sin. Just as leaven spreads throughout the dough and puffs it up, likewise sin easily spreads through the body (community) and puffs up our egos.

6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 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.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Candle Lighting

(Have a woman light the candles and recite the prayer)

At Creation “GOD said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
In the Law, God instructed Israel to make the Menorah, which the priests were required to keep burning continually day and night.
In the New Covenant, Jesus was the “Light of the World” when He was here, and his followers were to be “lights of the world” when He left.
LIGHT symbolizes the knowledge of God revealed to man. 2 Cor. 4:6 “For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Just as a woman has been chosen to bring light to our table, so also The LORD chose Mary to bring His LIGHT into the world in human flesh.

Woman: *lights the candle*

All Say: Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha’olam, asher kidshanu b’mitvotav, vetzivanu le’hadleek ner shel shabbat ve yom tov, amen

Read: Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe, who sanctifies us with the Commandments and instructs us to light the candles of Shabbat and the holiday. Amen

Music: Let the weight of your glory, for your name is Holy

The 4 Cups

Throughout the Bible the cup is a symbol for God’s judgment, such as the cup of fury or the cup of trembling, as well as a symbol for God’s blessing, like in Psalm 116:13. Even Jesus emphasizes the dual nature of the cup when he said in the garden, “Father if it is possible let this cup be taken from me…”

There are 4 cups derived from Exodus 6:6-7. “Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will take you as My people, and I will be your God.” First cup – CUP of BLESSING (of election): “I will bring you out from under the burden of the Egyptians” we are no longer slaves to sin. Second cup – CUP of JUDGMENT: salvation through the Lamb of God. “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments” Third cup – SALVATION: hidden Messiah and New Covenant. “I will rescue you from their bondage” Fourth cup – PRAISE: the hope of the age to come. “I will take you as My people, and I will be your God.”

At Passover we celebrate these promises of redemption and relationship by drinking from our cups four times. As we come to each cup, we will see points of contact between the Exodus from Egypt and Jesus’s use of cups in his last Seder.

The 1st Cup, “The Cup of Blessing of Election”

Paul described this four-part deliverance of Old Testament saints as the model for our deliverance. Romans 8:28-31 LGV. “Now we have observed that everything works together for good for those loving God, (those being called in accord with His proposal); [and] that those whom He knew previously [OT saints] He predefined [to be] fashioned from the image of His Son, for Him to be the firstborn among many brothers. And whom He predefined, these He also called. And whom He called, these He also justified. And whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say [in response] to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

He PREDEFINED saints to be conformed to the image of His Son
He also CALLED us out of the Kingdom of Darkness, judging Satan
He also JUSTIFIED us through Jesus, the Lamb of God
He will GLORIFY us in the resurrection

Prayer: “Blessed be the LORD GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, King of all Creation, Who has made distinction between light and darkness, between Israel and the Nations, between the Sabbath and the other six days, between right and wrong, between believers and unbelievers, Who has chosen us to be His own special treasure, to be conformed to the image of His only begotten Son, so that He might be the principle heir among many brothers.”

As is fitting for the start of such a celebration, and in following in the steps of our Lord Jesus, we begin our seder by sanctifying the name of God, according to the Jewish tradition. The blessings we recite tonight regarding the Bread and Wine are the same traditional blessings Jesus would have recited. Luke 22:17 tells us that, “after taking the cup he gave thanks.” The cup Jesus took was the first cup of the Passover Seder and having done so he gave thanks, sanctifying the name of God. All Say: “Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam, brei peri ha’gefen.”

Blessing: Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the Vine.

*Drink the first cup of “BLESSING of God’s ELECTION.”*

Hand Washing

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

Psalm 24:3-4

1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

John 13:1, 4-5 ESV

The Law required that the hands be washed before eating. The Gospel teaches that we must be washed thoroughly (symbolized by our baptism) before we come to the Lord’s Table, in purity of heart and body.

3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Titus 3:3-7 ESV

*Wash hands using bowl of water, reminding us of our baptism.*

Through Jesus Christ, we have authority to approach the Father in His name. Recite the Lord’s Prayer together, raising clean hands: “Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.”

The Dipping of the Hyssop (Parsley)

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Exodus 2:23 ESV

“And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.”

Exodus 12:22-23

Parsley represents the “hyssop” used to apply the blood to the doorposts.
The salt water represents “tears” of the slavery in Egypt and to sin.
Dip parsley in salt water & eat.
The blood of the Lamb of God removes our sorrows and regrets from our former slavery to sin.

*eat the parsley after dipping it in the salt water*

Breaking the Middle Matzah

(from a stack of 3 matzahs)

On all other nights we eat bread with leaven, but on Passover we eat only unleavened bread. Why? According to the story, the children of Israel were commanded to leave Egypt quickly, not having time to let the dough rise or use leaven. As we learned, leaven symbolizes sin, but leaving Egypt was also a symbolic turning away from both sin and bondage. As is custom I will recite the following.

