greetings yr bro fr

with John 14, 3 “…And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also…”

and John 16, 22: “….And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23: And in that day ye shall ask me nothing….”

and Matthew 25, 6 “…And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him…”

 

Maranatha

Come Lord Jesus

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Exodus 11, 4

 “…And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt..:”

 

(P.S. “midnight” http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1112840336511&p=1008596975996 )

 

 

Exodus 11, 4

 “…And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt..:”

Exodus 12, 6

 

“…Hold it in safekeeping until the fourteenth day of this month. The entire community of Israel shall then slaughter [their sacrifices] in the afternoon.”

 

(“in the afternoon” Literally, “between the evenings”)

Exodus 13, 4

„…You left this day….”

 

 

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“…How different this night is from all other nights!...”

“…Tonight is different from all other nights because tonight we will remember what God has done for his people…”

http://godonthe.net/passover/maggid.html

 

http://www.jewfaq.org/seder.htm

 

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Passover—Why is this night different since Y'shua observed it?

by Rich Robinson  http://www.jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/3_2/passover

 

In the day to come when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him…"
(Exodus 13:14)

The number four plays a significant role in Judaism. There are the four species of vegetables for Sukkot; four kingdoms in the book of Daniel; four Torah portions in the tefillin; four Matriarchs. At Passover, we find this number in abundance. In the course of the Seder we have four sons, four cups of wine, four expressions of redemption (Exodus 6:6-7) and perhaps the most famous "four" of all the Four Questions.

As the Seder developed over the centuries, the Four Questions underwent many changes and were altered as different situations arose.1 For example, originally one question dealt with why we ate roasted meat.2 After the destruction of the Temple, that question was deleted and one about reclining was substituted. Today, the Four Questions (phrased as observations) are asked by the youngest child in the family:

·  Why is this night different from all other nights?

·  On all other nights, we may eat either chometz or matzoh; on this night, only matzoh.

·  On all other nights, we eat all kinds of vegetables; on this night, we must eat maror.

·  On all other nights, we do not dip even once; on this night we dip twice.

·  On all other nights, we may eat either sitting or reclining; on this night, we all recline.

The father then explains the Passover story.

There are other questions that the rabbis could have chosen as well. In the spirit of rabbinical adaptation, here are some additional questions that both children and adults might ponder.

Why do we place three matzos together in one napkin?

There are any number of traditions about this. One tradition holds that they represent the three classes of people in ancient Israel: the Priests, the Levites, and the Israelites. Another tradition teaches that they symbolize the three patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Yet another explanation is that it is a depiction of the "Three Crowns": the crown of learning, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of kingship.3 And a fourth option is that two of the matzos stand for the two weekly loaves of Exodus 16:22, and the third matzoh represents the special Passover bread called the "bread of affliction."4 And if those are not enough to keep one's imagination running, here's another. Rabbi Abraham Isaac Sperling suggested that the three matzos stand for the three "measures of the fine meal" which Sarah prepared for Abraham's angelic guests (Genesis 18). The reason for this interpretation lies in the rabbinic tradition that this event occurred on the night of Passover!5 Out of all these explanations, how can we decide which is the right one, or is there yet another?

Why is the middle matzoh, the afikoman, broken in the course of the Seder?

Are we breaking the Levites, or Isaac, or the crown of learning, or one of the guests' cakes, or the bread of affliction? Or are we symbolizing the parting of the Red Sea (another explanation)?6 If any of these explanations are correct, why is the matzoh hidden away, buried under a cushion, and then taken out and eaten by all, as the Sephardic ritual puts it, "in memory of the Passover lamb?"

Where is our pesach, our Passover sacrifice, today?

The Torah prescribes that a lamb is to be sacrificed and eaten every Passover as a memorial of the first Passover lambs which were killed (Deuteronomy 16:1 -8). In reply, it is said that without a Temple we can have no sacrifices—yet some have advocated that the sacrifice still be made in Jerusalem even without a Temple.7 Since the Passover sacrifice, like others, involved the forgiveness of sins, it is important that we do the right thing. Some feel that the pesach had nothing to do with forgiveness. But in Exodus Rabbah 15:12 we read, "I will have pity on you, through the blood of the Passover and the blood of circumcision, and I will forgive you." Again, Numbers Rabbah 13:20 cites Numbers 7:46, which deals with the sin offering, and then adds, "This was in allusion to the Paschal sacrifice." Clearly the rabbis of this time period regarded the pesach as effecting atonement, and Leviticus 17:11 confirms that "it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul."8 Today, however, we have only a shankbone, the zeroah, as a reminder of the Passover sacrifice, and roasted egg, the chaggigah, in memory of the festival offerings. But nowhere did God say that we could dispense with sacrifice. So, where is our pesach today?

