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Deuteronomy 16:1-8 PASSOVER PMAudio lecture from the Book of Deuteronomy on the subject of the Passover taught by Pastor ArnoldMurray of the Shepherd's Chapel. The following is a student transcript of an original audio cassette.Pastor Arnold Murray:Deuteronomy. These words, the title in the Hebrew tongue. These words that I like to call the law as it is tothe average family. The law that pertains to the priest is left out of the Book of Deuteronomy becauseMoses was addressing the congregation and those things, I feel as I hope you have by this pointinasmuch as we will begin the 16

chapter today---that the reason he did this is because it looks on, itlooks forward to the arrival of Christ. The Messiah. At His first advent. Because there would be manythings discussed in this Book of Deuteronomy that He would become. As a matter of fact we are going tofind that out in this lecture coming right out the gate as we start here today. So with a word of wisdomfrom our Father, chapter 16, the Book of Deuteronomy, let's go with it.V1 "OBSERVE THE MONTH OF ABIB, AND KEEP THE PASSOVER UNTO THE LORD THY GOD: FOR INTHE MONTH OF ABIB THE LORD THEY GOD BROUGHT THEE FORTH OUT OF EGYPT BY NIGHT." It wasa rapid departure, yet they left much richer than they went in, thought they had been in slavery there theyincreased in population as well as many other things in that four hundred years approximately. Give or take, take that would be, then they had than when they went in. So we see then, Father says "Keep thePassover." Naturally, inasmuch as Passover was that time that the death angel passed over Israel, over basically we should say the children of God. Those that believed upon Him. Those that would follow Hisinstructions. In other words He said `put the blood on the post--or else'. But really its all that simple todayalso. You either have that blood on your door post--or else. And of course, Christ became our Passover.And what I'm saying is, you either have Him or you're nothing. You're really nothi! ng. You may be aroundthis flesh age but that will be it friend. And at the end of that you have basically run your course. But if you obey God, what is His voice? Love My Son. For in loving Him, you show your love toward Me. So aswell as being freed from bondage or slavery to this world, and that's kind of what its symbolic of. You canstill be in slavery today if you choose. You can be enslaved by habits or simply turning to the ways of theworld and be a slave to it. And many of you are. All of us to a certain degree or as long as we are in theflesh are going to have certain things that keep pulling us into the world. Therefore with Christ being thatSacrificial Lamb having paid the price on the cross, through repentance brings us freedom indeed. Bothfrom the world and from death which is to say resurrected into eternal life.I want to document that fact that keep Passover, you bet. It was an eternal thing. But what is our Passover? I want you to turn with me to I Corinthians chapter 5. I want to pick it up with verse seven andlet's listen to the teachings here. God speaking through Paul. And it reads. "PURGE OUT THEREFORETHE OLD LEAVEN, THAT YE MAY BE A NEW LUMP," In other words, this is you might say this is kind of anew command just like the old "AS YE ARE UNLEAVENED." In other words, unleavened what? By beingtainted by the world. "FOR EVEN CHRIST OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US:" Hey, we couldn't doit friend. There had to be a perfect sacrifice. Not one blemish. Not one spot. He had to be innocent.There's just no other human being that way. So Christ became our Passover and you had better keep itfriend. If you wish any freedom whatsoever from this world and a release into eternal life, that's the onlyway. There is none other. Absolutely no other way.Verse 8. "THEREFORE LET US KEEP THE FEAST, NOT WITH OLD LEAVEN, NEITHER WITH THE LEAVENOF MALICE AND WICKEDNESS; BUT WITH THE UNLEAVENED BREAD OF SINCERITY AND TRUTH."What is our unleavened bread at this time? The body of Christ. Christ said Ì am the Bread of Life." The IAm being the sacred Name. ÈHYEH ÀSHER ÈHYEH in the Hebrew tongue of Yahweh. So you see thenour Passover, that Christ did not destroy this law but fulfilled it and became our Passover. A Passover that in the Eucharist or in Holy Communion we partake of that Passover symbolically but yet a realityeven to this day. You're supposed to keep it.Let's return to the sixteenth chapter and let's talk about Passover as well as other feast days in thisparticular chapter. Verse 2. Sixteen. Deuteronomy. "THOU SHALT THEREFOR SACRIFICE THEPASSOVER UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, OF THE FLOCK AND THE HERD, IN THE PLACE WHICH THELORD SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME THERE." Where did God decide to place His Name? Do youknow what the Name Jesus is? When you say Jesus do you realize what you're saying? Naturally that'sEnglish. But let's translate it--or transliterate it, better said--back to the Hebrew a moment. Jehoshua.Now, rather than translating it simply from Jesus to Jehoshua, let's fully translate it. And it saysJehovah's Savior. So God's Name is nailed into the Name Savior, Jehoshua, or Jesus in the English. As ateacher I always use both Names, or sometimes more, whereby as a student the ear learns that SacredName. The Name, the place where God put His Name--where then? In Christ. Jehoshua. Then not onlythen are you ta! king the sacrifice that Christ brought to pass for you, for your sins. I'm talking to you.

