Passover - The Threshold Covenant

The way YHVH deals with man is through Covenants. He made the
initial Covenant with a Gentile man called Abraham in Gen 15. This
was an unconditional everlasting covenant made to Abrahams
seed or descendants. It was unconditional because Abraham was
asleep while the touch of fire (Messiah) walked in between the
pieces, making the Covenant with Abraham while he was asleep,
taking the consequences for breaking the Covenant, for both parties,
upon Himself. This means that if any of the conditions of the
Covenant are broken by any party, the Torch had to die, ending up
like the dead animals.
Before this Covenant was cut YHVH told Abraham that He is His Shield and his
exceedingly great Reward. The Shield referred to Messiah that will cover Abrahams
descendants if they break the Covenant conditions and that implies that Messiah
(Shield) had to die if man broke the Covenant. This is the reason Yshua had to die for
us, because He is the Shield, covering man while in a sinful state, so that man can
receive the Exceedingly Great Reward, that is the Father, living with Him forever.
After that there were two other Covenants that formed part of this initial
Covenant made with Abraham. These two Covenants hang on the
initial Covenant made with Abraham, forming part of the overall
Marriage Covenant YHVH made with man (Abrahams descendants).
Jer 31:31-33 Behold, the days are coming, says YHVH, when I will make a
new Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah 32 not
according to the Covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My Covenant which
they broke, though I was a husband to them, says YHVH. 33 But this is the
Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says
YHVH: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I
will be their God, and they shall be My people.
We know this passage very well and it is the verse that is quoted as proof of a New
Covenant, where He will write the Torah in our Hearts. What people fail to see is the
language used here referring back to the Exodus where they celebrated the first
Passover. The Passover is referred to here as a Covenant YHVH made with His
people and that Covenant made YHVH their Husband and Israel His Bride. This
confirms that Passover is part of the Marriage Covenant with Israel.
The first part of the Marriage Covenant was when the Groom (YHVH) gave His
vows (conditions of Covenant) to the Bride, to protect and to provide for Her. These
promises were given before Israel left Egypt and is found in Exo 6:6-7 and we will
look at them when we discuss the Four Cups that form part of the Passover
Celebration.

This makes the Passover the First part of the Marriage Covenant between YHVH
and Man. The Passover also prophetically predicted the death of the Shield or
Messiah that will take the consequences for breaking any of the conditions of the
Covenant upon Himself, protecting and covering His Bride.
The next Part of the Marriage Covenant took place at Mount
Sinai where the Bride gave Her vows (conditions of
Covenant) to the Groom that she stated in Exo 19:8 all
that YHVH has spoken, we will do They said that before
receiving any of the Commandments / conditions from
YHVH and became the Brides vows to their Groom.
Breaking any of these vows will result in Her death, as
stipulated at the cutting of the Covenant with Abraham, but
the Messiah is the Shield that will protect His Bride and He would die in Her place as
promised.
We all know the rest of the story and now understand that the Passover is part of the
Two-Part Marriage Covenant that hang off from Abrahams Covenant, to protect
Israel His Bride, because He knew She was in a fallen state and will sin eventually.
That is why He made the Abrahams Covenant with Himself on behalf of Abrahams
descendants, in order to protect His Bride becoming Her Shield and Covering.
This makes these three Covenants One (Echad) with the initial part, the
unconditional and eternal Covenant and the other two are conditional, containing the
conditions (vows) and the consequences for breaking them.
The Gospel: We as Gentiles can now be blessed (grafted in) with our father
Abraham and become part of Israel and part of the Marriage Covenant and the
Bride. [The word for blessed connects to a root word that means grafted in] This
is the New or Renewed Covenant YHVH made with man and is still part of the
original Three-Part-Covenant He made with Israel, Abrahams descendants so that
anybody from any nation can become part of Israel and be Married to YHVH
engaging in this initial Covenant. This is the Gospel message in a nutshell.

