Pastor John
What do the Jewish Passover and Jesus’ Last Supper have in common?Stephen Katz, speaking on behalf of Jews for Jesus, will answer that question on Sunday, March 29 at the 11:00 am worship service “Christ in the Passover.”
Using a visual display of traditional accouterments, “Christ in the Passover” will enhance your understanding and appreciation of the Jewish background of the Christian Communion. Ancient and modern Jewish customs are discussed and described with an emphasis on the aspect of redemption which Christ accomplished at Calvary.
A table is set with the traditional Jewish Passover items, including representative foods which are explained, but not eaten as new insights to the Christological significance are provided.
Jews for Jesus has presented this demonstration in over five thousand churches during worship. Some of the most important ekements of Christian doctrine, such as the Trinity, the principle of substitutionary atonement and salvation through a personal relationship with the Messiah, are implied in the Seder (Passover Feast) as observed by Orthodox Jews even today.
Stephen Katz oversees the Jews for Jesus ministry in Israel and also directs the branch in Washington, D.C. Stephen was raised in a traditional Jewish home in the Chicago, Ill. area. After his bar mitzvah and confirmation in a conservative synagogue, he began to wonder about life’s meaning. In college, he wrote a research paper for a Jewish professor on the topic, “Why the Jews at the time of Jesus didn’t think he was the Messiah.” Through his research – which included interviews with two rabbis and two pastors – Katz began to lean in the direction that Jesus might be the Jewish Messiah. Having been raised with a cultural bias against Jesus, he tried to ignore his findings and put the subject behind him. In May of 1975 he felt he had his answer and put his trust in Jesus Christ as the Messiah and his personal Savior.
Stephen Katz ha a master’s degree in social work, and an additional master’s degree in missiology, with a concentration in Jewish studies. He speaks and reads Hebrew.
As we prepare our hearts for Holy Week and Easter, I invite you to this rare opportunity to hear the objective evidence of the Hebrew Bible (what we call the Old Testament) and the New Testament, the evidence of historic Jewish observations as well as personal testimony of one who was transformed by Jesus, that he was who he claimed to be – the Jewish Messiah.
See you at “the Sunday morning place to be”…where Christ is in the Passover!
Pastor John
I thought you might be interested in learning about OUR Jewish traditions which embrace the real Christ. We are the Frankist Association of America. One of our members has a new book out:
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Messiah-Throne-Origins-Christianity/dp/1906787123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245892844&sr=8-1
These are our teachings passed on through generations. If you can’t afford the book you can see the website of one of our teachers – http://www.stephanhuller.blogspot.com.
Shalom
Beth El Jacob Frank