Messiah in the Passover - Amir Tsfati Video

Incredible insight from Amir Tsfati; a Jewish believer in Yeshua; on Messiah in the Passover;

The passover in Egypt removed the hopelessness of never ending bondage. The choice to leave Egypt was then available. But which way? Was the Red Sea ‘baptism’ unnecessary, or was it real killer of torment?

While it is correct that God’s command to Israel to keep that first passover was symbolic of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, the following commands to leave Egypt show the type and shadow of Jesus Christ’s commands for conversion of the sinner.

Those that insist of water baptism being nothing more than symbolic are willingly ignorant of the power of water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (the prophet like unto Moses).

Did Moses immediately lead Israel straight to the Promised Land? No.

After his death, burial, and resurrection, did Jesus immediately give the Holy Ghost to believers of his death. No.

As the Cloud led Israel to the Red Sea (and went with them through it, so also those that believe that Jesus Christ broke the curse of bondage to sin, follow Christ’s commands to be converted, being born of the water and of the Spirit.

Look at the Exodus a little closer.

While the passover enabled Israel to leave Egypt, they had no power to face the Philistines that they would have to battle in the promised land. They needed water and Spirit baptism, and instruction in holiness at mount Sinai, before they would march into that land.

So God told Moses to turn the Israelites away from the obvious, well-traveled, route to the promised land, the cloud confirming it, leading to the Red Sea. It seemed ridiculous to the Israelites, then worse, a trap resulting in death by the persuing Egyptian army.

It was there, that by following Moses, all went “under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;” (2Cor. 10:1,2).

With its army destroyed there, Egypt no longer had any power whatsover over the Israelites.

I repeat, the Son of God broke the hopelessness of bondage to sin at the cross. But choices must be made, and commandments followed, when told of this hope. At the end of each of the four gospels, Jesus Christ gave commandments for conversion. Those commandments are shown being enacted for the first time in Acts 2:38.

Repentance is seen in Israel’s acceptance and obedience to the passover in Egypt. They had to come to him (at Sinai), and come there HIS way. But they had to be ‘buried’ (baptized) at the Red Sea to be purged of the nagging curse of Pharaoh’s army (a type of sin). The cloud over them is symbolic of Holy Ghost baptism.

Why didn’t God just destroy the enemies in the promised land before Israel arrived? Because Israel had learned pagan ways in Egypt, and would live in those pagan ways if not given instructions in holiness; which happened after crossing the Red Sea.

It is interesting that, in reference to the whole breaking down of Egypt to free Israel, the word ‘salvation’ is finally used at the Red Sea (Ex. 14:13). And upon crossing the Red Sea, and the Egyptians destroyed, Exodus 14:30 says:

“Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.”

Jesus broke the curse, satisfying God’s requirement for a sinless sacrifice. Jesus then leads people to hear his sent messengers teach the way of salvation.

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