“This is the bread of Affliction Brokenness, which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry let them come and eat. All who are needy let them come and celebrate the Passover with us.”

Tradition explains these matzot as a unity possibly symbolizing the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) or the priesthood ( priests, Levites, Israel) but it’s in Jesus that we can see the deeper unity: the Oneness of God. We know him as a compassionate Father and have drawn near to him through his Son Jesus and have been sealed by his Spirit. As is custom we are to break the middle matzah.

This “breaking” symbolizes the broken body of the Lord Jesus and recalls the Broken Heart Of God, which is seen and how the temple curtain was torn in Matthew 27:51 from top to bottom. If we examine the bread of affliction we will notice some interesting things about it. It is pierced, it is bruised, and it has stripes.

*read Isaiah 53:4-5.*

Surely he has borne our griefs

and carried our sorrows;

yet we esteemed him stricken,

smitten by God, and afflicted.

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions;

he was crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

and with his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 53:4-5 ESV

A man at each table will take the middle matzah and together we will say you have cuts and break the matzah evenly. One piece we will put back in between the two other two, this is called the afikomen, and the other piece we will use in the telling of the story of The Exodus and the 10 plagues.

The matzah represents Abraham’s righteous descendants, with the middle Matzah being the Messiah. Heb 2:14-17 “For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, …” Jesus said that the unleavened bread represented His human body of flesh (“this is My body”).

Remove the middle Matzah from between the other two, break it down the middle, wrap half in a napkin and have a child hide it away, to be retrieved later.

The hidden half symbolizes Jesus’ ascension to heaven – the “Head.”

The remaining half symbolizes the assembly, His “Body” remaining among mankind to provide “light” in His absence.

*Read the Passover story if you haven’t already*

The Sufferings of the Israelite’s Bondage in Egypt

God gave Israel times and seasons to commemorate all he had done for them and to point them to his ultimate provision in Jesus. He commanded them to remember the Passover as a time of redemption; at a time when God acted on their behalf to free them from Cruel slavery. In the same way, tonight we will experience and remember all that God did for both Israel and us. The picture of the Exodus is a vivid and Powerful reminder of the mighty work of God in our lives. He has redeemed us and is leading us through the Wilderness of this world and into the promised land and our Eternal inheritance!

8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. 13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves 14 and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves. 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

Exodus 1:8-17 ESV

1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes (papyrus reeds) and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.” (the Hebrew name Moses sounds like the Hebrew word for “draw out”)

11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.[a] 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:1-15 ESV

Eating Horseradish

“And the Egyptians made the Children of Israel to serve with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.”

Ex. 1:13-14

The eating of something bitter like this horseradish, serves to remind us of the bitter life our forefathers had in bondage in Egypt. Likewise, we are also reminded of the broken relationship we all had with God. As we eat it, This Bitter herb should bring tears. Jesus also sympathized with his forefathers and eight of the bitter herbs during the last seder, which would have reminded him not only of Israel’s bondage in Egypt, but also of the road marked out before him.

Read:

36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch[a] with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on.[b] See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”

Matthew 26:36-46 ESV

*Eat the horseradish*

Bitter Herbs

The bitter herbs remind us of the bitter taste of slavery of our fathers in Egypt, and the bitter taste of our former slavery to sin and Satan.

Not only in hard work did the Egyptians make the life of our forefathers bitter, but also by their cruel orders…

The “maror” on our Seder plate is represented by the romaine lettuce whites. These are not to be eaten, as they are symbolically too bitter. They are only present to remind us of the overwhelming bitterness that life can bring. Yet even in this state, the Israelites kept a glimmer of hope, “During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites grown in their slavery and cried out…” Exodus 2:23

Charoset

“They made their lives bitter with hard work in brick-and-mortar…” Exodus 1:14

The eating of the charoset is to symbolize the mortar used in the heavy and tiring task of brick-making with straw. Although it’s sweet to the taste, as you will see, getting the charoset onto the matzo is not easy. The thick charoset symbolizes the difficult work of making bricks with mortar.

*Eat matzah spread with charoset.*

God Raises a Redeemer: Moses

I am sending you to pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.

Exodus 3:10

In the midst of such bitterness and despair the people of Israel cried out to the Lord and he said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out… And I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them.” Exodus 3:7-8

God raised up one from among Israel, from their own people, a redeemer – Moses, the servants of the Lord. Through him God would stretch out his hand and judge the Egyptians with mighty acts and wonders.

We will now read the story.

