The law applies equally to Jews and Gentiles; it prohibits uncircumcised Jewish males from eating the sacrifice as well. This law does not prohibit uncircumcised men from participating in other aspects of the Passover Seder meal, such as the four cups, the matzah, and the bitter herbs. For example, Paul recounts an occasion when he and Barnabas brought the God-fearing Gentile believer Titus to Jerusalem.
They may have arrived for the Passover and participated in a Passover Seder together along with other Jewish believers. If so, Titus would have been welcome to participate in the seder but prohibited from eating the pesach-sacrifice itself.
Suppose that Titus wanted to make a Passover sacrifice and eat of it? What then? In that regard, the Torah does make an allowance for an uncircumcised Gentile to enter the nation of Israel by submitting to circumcision along with all the males of his household. A person who undergoes conversion is accepted into the nation and may offer a pesach lamb and eat of the sacrifice.
A legitimate conversion ritual must be conducted under the auspices of proper Jewish authorities. Since the ceremony entails acceptance into a social entity i.
If Titus decided that he wanted to return to Jerusalem the next year and eat from the pesach-sacrifice, he would have had to undergo a formal, legal conversion, including circumcision.
He could have done so under the supervision of apostolic authorities. After circumcision and immersion, Titus would have acquired legal status as a Jew and been permitted to eat of the pesach-sacrifice the following Passover.
Who told you to ask for the fatty tail? They investigated the man and discovered that he was Syrian and had him executed. The Torah does prohibit Gentiles from making a Passover sacrifice and from eating of a Passover sacrifice, but it does not prohibit Gentiles from participating in the festival of Passover, eating unleavened bread and bitter herbs at the seder table, or any of the other ceremonies of the festival. Want more about Passover from a Messianic Jewish perspective? Check out our Passover page!
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While there is much work to be done, sometimes it is the stepping back and the sitting together with family and friends over a meal to recall our past, reclaim our deepest values and re-ignite the flame of hope that burns inside. This Passover provides an opportunity for Jews and non-Jews to come together in the spirit of hope and freedom. In the days of the apostles there were many God-fearing Gentiles who celebrated Passover along with the Jewish people.
Even rabbinic literature made room for non-Jews at a seder. In the Second Temple Era, Gentiles were not permitted to eat the actual Pesach sacrifice Exodus , but they were allowed to eat unleavened bread and bitter herbs and participate in the rest of the meal. Rabbi David Katz uses the imagery of Passover and matzah to esoterically illustrate the journey of every Gentile who leaves idolatry and joins himself to the worship of the One True God:.
In and of itself, matzah is pashut , free from the addition of other elements. It contains nothing but flour and water, and is kneaded, rolled out, and baked. Conversely, leavened bread, i. As a result, the grains are not free, but under the influence of leavening. Similarly, when one is subjugated to a master, he has not attained freedom. And freedom is the ingredient through which Redemption Geulah was created. He goes on to say that the Gentile must free himself from the yoke of idolatry and into the freedom of the worship of the God of Israel.
It is like his own personal exodus. If there are aspects of the Passover Seder from which all people can learn, how much more so is this true for believers in Messiah? After all, our Master Yeshua chose the wine and the matzah of a Passover Seder to represent his body and blood.
There is ample evidence that, for the earliest Gentile believers, the celebration of Passover was an important holiday celebrated by all believers in Messiah—both Jewish and Gentile. Paul wrote the book of 1 Corinthians to a predominantly Gentile audience who attended both synagogue and weekly gatherings of believers. Additionally, the timing of the letter seems to have been sometime in early spring before the Passover season had begun.
Many portions in the letter allude to Passover and seem to offer instructions for observing it properly with the right heart-attitude:. Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? It is important to remember to be a respectful observer, even as you are seeing the Bible come to life through the feast.
God loves when the nations make the decision and wholeheartedly join with His people for the benefit of all! The first time we see this Jew-Gentile connection is in Passover, at the very beginning of the Jewish nation.
In the New Covenant, Paul is not teaching anything new to the Gentles:. Notice the similarities in how the Gentiles are joined to the Jewish nation.
Furthermore, the sacrifice of Jesus to reconcile the two, happened at Passover. As a result, both are available to all who what to celebrate them, as long as we are under the covenant.
Later as the Temple became the center of Jewish life the prophets continued to remind Israel of this desire. The Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, et others I will gather to them, to those already gathered. This Passover season, there is a place of celebration for the nations, prepared since the time of Exodus. Have you ever wondered how Israel, Passover, and the Resurrection are connected?
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