Passover The Threshold Covenant

In a traditional Hebrew Marriage, the sign of the Covenant was
the blood on the Sheet that was presented after the first
Marriage night. The wife has a threshold that the man enters
and blood came forth sealing this Covenant between the
woman and the man. In a similar way, Israel applied blood on
the threshold (doorpost) of their houses on the first Passover
night prior to leaving Egypt. This blood sealed the Covenant
between YHVH and Israel (Righteous People of Elohim). All
Covenants were sealed or cut with Blood and without Blood
there is no Covenant. In the same way is the blood of the lamb on the threshold
(doorpost) provided a sign that the Bride inside the House was pure and now
married to YHVH.
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The next stage of the Marriage Covenant took place at Mount Sinai. This was where
Israel broke her vows of the Marriage Covenant by worshipping a Golden Calf. This
placed the Marriage under pressure because it was a great insult to YHVH, Who just
got married, committing adultery because Idolatry is seen as spiritual adultery in the
eyes of YHVH. This sin activated the need for a Sacrificial System that could act as a
Shield until Messiah came to die for His Bride as promised to Abraham.
Luckily for Israel, the initial part of the Covenant was unconditional and everlasting
(Covenant made with Abraham), that was the initial part of the Betrothal and the
Messiah being the Shield, had to fulfil His vow to cover and protect His Bride, thus
dying in our place on our behalf as required by the Covenant.
The Threshold was a very important aspect of any house
according to ancient traditions, including Hebrew tradition. When
you go to the Eastern Countries as well as Israel and are invited
into someones house, never step on the threshold of their house,
if you step over, you will be treated as a special guest in that house,
if you step on it, you show that you no longer accept their
hospitality. Whenever you enter a house of a person and step onto
the threshold of the front door, it is seen as a sign of hostility
towards the people living in that house and towards the God they serve. Whenever a
person with evil intent enter their house and step on the Threshold, the God of that
house will release curses upon that person who defiled the threshold of that house.
This made the Threshold a sacred sign of the Covenant between the people in the
house and the God they served.
Adoption through the Threshold Covenant: In Syria and Egypt they had the
custom when a newcomer arrives, to slaughter an animal and shed the blood on the
threshold of the front door of the house. When the newcomer enters that house and
step over the threshold, they are adopted into that family and treated as a son or
daughter form that day on for life.
Welcoming sign: In Liberia, West Africa, it is a common custom among the tribes to
kill a fowl and sprinkle blood upon the Threshold of the house when strangers arrive
as a welcoming sign.
Threshold and Mezuzah: When you enter a Jews house and kiss the
Mezuzah, you show the owner of the house that you respect the God they
serve and they will treat you with great hospitality. Jews install Mezuzahs on the
Doorpost (Mezuzah means Doorpost) of their doors that is a sign of the
Threshold Covenant they made with YHVH. The Mezuzah contains the passage
in that links the Passover Blood of the threshold of the house, with the
Commandments given at Mount Sinai to show they are YHVHs people.

Conclusion: Relating this passage back to the sacrifice of the Passover placed the
blood on the doorposts or Mezuzahs as well as on the Threshold of the entrance of
the House. It was as if the people had to walk through the blood, covered from all
sides, to enter into the house. The Covenant is symbolised, not only with the blood
on the lintel and doorposts, but the Threshold as well, making the Passover and
sacrifice of Yshua, the Threshold Covenant. New Believers are grafted into the
family of YHVH when they step into the house, crossing over the threshold, thorough
the Blood of Messiah. This makes them part of the Bride and the next step of the
Marriage is to agree to the vows of the Bride as revealed at Mount Sinai.

