Symbolic Christian Passover Meal

The Passover meal was instituted by God to remind us of His power to deliver and save us, we cannot save ourselves...
we must rely on the blood of the Lamb, Jesus to save us from the spiritual death our sin otherwise requires.
The first Passover is found in the book of Exodus chapter 12 of the Bible.

With passover coming up i thought this might be of interest. It is the dialogue common to the passover meal. It incorporates both Jewish and Christian traditions. It isn't the full meal or complete rendering of the dialogue and isn't meant to be a meal. Rather it is meant to commemorate the passover work of JESUS and to teach children and adults about the jewish tradition of passover.

Our family celebrated the Passover meal last year- it was wonderful-
i learned a lot and we decided to make a tradition of it...enjoy!

Symbolic Christian Passover Meal
Leader: Let’s start our meal together by playing a game. The kids need to find 5 pastries hidden in the living room. Ok. Go.

1st person: The reason we did this is because God commanded the people of Israel to remove yeast from their houses to prepare for this special meal. The reason He did this is because yeast represents corruption and sin. By removing the yeast we show God that we want to remove sin from our life and obey only Him. That is why we are using bread that doesn’t have any yeast tonight. This special bread is called Matzoh.

Light candles.

2nd person: We light the candles to symbolize that God is with us tonight as we celebrate that He led the people of Israel out of slavery from Egypt and that Jesus died for our sins.
Do you remember that Jesus said He is the Light of the World?

All: Thank you Lord for being here with us tonight.

2nd person: The first cup we will drink from tonight represents God’s promise to free us from all our enemies. God says, “I am the Lord that will free you...” Exodus 6:6 God did this when He freed the Israelites from Egypt and when Jesus freed us from sin and all the power of Satan.

All: Thank You Lord that you free us from all our enemies.

Leader: Now let’s drink together.

Pass out wet paper towels.

Child: Now we are going to wash our hands- to prepare for the meal. This represents our clean hands and hearts before God.

Leader: Wash your hands.

Serve parsley.

1st person: The parsley represents everything wonderful God created and the new life we have through Jesus.

All: Thank you God for filling our lives with good things.

Pass out salt water.

2nd person: Even though God intended only goodness for us- sometimes our lives have sadness in them. This salt water represents the sadness we have in our lives.

Leader: Let’s all dip the parsley in salt water and taste it.

Serve the [Matzoh]. Do not eat yet.
2nd person: The Bread we are going to eat tonight is like the Bread that the Israelites took with them from Egypt when they left. Since they were hurrying they did not have time to let the bread rise, so they made it with no yeast. The bread that Jesus ate at the Last Supper was also without yeast. Jesus said that this bread represents His body. Just like the bread doesn’t have yeast-Jesus was without sin. And just like we brake the Matzoh to eat it - His body was broken for us when He died on the cross.

All: Thank you Lord for dying for our sins.

Leader: Everyone take the Matzoh- break it and eat it .

1st person: The Bible tells us we should teach our children God’s ways - to do that we must teach them to remember the things God has done for us.

Child #1: Why is tonight different from other nights”

2nd person: Tonight is different because tonight we remember that God delivered the Israelites from Egypt and Jesus delivered all of us from sin!

All: Thank you God for delivering us.

Pour more juice for everyone.

1st person: This second cup is the cup of deliverance. God delivered the people of Israel from Egypt but the Pharaoh didn’t want them to go. Tonight we are sad that God had to allow judgment on Pharaoh and the Egyptians before the people of Israel could leave. As I say the 10 plagues of judgment take your finger and dip it into your juice... this represents the cost of sin. The judgments were: Blood, Frogs, Lice, Swarms, Cattle Disease, Boils, Hail, Locusts and Darkness. The last plague was the death of the first born. Before this last plague happened God told the Israelites to take the blood of a spotless lamb and put it over their door posts so that Death would passover their homes. The blood was a sign of their trust in God. Jesus is the Lamb of God who shed His blood on the cross. If we trust in Jesus than His blood protects us and delivers us from eternal death and from the power of Satan.

All: Thank You Jesus, Lamb of God-Your blood shed for me delivers me from all harm!

Leader: Now let’s drink the second cup of deliverance. Drink.

Bring the plate with the egg and the lamb.

Leader: This piece of Lamb represents the lamb the Israelites sacrificed to save their children from the last plague in Egypt which was a also a symbol that represents Jesus, the Lamb of God who died for our sins.
3rd person: The egg is a symbol for sadness. For the Jews it is here to remind them that the temple where the jews offered sacrifices for their sins has been destroyed. But it reminds me as a Christian that Jesus- the TEMPLE was destroyed and then ROSE AGAIN!

Serve horseradish.

Child #2: Why do we eat bitter herbs tonight?

2nd person: Tonight we eat bitter herbs to remind us of the bitterness of slavery and sin.

Leader: Take a piece of Matzoh and dip it in the horseradish. Let’s eat this bitter herb together and remember the bitterness of sin.
Action: Eat.

Serve Choraset.

1st person: Now we serve Choraset because it reminds us of the clay the Israelites used to build with as slaves in Egypt.

Leader: Take parsley and dip it in choraset. Taste it. Its sweet!

Child #3: Why do we dip the parsley twice?

3rd person: We dipped the parsley first in the salt to remind us of sins bitterness and then in the choraset to remind us that God brings sweet deliverance in times of suffering.

Child #4: Why are we doing this tonight?

Leader: Tonight we are remembering God’s goodness in delivering us.

All: Thank you Lord for delivering us!

Serve everyone juice.

1st Person: We drink this third cup to welcome our Lord Jesus tonight and to thank Him for leaving heaven to Redeem us! To buy us back from slavery- to pay the price for our sins with His own Body and Blood!

All: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna!

Leader: Let’s Drink to honor Jesus our Lord. Drink.

Fill everyone's glass again and give them a piece of Matzoh.

2nd person: Now to end this part of our Seder dinner we are going to take communion. Just like Jesus did the night He was betrayed... The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

Action: Take the bread and eat it.

3rd person: “In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.”

Action: Drink.