Monday began Passover. Passover is a Jewish feast commemorating how God led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery. Christians often overlook Passover, not understanding that it is most Holy and prophetic. The Israelites painted the blood of an unblemished, sacrificial lamb on their doorposts for the plague of death of the firstborn to Passover them.

This is the picture of Christ, the unblemished Lamb, who died on the cross for our sins. Our church family and friends celebrate the beginning of Passover with a traditional Passover Seder, a feast retelling the story of the Exodus from Egypt and foretelling the Messiah’s sacrifice, return, and reign.

What Christians call the Lord’s Supper, is actually a Passover Seder. Jesus said in Luke 22:15-16, “I have desired to eat this Passover with your before I suffer: For I way unto you, I will not anymore eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” The Seder Plate is comprised of salt water, parsley, a lamb shank bone, chopped apples and nuts, horseradish root, bitter herb and a roasted egg-each element symbolizing a part of the redemption story of deliverance from Egyptian bondage.

There are four symbolic cups of wine from which participants drink. The first is the cup of Sanctification, the second is the cup of Deliverance, the third is the cup of Redemption, and the fourth is the cup of Restoration.

The Seder uses matzah, unleavened bread pierced with holes, in three pieces shared during the Seder. One piece is broken and then wrapped in cloth and hidden until the end and then is revealed and shared in communion. As Christ said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” The cup of Redemption symbolizes the blood of the Passover Lamb. It was the cup taken after the meal. When Jesus took the cup of Redemption, He said in Matthew 26:27-29:

“Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

As you can see, the Passover has several layers. God brought the Israelites out of Egypt by demonstrating to them that the blood of the Lamb saves them. He instituted a service (Passover Seder), that the Israelites were to keep forever.

Exodus 12:27 says, “It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.”

Through the Passover, God delivered the Israelites from bondage, foretold of the suffering Messiah, the redemption of sins, and the kingdom to come. When we, as Christ followers take part in Passover, we are participating in the prophetic redemption and return of Christ.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com

Security Advisor for the ex “president” Susan Rice denied seeking the names of, spying on and releasing the names of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to various intelligence agencies. Rice told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, “Let me be absolutely clear. Absolutely not for any political purposes, to spy, to expose, for anything.”

She also denied ordering intelligence officers to produce detailed spreadsheets involving Trump and his aides, saying, “Absolutely false. No spreadsheet, nothing of the sort.” But then she said, “The notion that which some people are trying to suggest that by asking for identity of an American person is the same as leaking it is totally false.” A little nuance goes a long way.

She also said, “I leaked nothing, to nobody, and never have and never would. The allegation is that somehow [sic] the ex “president’s administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. Absolutely false.” Rice denies spying on the Trump transition team, but seems to admit that she asked for an identity of an “American person,” in this case, several members of the president-elect’s team.

She also said that the ex “president’s” administration officials would not have utilized such intelligence for political purposes. However, the information in question showed no relevance to any of the investigations being conducted by FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. Is Rice therefore saying that any American citizen can be spied on and then revealed to the public as if they did something wrong? Or was it just the Trump Team. Not political, right?

The Daily Caller, Fox News, and Bloomberg cited multiple intelligence sources that Rice had specifically ordered the intelligence on the Trump team and that the names of Trump aides were given to the ex “president’s” officials at the NSA, Department of Defense, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and CIA Director John Brennan.

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas admitted March 2, “I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill – it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can, before [sic] the ‘president’ leaves the administration.”

At the same time The Daily Caller, Fox News and Bloomberg are raising questions, MSNBC, CNN and the Washington Post are reporting Rice denials.

Rice’s reputation precedes her. She was the one who said that climate change was responsible for the war in Syria; She said that Bowe Bergdahl, who was charged with treason after deserting his post in Afghanistan causing the deaths of six U.S. soldiers, “served the United States with honor and distinction.” She also drove the false narrative that the deaths in Benghazi were caused by a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islamic movie.

An inventory of facts at this point shows that the ex “president” and his people spied on Trump and his team as they transitioned into the presidency. So far there is no evidence of any wrong-doing on the part of Trump, leaving only that the ex “president” wanted to politically undermine the president-elect and his ability to govern.

On February 11, Paul Sperry wrote in the New York Post that the ex “president” was using his Organizing For Action group as an army of agitators 30,000 strong who will fight President Donald Trump at every turn of his presidency. A check of the OFA website and other nonprofits that are working with it backs up Sperry’s position.

We are also seeing how the media and spy agencies are being used to undermine our government. Speaking of the end times, the apostle Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3:1-3, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be…without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.” Indeed, perilous times are upon us and our nation.

Have a blessed and powerful day!

Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com