Ideas for Embracing a Christ-centered Passover
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Over the past couple of years our family has been on a totally unexpected journey. The Lord has met us in the most beautiful ways and we’ve started to walk in faith on a very new and unfamiliar (but exciting!) path.
The new path led us to embracing the Biblical Feasts and Holidays. Oh yeah, and the tiny bit about letting go of the traditional holidays we’ve celebrated all our lives.Yes, we prayed and sought and tried to will ourselves out of this most ‘out of the box’ direction, but no matter what we did to wiggle our way out of it, we had no peace. We knew the Lord was speaking to us and revealing to us that it was time for something different. Something new. Something deeper. Something bible-based and steeped in His truth. So, wait…Let go of Christmas?Let go of Easter?Let go of Valentine’s? Yes. We are being called to let go of any ‘Holy-day’ that is not completely founded in Him and His word. ‘Do not follow the ways of the world and the traditions of men…’ no, follow what we know in our reluctant spirits. Follow God’s Word. And there are so many families who are being pulled the same way. There is a huge movement of Christ-followers who are returning to biblical, Hebrew roots and returning to the feasts and celebrations God gave us in His Word. And so, this is the path we’re on. And we’re wobbling through it. And I can’t even begin to express how new and inexperienced we are on this journey – but we are humbly walking forward in obedience. And we are experiencing joy and peace and a richness in the Lord that we’ve never experienced before. And Almighty God, Adonai, He is leading us. And our children? They are loving every minute of it and growing in their knowledge of God and His Holy Days. They are embracing something so meaningful, so spiritual, so irreplaceable, so eternal. I feel nudged to share our messy journey with a humble heart and pray it might inspire you to dig deeper into the truth of God’s Word. To search fervently for His truth in the things we celebrate with our families. To know for sure what it is we embrace when we say, “Happy Easter” or “Merry Christmas”. Because when I was willing to dig – I was shocked at what I found. Shocked at what was really in the ‘roots’ of these traditions. And if you’re ready and brave and this is new to you, I simply encourage you to pray, seek God’s wisdom. Then, with an open mind and heart look hard into the roots of Easter, Christmas, Valentine’s, Halloween, and all the rest of the holidays that have become common place in our culture. When the Lord began to reveal His plan for our family’s celebrations and ‘traditions’, I was brought to my knees. God’s plan is always so rich. So beautiful. So much better than anything we can do on our own. So profound are His ways. I am so thankful that the Lord spoke to us. We are so blessed also for precious friends who shared their hearts in humble spirit. And thankful for books and resources that all helped us see truth. Every single Biblical Holiday is full to the brim with undeniable prophetic truth, much deeper and meaningful celebrations, and truly Christ-centered roots. Last year was the first year we embraced Passover. Passover is one of three biblical holidays we celebrate to remember Christ’s death and resurrection. This week, we celebrate the days coming up to Passover, which we will celebrate on Saturday evening. That is followed immediately by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, then First Fruits. Unleavened Bread lasts 7 days. Yes, Christ is the lamb who was sacrificed on Passover! Praise His name.Because Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits are actually separate Feasts from Passover, I hope to include a second part to this post, offering ideas for embracing those celebrations. For this one though, I’m focusing on Passover.
One thing I had to wrap my mind around when we started embracing the biblical feasts is that the Hebrew Calendar is not the same as our calendar so Passover (along with all the other feasts) will almost never fall on the same day or day of the week in our ‘Roman’ calendar. This year Passover and “Easter” are very close in timing, however, many years they are up to a month apart.
So… here are some of the ways we are embracing a Christ-centered Passover this year.
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Can you think of the 10 plagues from memory?
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Can we put the plagues in order? |
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Easy copywork for lapbooks. |
Reading through the Passover Story in one of our Children’s Bibles:
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I got this bible on discount years ago, and it has been one of our favourites! |
The Story of Christ (object lessons from our Pesach Box):
Symbolic Meanings and Readings:
Matthew: 28:1-2
The lamb reminds us that Jesus is the Lamb of God, the One True Passover Lamb who died once and for all so we may be cleansed of our sins and draw close to the Him.