The answers to these questions can be found by examining how and why the Seder observance changed dramatically in the first century.

The Seder celebrated by Jesus and his disciples

The "Last Supper" was a Passover meal and seems to have followed much the same order as we find in the Mishnah.

In the New Testament accounts, we find reference to the First Cup, also known as the Cup of Blessing (Luke 22:17); to the breaking of the matzoh (Luke 22:19); to the Third Cup, the Cup of Redemption (Luke 22:20); to reclining (Luke 22:14); to the charoseth or the maror (Matthew 26:23), and to the Hallel (Matthew 26:30).

In particular, the matzoh and the Third Cup are given special significance by Jesus:

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (Luke 22:19-20).

The Passover Lamb

The early Jewish believers in Jesus considered him the fulfillment of the Passover lambs that were yearly sacrificed. Thus Paul, a Jewish Christian who had studied under Rabbi Gamaliel, wrote, "Messiah, our pesach, has been sacrificed for us" (1 Corinthians 5:7). John in his gospel noted that Jesus died at the same time that the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in the Temple (see John 19:14) and that like the Passover lambs, none of his bones were broken (the others being crucified had their leg bones broken by the Romans—John 19:32, 33, 36). The idea behind all this was that just as the Israelites were redeemed from Egyptian slavery by an unblemished lamb, now men could be freed from slavery to sin by the Messiah, the Lamb of God.

The cessation of the Temple sacrifices



The first Christians were considered a part of the Jewish community until the end of the first century when they were expelled by the synagogue. Until the temple was destroyed, these Messianic Jews worshipped regularly with those Jews who didn't believe in the Messiah. In fact, there were entire congregations that worshipped Y'shua and they continued in their observance of the regular Jewish festivals. In such a setting, much interchange of ideas was possible. Jesus declared over the matzoh, "This is my body." Since the Jewish believers of that time saw Jesus as the Passover lamb, it followed that they would see the matzoh as symbolic of Jesus, the Passover lamb. In turn, with the destruction of the Temple and the cessation of sacrifices, the larger Jewish community might well have adopted the idea that the matzoh commemorated the lamb, even if they discounted the messianic symbolism.

The Afikoman Ceremony

As mentioned earlier, the significance of the middle matzoh and the ceremony connected with it is shrouded in mystery. The derivation of the word afikoman itself sheds some light. The word is usually traced to the Greek epikomion ("dessert") or epikomion("revelry")9. But Dr. David Daube, professor of civil law at Oxford University, derives it from aphikomenos, "the one who has arrived."10 This mystery clears further when one considers the striking parallels between what is done to the middle matzoh (afikoman) and what happened to Jesus. The afikoman is broken, wrapped in linen cloth, hidden and later brought back. Similarly, after his death, Jesus was wrapped in linen, buried, and resurrected three days later. Is it possible that the current Ashkenazic practice of having children steal the afikoman is a rabbinical refutation of the resurrection, implying that grave-snatchers emptied the tomb?

These factors strongly suggest that the afikoman ceremony was adopted from the Jewish Christians by the larger Jewish community which also adopted the use of the three matzos. Jewish Christians contend that these three matzos represent the tri-une nature of God, and that the afikoman which is broken, buried and brought back dramatically represents Jesus the Messiah.

The question then remains: What will it take to convince you?


Footnotes 1 Daube, David, The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism (University of London, 1956), p.187. 2Klein, Mordell, ed., Passover (Leon Amiel, 1973), p.69. 3Rosen, Ceil and Moishe, Christ in the Passover (Moody Press, 19788), p.70. 4Klein, p.53. 5Sperling, Rabbi Abraham Isaac, Reasons for Jewish Customs and Traditions, (Bloch Publishing Co., 1968), p.m 189. 6Ibid. 7Klein, p.28. 8Morris, Leon, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross (Eerdmans, Third ed., 1965), pp. 131 132. 9Gaster, Theodor Herzel, Passover: Its History and Traditions (Abelard-Schuman, 1958), p.64. 10Daube, "He That Cometh", (London Diocesan Council for Christian-Jewish Understanding, no date).

http://www.jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/3_2/passover

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Sunday, April 24, 2005  = 24 April 2005 (15th of Nisan, 5765) Pesach / Passover

 

 

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Sunday, April 24, :  Rome: Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI

"As previously announced, at 10 a.m. on Sunday April 24, Benedict XVI will preside at the Eucharist for the solemn inauguration of his pontificate. ..”