And your sins then are nailed to the cross just as sure as they can be when you repent in that place, andyou are participating in the place where God Himself has placed Passover for you---that is to say inChrist. Well then, what geographical location are you talking about? Christ is everywhere. There will be atime when He will be on a throne, the throne of David back on this earth. The Prince will be there also.And we will take that Passover with Him even at that time. That that will be sacrificed will be your love for Him. So the thing is this: I do now know how God could have made it any easier for His children to obeyHis command in keeping the Passover and the rest of the Holy Days as far as that's concerned becauseChrist became those things and He is in you whatever your geographical location. There is no reason youcannot partake. Even if you partake alone. And it is for th! at reason that we here at Shepherd's Chapelabout three times a year d o take with you on air the Passover. Holy Communion. Giving you theopportunity to participate for as we gather through the ether waves or the air waves whichever you wishto say, then we fellowship in that Holy Spirit for He is everywhere. God has made it so simple for you thatanyone, anyone who chooses to believe, anyone who chooses to love Him. For those events, the freedomHe has given us. I do not understand how some people can stay branded and drugged out, losing family,friends and country. As far as that's concerned, because as far as I am concerned--if you are incarceratedand lose your freedom you lose your country because this is a nation of freedoms. I don't understandwhy that person wouldn't partake of He that can bring you above that, can bring you out of it. And allowyou to be a child of good standing with our Father that owns everything, and be an inheritor thereof.Verse 3. "THOU SHALT EAT NO LEAVENED BREAD WITH IT; SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU EATUNLEAVENED BREAD THEREWITH, EVEN THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION;" Mark that in your mind. "FORTHOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT IN HASTE: THAT THOU MAYEST REMEMBER THEDAY WHEN THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE." I'mgoing to tell you something. That old death angel is still around. That angel that God allowed to go andkill all the first born. He's still very much around. And I assure you as long as you keep the seal of our people on your door post, he will pass over your house if you order him so in the Name of Jehoshua.There will be no demonic presence past that door post. What is this bread of affliction? First let's take itfor the material reason: why is it unleavened? Because in leaving in haste it was not going to have time torise. Alright have you ever watched bread? And work up the dough and put the yeast in it. And roll her outand pat her down a! nd its flatter than a pancake. Alright? The yeast if it were given time it would rise. Hesaid don't even put the yeast in it to remind you you had to do it in haste and there wasn't time for it torise. And it wasn't very tasty and the bread of affliction makes that symbolic then that it is kind of flat.That so was the life under the bondage of Egypt. Well, hey, don't say that that's past history. There aremany of you who are under bondage today, my friends. And this was only a type to show you what thisbondage of today could be. Do you know what the greatest bondage of all is? Ignorance concerning theFather's Word. Many people are in bondage to the ways of this world because they don't know any better.Because they are ignorant of God's Word . Have not been taught. Whose fault is it then? The teacher'sfault? Well, perhaps that man rather than teaching as he should have went into church business. I don'tknow. Or did God intend it that way? I don't like to blame your ! problems on someone else. I like to blamemy problems on me and your problems on you. Do you know why? If I can accomplish having you seeyour own problems and what you can do about it, you will do something about it. If you're ignorant of that, then there's no way you're going to know. So, and you can be in that bread of affliction today andnot even know it if you are ignorant of Father's Word and what His instructions, what His love is. ThatHe's saying `child come home, let Me take care of you, let Me elevate all that pain of the world, keep Myfeast, accept My Passover which is to say Christ, and come out the affliction.' Hey, its up to you, friend.There's not a thing in the world stopping you other than yourself. He made it that easy for you. Do it inhaste. Come out! And come into His beautiful truth. Come into His Passover whereby He can share thatlove and you can be happy. Study your Father's Word whereby you are not ignorant of things that areeternal.Verse 4. "AND THERE SHALL BE NO LEAVENED BREAD SEEN WITH THEE IN ALL THY COAST SEVENDAYS;" In other words, for that seven day period you're going to eat that bread of affliction. "NEITHERSHALL THERE ANY THING OF THE FLESTH, WHICH THOU SACRIFICEDST THE FIRST DAY AT EVEN,REMAIN ALL NIGHT UNTIL THE MORNING." In a sense I like to explain that in this way. In the first place,they were leaving with haste. But as far as meat is concerned, I like to symbolically use that for deeper truth. Alright? Who was going to give them meat in the desert? There wasn't any as far as they wereconcerned. Who gave the meat in the desert? God did. He caused that wonderful bird the quail to fallupon them. Which by the grace of God gave them meat that would carry them. And manna the bread of the angels to sup with. But what He's saying in a sense is, "If you're in My Word, tomorrow will take careof itself." That is not to say you're not to plan for it. But in the sense that you know even in ! planning for it, that God would preserve you. God will see that you are blessed. Alright? And He will.Now. Verse 5. "THOU MAYEST NOT SACRIFICE THE PASSOVER WITHIN ANY OF THY GATES, WHICHTHE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE:"