John 1:29
The two candles are the Sabbath Candles that remind us that Jesus is the Light of the World.
John 8:12
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I found all the symbols in clip-art form and printed them off for the children to put in order as we work through all the symbols in our Pesach box. |
Passover Supper
The 10 Plagues Symbolic Activity
Other Readings and Activities:
- reading through all of the account of the Exodus and the Passover as well as scriptures referring to Christ’s death and resurrection as well as references to Christ as the Lamb, and as the Shepherd.
- making our flags for Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits.
- reading through corresponding sections of the Victor Journey Through the Bible.
- Reading several picture books corresponding to Passover
- Copywork with scriptures and art. We will start with John 10:11 and a picture of a lamb from Draw Write Now.
- Sketching a Lamb
- Reading about Sheep in the Bible with our Big Bible Guide (we love this book)
- Poetry study – “God Speaks” by Lucy Martin from All Day Long from Christian Light Publications (Love this poetry book!)
- Hymn study – Oh, the Blood of Jesus
- Hebrew – learning the words to Oh, the Blood of Jesus in Hebrew
- Poetry for Copywork – Passover by Myra Cohn Livingston
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Picture study, a painting by Robert Bateman. |
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We love this Poetry book from Christian Light Publications, highly recommend it! |
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The Big Bible Guide (Creation and Animals) |
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We will work at learning the words in Hebrew to “Oh, the Blood”. We love Joshua Aaron and use his cds to not only worship the Lord, but learn Hebrew! |
Some Ideas for Passover Lapbooks {these are the ones we created last year}:
Some Links:
A fun Matzah cover handicraft
These 10 Plagues story prompts
A Sedar learning plate, similar to this one
Activity Ideas for Passover from Heart of Wisdom
Ann Voskamp’s family Passover celebration and thoughts
Free Christian Passover Sedar printable
Really neat Passover Sedar from Passion for Truth Ministries
From the Passover Lamb to the Lamb of God from Focus on the Family
I love this video from Passion for Truth. This is a homeschooling family who embrace a biblical, Hebrew Roots walk. Download their free Haggadah right here.
8 Comments
Uphill Homestead
Fantastic post! Thank you so much!!
Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh)
Our family does not keep the traditional holidays either. I have never kept them. Ever. As in not even when a child…but I've always kept the biblical feasts. It's such a deep rich time for reflection on the past, present, and future and they all do bring you to a deeper understanding of Christ the Messiah and God's plan for mankind. Many blessings on your journey. May you have a blessed and bountiful Passover and Unleavened Bread. We will be keeping the days as well here in Kentucky. 🙂
Unknown
Thank you. Great post, especially the ways of how to involve the children.
Unknown
Oh wow! You have wonderful resources to celebrate Passover with your children. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Unknown
This is all so fascinating to me. My family is going through this journey now. My husband and I knew that there had to be a depth to the Bible that we were just missing. Long story, but we have been learning about celebrating the feasts and it is amazing. I just finished reading A Family Guide To Biblical Feasts….so neat! I love reading your post because I don't know many people who agree. I am going to read your other posts on the the subject…and would look forward to any more resources you have to share 🙂
Stephanie
What would you offer to someone who wants to dig deep as well? What was your first resource for digging deeper? What helped you along the most in your pursuit in finding truth? I'm looking for a starting point.
Cassandra
Hi! I would suggest the book A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays… here is a link. 🙂 http://heartofwisdom.com/biblicalholidays/2015/01/13/a-family-guide-to-the-biblical-holidays/
Harmony
Thank you for this helpful post! You have some great ideas. My family and I have also been on this journey since 2014. It is so awesome discovering all the amazing treasures from the Bible. We are still learning new things everyday, and loving every second of it. It is so refreshing to see that other familys have discovered the beauty and truth of the feasts.