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ADDRESS CORRECTION:

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[This corrected address will be found at the bottom of each Tsiyon News]

From Dawn - Tsiyon Newsletter Tips

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Listener Q + A

Listener Comment - Passover lamb - not a sacrifice
My father does the killing of the lamb as outlined in Exodus. Would this be considered a sacrifice and if so what must be done to make this not a sacrifice? and does it matter if we are in the Land as to whether we have to kill the Passover lamb?

Tsiyon Answer - Passover lamb - not a sacrifice
The way you phrased your question makes it clear you recognize Messiah as our Passover Lamb. This is in accord with Scripture, as in this verse:

"..For indeed Messiah, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place." 1Cor 5:7

Since Messiah is our Passover sacrifice, it would not be appropriate to offer a lamb at Passover as our sacrifice, which would be to slight Messiah's offering in our behalf. Instead, the lamb, like the other Passover elements, has now become a memorial of what YHWH has done for us through Messiah's sacrifice. Because Messiah was sacrificed for us, some feel that simply serving lamb as part of the Passover meal is sufficient for the meal, while acknowledging Messiah as our True Lamb. However, some others feel they need to follow the Scriptures to the letter and actually kill the lamb in the manner described in Scripture. If anyone feels compelled to do this I would advise a prayer over the lamb acknowledging that Messiah is our Passover sacrifice, and the literal lamb is simply being consumed in memory of what our True Lamb, Messiah, has done for us in offering up His own body.

As for the matter of being in the Land, you may find this verse relevant: "It shall happen when you have come to the Land which YHWH will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service." After being delivered from Egypt, Israel did not offer the Passover sacrifice again, until they entered into the Land. (Exodus 12:25, Joshua 5:9-10)

May you and your family have a blessed Passover season.
 

Listener Website Comment on Program #276
[Are you reading the comments from our listeners on our website? If you are missing these you are missing one of the best features at our site! Below is one of many wonderful examples of listener comments we could have included here. Many thanks to all of our posters at the website!]

gilahinYah on April 16, 2011 - Praise and Glory to Yah for what He has accomplished for His creation.

When I heard Yah call my name when I was a child I was never the same afterward cause I knew who I belonged to. I knew that it had cost Him the life of His Son.

For a Father to do that surly is love everlasting but only for those that receive Him as their Savior.

I got a better glimpses of just what that meant as I was visiting my relatives back in 97.

My Aunt and Uncle had a son they loved with all their heart. They bought him whatever he wanted and downright adored their child, he meant everything to them both.

I knew the love they had for him but after his death they were never the same. As I visited them one day 20+ years later I had mentioned something about him to them and that’s when I found out that the love for their son went deeper then the love for our Father.

My uncle started cursing and said in a hateful voice, “He took him from me”. He started yelling over and over while tears were coming down both their faces, “He took him from me”.

Knowing the love of YAHWEH and what it had cost Him I tried my best to convey to him that YAHWEH {GAVE} His Son but all he kept saying was “God took mine and Ill never forgive him for that”.

I tried to show him with everything within me that it cost Yah His Son and that the greatest gift of love is a Father willing to sacrifice His Son, He {GAVE} His Son, but all he kept saying was, “He took mine”.

Some of the things said that night I cannot repeat nor would I. I cried in front of them both as I poured out my spirit trying to show them the love of YAHWEH.

I don’t know if they went to their graves with the hatred they had toward YAH but to hear two family members who claimed to be Christians say such a thing woke me up that night.

I cannot to this day comprehend how anyone who once had even a taste of knowing the Truth about YAHWEH could turn their back knowing the punishment that follows.

Really the punishment is only secondary to the love that is forever lost from Yah.