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Shalom!

I just found this forum and I'm here to ask your help. I apologize if I make some mistakes, English is not my native language and I hope you understand what I write.

I'm a teacher at lower grade in Finnish comprehensive school and now I'm studying a little bit more to qualify for teaching religion also in the upper grade. For this qualifying I need to make a small study with some kind of questionary. And that's where I need your help. My problem is that I live here in the periphery - only about 1600 traditional Jews in this country, I don't know how many Messianic Jews. Of course there are also such Christians in this country, who have found their Jewish background (e.g. my own priest) or who are otherwise living according Jewish traditions, but it's not easy for to find them. No Messianic congregations, I think. That's why my teacher, a docent in the University of Helsinki, gave me a permission to try my luck in message bords in Internet, although she was a little bit suspicious.

I 'm a Pentecostal Christian and according to my knowledge there are no Jewish roots in my family, but ... you'll never know. Anyway Israel and Jewish life touch something deep in my soul. I haven't got any experience about 'Jews for Jesus' but I've always thought that one of the best ways to introduce Jesus to Jews is to find Him from the Jewish life and tradition.

In my study I'm interested in Jewish Seder-meal traditions and the symbolism in it seen especially from the Messianic point of view. When I saw this message board I began to wonder if any of you had any experience about having Seder with Jews and discussing with them about the symbolic meanings of different parts of the meal. And of course, if somebody has something to say about what seder personally means to you, I'd be delighted.

Your's sincerely
Marketta from Finland, marhort(at)gmail.com

I have personally attended only part of a Messianic seder.  But I found some links you can start with from the Jews For Jesus website:

Christ in the Passover:  http://jewsforjesus.org/programs/cip

Here is the video link within that link:  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...2394767394

Also here is an article by founder Moishe Rosen on remembrances, ritual, national preservation and the Jewish people needing to hear the gospel.

http://jewsforjesus.org/publications/new...1Holocaust

My personal participation and interaction with the Jewish people has been very modest (but hopefully still effective) in overall experience, so these initial helps are far better for your request.

Your English is very good!  May the Lord bless your efforts to perfect your understanding so you may teach this important subject to your students with all dedication, and that you benefit personally.

Thank you for the video link!! It was wonderful, gave me much to think.

Hi Hilkka,

In addition to the J4J resources that Baptistic, listed:


Here are some video presentations that examine Passover in the light of Jesus' sacrifice.



The Messiah: Prophecy Fulfilled
Starring: Nick Mancuso, Marie-Josée Lefebvre Director: Giacomo Moncada

This is an excellent movie! I have seen it on TBN--record it off of Christian television if you get the chance.

I wasn't able to find it on-line in DVD format--there are a few available in VHS on Amazon--but it's not PAL format--if you got it in VHS you'd need a VCR that plays NTSC format tapes.



This is a great study by Evangelist, Perry Stone
that includes insight into the four cups of the Passover:



Mystery of the four Passover cups


Both of these offer great insight into the fulfillment of the Passover by Messiah Jesus!

Foolish Notion,

Thanks! The problem always is just those different systems in VHS-videos and different region codes in DVD:s.

I would also be interested about people's personal experiences of Seder. If there is somebody who would like to answer some of my questions perhaps nearer the Passover, please tell. My e-mail is marhort(at)gmail.com, if somebody wants to contact personally.

Passover-- Pesach begins at sundown April 19th this year.


There is a good chance TBN will play The Messiah, Prophecy Fulfilled
during the last part of March or the first part of April--Check the link below
for updates to see when they will show it next:




TBN: The Messiah, Prophecy Fulfilled,


Also:
Judaism 101's Passover information page.

Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are.

For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Avlägsna denne onde mans inflytande, så att ni kan förbli rena.
Kristus, Guds Lamm, har slaktats för oss.

1 Korinthierbrevet 5:7 (Levande Bibeln)