Exodus 3:1-5

Exodus 3:19-22

Exodus 4:21-23; 29-31

Second Cup, “The Cup of JUDGMENT” leading to deliverance

1 And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

13 Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 7:1-7, 13

Pharaoh’s stubbornness and hardened heart subjected the Egyptians to his sin and pride. Exodus 10:7 says, “Pharaohs officials said to him let the people go… Do not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”

As we recount the 10 plagues upon Egypt, keep in mind the tears of the Egyptians under their stubborn and prideful King. We recite each played together as we dip our finger into the cup and then sprinkle the napkin.

Dip finger in cup 10 times, let drip while naming each plague

Blood
Frogs
Gnats (Lice)
Flies
Cattle disease
Boils
Hail
Locusts
Darkness
Death of First-Born

God took the Israelites out of bitter slavery and hard labor and gave them freedom. But this Freedom also came with responsibility and commitment to the Lord. We too are set free as we draw near and accept Jesus is offering that redeems us from slavery. But just as the Israelites were still in danger of returning to a slavery mentality, we too must be aware of the temptations to return to our former sinful patterns.

CALLED out of slavery: God must afflict our adversary so we can escape

He judged Pharaoh, first with plagues, then total destruction.
He will judge Satan’s kingdom with plagues, then total destruction.

Prayer: “Blessed are You, O LORD our GOD, King of all Creation, Who has delivered us from our hard bondage by the blood of the covenant.”

Shank Bone

The shank bone on our Seder plates represents the lamb whose blood marked the houses of the children of Israel, sparing their lives and freeing them from bondage and sin in Egypt. In the same way, Jesus was the Passover Lamb through whom we also have been spared from sin, death and bondage. It was God’s Mighty arm that brought salvation to Israel through the blood of the lamb and brings it today through the blood of Jesus the Lamb of God that removes the sin of the world.

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:29

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV

The Egg

According to tradition, the egg is a symbol of mourning over the destruction of the temple. We would do well to remember Jesus’s attitude and heart toward the temple, which he saw as his father’s house, a House of Prayer for all nations, for which he was zealous. (Luke 19:46, John 2:17, Psalm 69:7-9)

*eat the egg dipped in saltwater*

Songs: There is a Redeemer | We Will Glorify

Drinking the Second Cup

Let’s bless the Lord and drink the cup.

*Drink the second cup.*

All Say: Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam, borei peri ha’gefen.

Read: Blessed are you Lord our God king of the Universe, Creator of the fruit of the Vine

The Afikomen | Communion: The Hidden Bread

By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?

Isaiah 53:8 ESV

Finding the Afikoman

Read: We are now coming near the end of the Seder, however I can’t seem to find the Afikomen and we must have it to finish. Has anyone seen it? There is a reward for those who are willing to seek for it and find it.

Read: “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; Isaiah 55:6

Read the following if kids were present to search for the Afikoman. If not, just explain what the search means.

As we discussed earlier in the Seder, the afikoman symbolizes Jesus. We watched as the children searched earnestly for the afikomen and with them we anticipated its reappearance in much of the same way today we anticipate the reappearance of Jesus. The word Tzafun which is what we call this part of the Seder, means “hidden” and points to events like Jesus’s death and Resurrection as well as his second coming.

It also symbolizes the broken body of Jesus that was given for you… It’s with this matzah, the Afikoman that we will partake in communion.

Just as the Lamb of Passover was innocent and it’s blood on the doorposts turned away the Judgment of God, Jesus was sinless and his offering turned away God’s judgment as well. The matzah of Passover symbolizes his body; it is the bread of affliction or brokenness and is eaten for the next seven days as a symbol of his sinless nature and our turning from sin to God.

Remembering what we read in Isaiah 53:4-5 that his body was pierced, bruised and stripped, we will now bless the Lord and then eat the bread…

And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Luke 22:19

Let us lift the matzah together and give thanks to the Lord for his provision through our Messiah Jesus just as he did.

All Say: Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam, motzei lechem mein ha’aretz

Read: Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe who brings forth bread from the Earth.

The Third Cup | The Cup of Redemption & Salvation

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,[a] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Romans 6:16-18 ESV

God called Israel his firstborn son Exodus 4:22 out of slavery to Pharaoh in Egypt, and into slavery or bondservice to Himself.

A bondservant is one who is committed to serve God and cleave to Him. Cleaving to God refers to communion with Him and a desire to be close to Him and to abide in Him. The Hebrew word for cleave comes from the root word devek, which literally means to cling to or to follow closely. This is the word used in Genesis 2:24 to describe how a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife and they will become ‘one flesh’. Deuteronomy 4:4 says that those who “held fast” to the Lord during Israel’s wilderness period were called devakim, the root of which is to please. Jesus said something very similar and John 15 in reference to closeness to God.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

John 15:4

This concept of devekut, or cleaving to God (abiding), is the central theme of what it means to take communion. God sought to open a way to himself through the willingness of his son to lower himself and cleave to the will of God, and submitting himself even unto death. This act of loyalty and love provides us a permanent covering to be in communion with God and to trust him for all things in life, demonstrating our dependence on him and devotion to him.