Trample on the Threshold

When you cross over the threshold of that house, you imply that you are in
Covenant with the God of the owner of that house. If you then disregard or
disrespect the customs or hospitality of the house, it is similar to stepping
onto the threshold of that house, insulting the people and their God.
This is the same language that is used in Hebrews 10 where it talks
about the blood of Messiah being trampled on, entering His House
and not adhering to the customs and hospitality of that house
contained in the Covenant vows Israel made with their Husband at
Mount Sinai.
Heb 10:28 -31 Anyone who has rejected Moses law dies without mercy
on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment,
do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God
underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a
common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who
said, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says YHVH. And again, YHVH will
judge His people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
This is a message and warning to us entering the House of YHVH, not respecting
and knowing the vows the Bride agreed to at Mount Sinai contained in the
Commandments.
Q How do you step disrespectful onto the Covenant of YHVH symbolised by the
Threshold?
Zep 1:9 And I shall punish on that day all who leap over the threshold, who
fill their masters house with violence and deceit.
When you enter your Masters house you must be fearful of not defiling the house
with violence and deceit.
Violence is the word chamac and means; violence, do wrong, cruelty, do injustice
If the Master of the House specified what is just and what is right (righteous) in the
house, you defile the house by doing the opposite after crossing over taking part in
the Covenant of the Threshold. If you do these things, you will bring a curse upon
yourself and receive His punishment.

Spiritual Application: If you partake in the Threshold Covenant, the Passover, that
is also known as the Marriage Covenant, you enter the House of your Master and
must learn the Masters Ways in order not to defile His house like Israel did
worshipping the Golden Calf. This was the first sin after establishing the Threshold
Covenant and the first thing people will do right after they enter YHVHs Household.
Rid yourself from all pagan traditions or cultural traditions that are contrary to
YHVHs Word that might defile His House.
Covenant Meal Warning: It is very important NOT
to partake in this Covenant Meal if you cling to
customs you are not prepared to let go of that
could potentially defile the House of the Master.
Rather sit out, observe and learn than to take part
in the Threshold Covenant Meal and bring
judgement upon yourself.
Another reason not to partake, potentially stepping
disrespectfully onto the Threshold is described by
Paul in 1 Corinthians 11 where he warned
believers to examine themselves prior to partaking
in the Passover. He related it back to when Yshua
ate the Passover meal with His Disciples.
1 Cor 11: 23-25 For I received from the Master
that which I also delivered to you: that the Master Yshua on the same night in
which He was betrayed took bread;24 and when He had given thanks, He
broke it and said, Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this
in remembrance of Me.25 In the same manner He also took the cup after
supper, saying, This cup is the new Covenant in My Blood. This do, as often
as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.
The context and why Paul addressed this is found in verse 18.
1 Cor 11: 18 For first of all, when you come together as an Assembly, I hear
that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19 For there must
also be factions (groups) among you, that those who are approved may be
recognized among you.
Whenever they did the Passover, they remembered the Marriage Covenant YHVH
made with the House of Judah and with the House of Israel (Jer 31:31-33), bringing
these two factions (Groups) together into one House.
Division within Groups: The warning to us as followers of Messiah is that the
House of YHVH consists of Jews and Gentiles, the House of Judah and the House
of Israel (Gentiles who received Messiah).
These two groups with different backgrounds cause conflict and divisions within the
Congregation specifically regarding the celebration of Passover. This cause violence
to enter YHVHs House and caused them to trample on the Threshold of the
Masters House.
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If you have any issues with your brother, one form Jewish background or one from
Christian background, or any issue with any brother regarding celebrating the Feast
(calendar, dates etc.), causing disputes, you should make right before you partake in
this Threshold Covenant Meal or not partake in order to avoid punishment of a curse
to come upon you.
1 Cor 11:27-32 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the
Master in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the
Master. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread
and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy
manner[e]eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the
Masters body. 30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and
many that died. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be
judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by YHVH, that we may
not be condemned with the world.
Paul addressed three issues; Eating in an unworthy manner, thinking it just about
food and forgetting the symbolism of this Covenant Meal. Secondly, having groups
with disputes within the House of YHVH and thirdly, having un-forgiveness towards a
brother or sister. Examine yourself and sort out your issues with your brother or
sister and make it right even if you still differ in opinion, so that you can respect the
Master of the House, His Blood and His Covenant.

