Cristo en la Pascua

As many of you know, I teach Pentateuch at Anna Sanders Bible Institute in Mexico City. In the course of our studies, we learned about the institution of the Passover in Exodus. Last week, missionary Elena Parker shared with my students the significance of the Passover to the Christian believer.

Our seder plates included Charoset, a mixture of apples, nuts, honey and grape juice;

Karpas, usually parsley that is dipped into salt water;

Maror, the bitter herb or horseradish;

Matzoh, the unleavened bread; and

Betzah, the boiled egg that represents the sacrifice.

In this video, Elena describes the significance of the matzoh in the Passover.

My students appreciated the new insights Elena shared with them. I've attended three presentations like this before, except this time of course, the presentation was in Spanish. As a teenager I attended a real Passover Seder - as the Gentile server :)

In this video, the students eat horseradish for the first time. This bitter herb reminds the Jews every year during Passover of the bitterness of slavery that their ancestors endured in Egypt.

We enjoyed a beautiful rendition of El Shaddai.

Elena leads the students in singing, Dayenu. 

Loosely translated it means, it would have been enough.

In John 14, Phillip, one of the disciples, says to Jesus, Lord show us the Father and that will be enough for us. Indeed, Jesus has shown us the Father, and although that would have been enough, he gives us so much more. May you know the presence of our Savior, the power of the resurrection, and the joy of the Spirit this season.