We do NOT want to erase history, good or bad.

However there are a few holes to patch to bring clarity to an historic event.

The purpose of this episode is to clear up the confusion about why Jews celebrate Passover every spring while Christians celebrate Easter. Is this how God planned the calendar?

Or was God's intention to unite Jews and Gentiles instead of further dividing them as history has sadly recorded?

On the night of Passover, when God saw the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of the Hebrew slaves' homes, He delivered them from the cruelty of slavery.

That night was to be remembered and celebrated for all generations in every Jewish home.

Fifteen centuries later it was celebrated by a group of Jewish disciples, led by Jesus, whom they called Yeshua. From that night on until eternity, people everywhere can celebrate with even greater intention because on that Passover, Yeshua became the Lamb of God, slain before the foundation of the world, to free all who believe in Him from the slavery of sin.

We can't change history, but we can make corrections as we move forward and follow the Lamb.

We all have missing pieces. Much of our lives is spent looking for them. Without knowing what they look like, our search can seem futile. It may sound strange, but we are created that way. God put eternity in our hearts, yet it cannot be grasped in this life without Him. We look for it in a thousand different ways as well as in people who seem to have found it.

Jesus came to fill that gap. He is the Blessing but remains invisible. He will only be seen through the actions of those who receive Him. In Genesis 12, God’s solution to mankind’s problem is revealed to Abraham, then to his descendants through Jacob. He gives them this blessing to share it with all the families of the earth. This is God’s eternal purpose. In this episode we begin to see God’s love for all people and His intention for people to share that love with others. It will require faith and cooperation, the very thing that Satan despises.

Because of his opposition, this blessing becomes contentious, and the tension of the redemption story begins to mount.

The Fragile Nature of the Blessing

Jacob is yet to be known by his new name, Israel. It will be centuries before Israel will be known as the Land God promised to Jacob and his descendants.

It seems like God is in no rush to introduce him and his son’s as we begin to read of their episodes. Sometimes it will make us cringe that these guys are supposed be the emissaries of the blessing, when they can barely get along.

We must realize that civilization was not civilized to understand God’s process of releasing them into the world as His representatives.

Before long God will use Israel using three objects symbolically.

Compass—Plumbline—Time piece. Later we will see how these connect as the path of righteousness hosts its first sojourners.

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Shalom and Blessings