Passover Symbolism
Over the centuries the Passover Seder has grown
with new and meaningful traditions, but the core of
the celebration is very ancient and goes back to the
time when Israel left Egypt. During this Passover, we
are only going to look at the symbolism of the First
Passover found in Exodus, as well as the last
Passover Yshua celebrated with His Disciples and
base our Passover according to these Scriptural
guidelines.
Exo 12:5-17 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You
may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 Now you shall keep it until the
fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the
congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. 7 And they shall take some of the
blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where
they eat it. 8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with
unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat it raw,
nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fireits head with its legs and its
entrails.
10 You

shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until
morning you shall burn with fire. 11 And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on
your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you
shall eat it in haste. It is YHVHs Passover.
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I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the
gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am YHVH. 13 Now the blood shall be a
sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass
over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the
land of Egypt.14 So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it
as a Feast to YHVH throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a Feast
by an everlasting ordinance.
15 Seven

days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall
remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the
first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 On
the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there
shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them;
but that which everyone must eatthat only may be prepared by you.17 So you
shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have
brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this
day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.
The Passover has the following Symbolism:
1. Blood on the Doorpost.
2. The Four Cups (Exo 6:6-7) Vows of YHVH to His Bride. The Four Cups will
be used as a framework and will link each of the food symbols to a particular
cup and will be taken together
2.1 Bitter Herbs
2.2 Unleavened Bread
2.3 Roasted Lamb
The vows of the Bride are found within the symbolism of the next Feast, counting
50 days from First Fruits to come to the next Feast, Shavuot where the Bride
committed to do everything YHVH commanded. (Exo 19:8).
1. Blood of the Lamb on the Doorpost and on the
Threshold:
Exo 12:22-23 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop,
dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the
lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the
basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his
house until morning. 23 For YHVH will pass through to
strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the
lintel and on the two doorposts, YHVH will pass over
the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your
houses to strike you.

We have already covered the symbolism of the Blood of the Covenant that
represents the Marriage Covenant (where there is blood on the wedding night) as
well as the Threshold and the Mezuzah, symbolising the entrance into the House of
YHVH, becoming part of His Family.
Stepping over the Threshold with the Blood is a sign of respect for the God of that
House and adhering to the customs of the people inside the House, accepting their
hospitality.
The blood was also for YHVH to see, that the people inside the House took part in
His Covenant and that Death could Pass-them-over (Passover), being under the
protection of the Shield (Yshua).
2. The Four cups
We find the vows or promises of the Groom to
the Bride in Exodus 6:6-7:
Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, I am
YHVH, and I will bring you out from under
the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will
deliver you from their bondage. I will also
redeem you with an outstretched arm and
with great judgments. Then I will take you
for My people, and I will be your God; and you
shall know that I am YHVH your Elohim, who
brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
If you take the four verbs which describe YHVHs promises to Israel prior to the
Exodus event, the Sages instituted Four Cups in the Meal of Remembrance to
commemorate YHVHs work. At the Passover Yshua referred to two of the four
cups, excluding the Fourth Cup, indicating that He partook of at least three Cups that
symbolises the Work He had to do during His First Coming. The Fourth Cup was
mentioned in the Garden just before He was captured and He never returned to the
table to do the last Cup after the Passover.
We will use the Four Cups as the framework for our Seder and will be taken with
each of the relevant food symbols that relates to that particular Cup.
2.1 "I will take you out" Remove you from being a slave form under the
authority of Satan (Pharaoh) and away from the temptations of Mitzrayim (Egypt - sin
and bondage). This Cup is taken while eating the Bitter Herbs.
Bitter herbs Maror - The Bitter herbs relates to the symbolism of the First
Cup, taking you out of slavery. Bitter herbs bring tears to the
eyes and recall the bitterness of slavery. The bitterness
reminds us of the slavery in Egypt, but we are called to look at
their own lives to identify our own bitter enslavements, whether
addiction or bad sinful habit.