After having eaten our meal, let us now…

*fill the third cup of Passover*

…and partake in the Cup of Redemption.

And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Luke 22:20 ESV

This cup that Luke is referencing is the third cup in the Seder meal, the Cup of Redemption. According to Jewish tradition, the grape juice in these four cups symbolizes the blood of the Passover Lamb that was applied to the doorposts of every Israelite home. It’s no coincidence then, that it was this cup with which Jesus identified himself. God was foreshadowing Jesus’ offering of himself for the complete Redemption of Israel and all mankind from slavery so that we could draw close to God!

The Israelites demonstrated their obedience and faith in the Lord by trusting in the blood; we will now do the same in Remembering how Jesus offered himself on our behalf.

Let us lift the cup and bless the name of the Lord and drink it in memory of our Passover Lamb!

All say: Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam, borei peri ha’gefen.

Read: Blessed are you Lord our God king of the universe, creator of the fruit of the Vine.

*drink the 3rd Cup*

Songs: Jesus Draw Me Close, Worthy is the Lamb

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Passover Supper

*Eat the Passover Meal*

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4th Cup – The Cup of Hope & Praise

In Luke 22:18, Jesus told his disciples that he would not drink of the fruit of the vine again “until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

Let us fill our fourth cup of the Passover Seder.

This fourth cup represents our great hope that soon Jesus will return for us, and fulfill the kingdom promises given to Israel. In that great day, all of Israel will be saved and all who have put their faith in God through Christ Jesus will reign with him when he establishes his father’s kingdom here on Earth in Jerusalem! For this reason, this cup is also called the cup of restoration.

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

Acts 1:6-7

1 When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;

Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turns the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a spring of water.

Psalm 114 ESV

Song: Days of Elijah

Let us therefore give thanks to the Lord and joyfully drink from the final Cup of Hope/Restoration in anticipation of the coming day when we will do so with our Lord and Savior Jesus. (Like Jesus, the fourth cup is optional to drink.)

All Say: “Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam, brei peri ha’gefen.”

Read: Blessed are you Lord our God king of the universe creator of the fruit of the Vine

*offer up prayer of thankfulness, ask God to use this event to drive what we learned into our hearts, and that this Seder would be an acceptable offering to Him.*

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The Last Passover Notes (Tim Warner)

[notes are still in progress]

Jonah preached 40 days destruction of Jerusalem
Sign of Jonah is preaching of coming judgment, not 3 days in the tomb
Jesus and Jonah parallel
Prophecy is 40 years before, symbolizing 40 days
John 12
Matthew 26 Jesus rides donkey on Palm Sunday, Tuesday 3 days after Palm Sunday
Olivet discourse = Tuesday Night, beginning of Wednesday
Passover was 2 days later, when Jesus was crucified
3 days and 3 nights was prophesying destruction of temple, not time in tomb??
John 12 – Mary annointed Jesus’ feet and Matthew 26 are 2 separate incidents! This one was 2 days before passover, other one is 6 days before passover! This second woman anointed his head. First time was Judas, second time was disciples objecting!
Jesus said the same thing both incidents as a response.
V14, Judas went to chief priest and said what are you willing to give me. Right after supper, 2 days before passover, Judas left to get money for betraying Jesus.
Luke 22 verse 1 Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near
Luke 22:7 7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 So Jesus[a] sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.” 9 They said to him, “Where will you have us prepare it?”
John 13-15 takes place 2 days BEFORE passover. It takes place at the supper at Simon’s. Where Satan entered Judas.
13:1 Supper having ended.
Foot and hand washing took place at Simon’s, not last supper
Luke 24:1 first of Sabbaths! NOT WEEK

3 Days Explanation

In the maps above, the 14th is Passover, the 15th is a Sabbath, and the 21st is a Sabbath.

3 days and 3 nights are regarding the preaching the coming destruction of the temple. Jonah spent 3 days in the fish, then 3 days preaching. The correlation between Jesus and Jonah are the 3 days of preaching. The difference being Nineveh repented while Israel largely did not. Jesus being in the heart of the earth is a weird translation. It meant 3 days in the heart of the LAND. AKA Jerusalem.

As far as Jesus’ time in the tomb goes, it was on the 3rd day that he ROSE. Doesn’t mean 3 full days like in our mindset. It means he died on day 1 Friday, spent day 2 in the tomb Saturday (like a Sabbath rest), and rose on the 3rd day, Sunday.

Passover