(P.S. 10 a. m. local time = 8:00 UTC-time)

http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/dinamiche/c0_en.htm

 

http://kyw.com/pope/pope_story_109141555.html

 

(P.S. Ratzinger

Foto Family Ratzinger http://www.neue-oz.de/information/serien/zeitzeichen/_papst/_hintergrund/ratzinger.html

 

„...Vater Joseph und Mutter Maria Ratzinger mit den Geschwistern Maria, Georg und Joseph (l-r)...“

- Father Joseph and mother Maria Ratzinger with the children Maria, Georg and Joseph…)

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It seems to be unique… at least the past 250 years     “….inauguration  ….exactly on a Passover day”

 

if anyone like to double-cheque:

here is a list of the popes and a site where to compute the dates to Hebrew calendar

however I do not know how to find out when it says “start of pontificate” - this seem to be the election day  … and so the inauguration day could be few days later..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes#From_1750     

http://www.hebcal.com/converter/

 

 

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Sunday, April 24th 2005

http://www.spaceweather.com/

 

There's going to be a lunar eclipse, a subtle one, on Sunday, April 24th, when the Moon passes through the pale outer fringes of Earth's shadow. Astronomers call this a "penumbral eclipse."

 

http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html

 

(P.S.

“….The year's first lunar eclipse is a deep penumbral event visible from most of the Western Hemisphere. First and last penumbral occurrences occur at 07:50 UT (UTC-time) and 12:00 UT, respectively….”     Remember: Rome 10 a. m. local time = 8:00 UTC-time)

 

 

 

 

 

The article below I found at http://www.biblicalastronomy.com/astronomy1.htm

written several weeks ago!!!!! by Editor – Robert Scott Wadsworth

 here below i copied a part of the article:

 

 

 

PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

 

There will be a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on April 24, 2005 that will be visible in the early morning hours from North and South America and in the early evening hours from Australia and New Zealand.

           

A penumbral eclipse is when the outer shadow of the earth passes over the moon.  This is very difficult to see even to the trained eye and most of the time such an event passes with hardly anyone noticing.  I would not consider this a great sign in the heavens.

           

Chart 392 shows the position of the moon in the constellation Bethulah at the time of the eclipse. 

 

Char 392 – Position of the Moon in Bethulah at the time of the Penumbral Eclipse on April 24

           

Below is an article by Alan M. MacRobert that is from the Sky & Telescope website concerning this eclipse.

 

“An eclipse of the Moon can be the most dramatic celestial event that most people ever see. But not this time, and not just because it happens at an inconvenient hour. On Sunday morning, April 24, 2005, the full Moon will merely skim through the penumbra — the pale outer fringe — of Earth’s shadow.               

 

The event will be visible before or during early dawn from central and western North America. The eclipse reaches its deepest point at 9:55 Universal Time, which is 4:55 a.m. Central Daylight Time, 3:55 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, and 2:55 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Look for a slight shading on the Moon’s north-northeastern side. Weaker traces of the penumbra may be detectable for about an hour before and after this time.                                                          

 

The event will also be visible around dawn from Central America and western South America, around midnight of April 23–24 from Hawaii, and early on the evening of the 24th local date from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.                                        

 

The Moon’s dimming is so slight during a penumbral eclipse because Earth blocks only part of the Sun’s brilliant face from shining onto the Moon’s surface. Nevertheless an eclipse is an eclipse, and here’s your chance to bag another one. Make a note to set your alarm clock.                                                

 

Lunar-eclipse lovers have been spoiled recently, what with a pair of total eclipses occurring in both 2003 and 2004. While there will be a brief partial lunar eclipse in October 2005 and September 2006, and another penumbral eclipse in early March 2006, the next total eclipse of the Moon will not take place until March 3, 2007.”

 

These eclipses in Pisces and Bethulah as well as the position of Zedek (Jupiter) at opposition in Bethulah and the conjunction of the New Moon of Aviv with Mercury in Pisces are unique in that they all occur in constellations that represent Israel during dates near and between the Spring Feasts of Yahweh.  However, I do not believe that they are “great” signs in the heavens that are portraying an imminent unfolding of events of large Biblical proportions at this time (but perhaps small Biblical proportions).  Of course, I could be wrong.  These are nowhere near as rare or visible or great as the signs that occurred during the Passover season of 1996, 1997 or 2000.

 

Yahweh bless you in His super-abundance of grace, mercy and love through His Son Yahoshua our Messiah.

 

 http://www.biblicalastronomy.com/astronomy1.htm