2.2 "I will save you" Take away your fallen leprous state and fallen nature
through the Sacrifice of the Lamb of YHVH that was slain on Passover. Allow
you to be called His Bride, partaking in the Marriage Covenant
Meal and entering into YHVHs House, crossing over the
Threshold. This Cup is taken while eating the Unleavened
Bread.
Unleavened Bread or Matzah The Unleavened Bread is
taken with the Second Cup representing the Saviours Body
and our Salvation from our old fallen nature. This is the
fulfilment of the first part of the Promise made to Abraham;
I will be your Shield Gen 15:1.
2.3 "I will redeem you" Prepare you as the Bride taking you through a
cleansing process in order to be presentable before the King. This Cup is
taken after eating the Roasted Lamb and the Meal.
Roasted Lamb: The Lamb represents partaking in the Word of
YHVH. The Lamb was for the people inside the House so that
they could eat and gain strength for the journey ahead. They
had to eat the meal in haste, packed and ready to go. It is
about filling yourself with the Word of YHVH (eat His flesh,
partake of His Body John 6:54. They that partake in His
flesh, learning and knowing and doing His Word in order to
leave the old culture and embrace YHVHs new Culture
John 6:54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal
life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
The Third Cup is normally taken after the Meal and this is the Cup that Yshua
said in Luke 22:20 Likewise the cup also, after supper, saying, This cup is the
renewed Covenant in My Blood which is shed for you. [Supper in Greek is also
translated as Feast and in this context, Feast is more appropriate]
2.4. "I will take you " Allow you to enter into the Kingdom of YHVH and
live with Him forever after His Restoration Process is complete. This is
fulfilling the second part of the Promise to Abraham where YHVH said; I
will be your Exceedingly Great Reward Gen 15:1
The Fourth Cup within the traditional Passover Seder is related to the coming of
Elijah the Prophet. In modern times, the Fourth Cup is filled, and the door
opened for Elijah. The Fourth Cup is taken after reciting of the Hallel Psalms
(Psalms 115-118) and then the Great Hallel (Psalm 136).
We read in Mark 14:26: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the
Mount of Olives. This suggests to us that Yshua's Seder did not include the
Fourth Cup, but adjourned to Gethsemane where Yshua wrestled in prayer
about the cup of suffering he was about to drink, praying the following words:

Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup

from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. Mark 14:36.
This suggests that Yshua only drank the first three cups and that
means that the Work of the Messiah represented by the first three
Cups is accomplished during His First Coming and relevant to us
today.
In a Marriage we have the symbolism of the Groom
carrying the Bride over the Threshold of the house symbolising that he
will protect and provide for her. This is similar to what Yshua will do
when we meet Him in the Clouds where He will gather us in His arms
and land with His feet on the Mount of Olives, carrying us over the
Threshold into His Fathers House. The Kidron Valley is the valley on the
eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount
from the Mount of Olives. The blood of the sacrifices conducted in the
Temple ran onto this valley and taken away by its water running towards
the Dead Sea. This Valley forms the Threshold between the Mount of
Olives and the House of YHVH that Yshua will carry us over as a
Groom carrying His Bride into His Fathers House. People know this
event as the Rapture but it is actually physically fulfilling the Threshold Covenant
YHVH made with His Bride at the First Passover. Lets find out more about the
Threshold and why it is important.
This final cup reminds us that our redemption is not fully realized yet, and though we
enjoy the realities of it in the present, the future still holds our full and final
redemption and restoration. The Last Cup will be celebrated at the Passover
Marriage Feast in the Kingdom with Messiah that is referred to in the Book of
Revelation.

Rev 19:6-9 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude,
like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder,
crying out, Hallelujah! For YHVH our Elohim the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us
rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the Marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to clothe
herself with fine linen, bright and pure for the fine linen is the righteous
deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said[a] to me, Write this: Blessed are those
who are invited to the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These
are the true words of Elohim.

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