Passover: Maundy Thursday
SEDER MEAL (at home, self-guided)
March 28th
Celebrate a Seder meal with your family or loved ones at home. While we have been restricted to only our household, or one other for the past couple of years, we aren't restricted in the same way this year! We encourage you to invite a neighbour or friend over to share this meal with you and your family. This guide will navigate you through a devotional, meal prep, and shopping for your Seder meal, as we look forward to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Feel free to add your favourite side dishes to complete this symbolic meal.
Seder Meal Outline
There is no right or wrong way to celebrate this feast. Fill your home with the glory of Jesus with praise, worship and adoration to Him who is, was and always will be! Candles lit on the table represent Jesus, who is the light of the World.
Food on the table Roasted lamb, unleavened bread (store-bought matzo can be used), boiled egg, bitter herbs (horseradish), Charoseth (a sweet mixture of apples, cinnamon, grape juice or wine, and walnuts), saltwater, karpas (parsley), and wine or grape juice.
Read Exodus 12:14
Read Isaiah 53:3-12 (CEV)
His blood covers us, protecting us from eternal death and bondage. The night before Christ died, He celebrated the Passover dinner with His disciples and said that from now on we are to partake of the Lord’s supper as a reminder of His death and resurrection until He comes again. It is good for us to tell this story, especially during the week of Passover, since it is a prophetic picture of what Christ accomplished for us on the cross. Generation after generation will be instructed on the profound importance and meaning of Christ’s sacrifice since He was/is the fulfillment of the Hebrew law.
Read John 3:16
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving Thank Him for the ultimate sacrifice of Christ’s blood that was shed for us all and His resurrection. Thank Him for the food that is about to be shared.
Pass each food item around the table (one by one) and explain what they represent
Platter of Roasted Lamb: We eat this in memory of the lamb that the Israelites sacrificed the night before they escaped out of Egypt. Jesus was our final perfect Lamb who was sacrificed for us all.
Unleavened bread: (Matzo) We eat this to remind us that the Israelites didn’t have time to wait for yeast bread to rise- rather they had to be ready to go when God said “GO.” At the Last Supper Jesus told us that the bread would represent His body that was broken for us. We eat it in remembrance of His body that was slain for us.
Boiled Egg: The egg stands for renewal. The Israelites were going to start a new life and we have new life in Christ because of what He did on the cross for us.
Bitter herbs: (horseradish) We serve horseradish as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt. Jesus suffered greatly for us that we may be saved. On the cross, He was given the bitter vinegar on the sponge to drink.
Charoseth: (This is a mixture of chopped apples, walnuts, grape juice (or wine), cinnamon, and brown sugar). It symbolizes the mortar and bricks the Israelites used in making the bricks for the king of Egypt.
Karpas: (parsley) These plants stay green all year and represent everlasting life because of Christ’s resurrection.
A small bowl of saltwater: Symbolizes the tears of the Israelites in bondage. Dip the parsley into the saltwater bowl and eat it.
Grape juice or wine poured in glasses: At the Last Supper, Jesus said that the wine represented His own blood, poured out for us all. Drink in remembrance of Him until He comes again. Jesus is the Messiah who died on the cross and rose again on the third day! He is alive today and all who accept Him become joint heirs with Him. Our inheritance is great. We have been given not only life eternal but everlasting peace, authority in Jesus’ name, and the last will and testament that Jesus gave us- an inheritance that is vastly immeasurable.
Praise be to God!
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