PARASHAT BO - 'COME'

24^th January 2026                               6^th Shevat 5786

PARASHAT BO - 'COME' by FFOZ

Exodus 10:1 – 13:6, Jeremiah 46:13 – 28, John 19:31 - 37

The Two Remembrances

Doing “this” in remembrance of Yeshua is not merely taking a cup and bread.

The first commandments God gave directly to the entire community of Israel concerned the Passover, the Passover lamb, and the seven days of Unleavened Bread.

Messianic Jews note the significance. The first laws God assigned to the nation involve the Passover sacrifice (which foreshadows the death of Messiah) and the preparation for redemption from Egypt (which foreshadows the final redemption). Before receiving any other commandments, the nation needed first to keep the commandments of redemption.

Passover has messianic significance. The Messiah Himself has obligated us to keep the Passover in remembrance of Him. He said, “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19).

Did He have in mind only the breaking of bread and drinking the fruit of the vine? No! He issued that directive to His disciples within the larger context of the annual Passover celebration. He said, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15).

The commandment to do “this” in remembrance of Yeshua is not merely a commandment to take a cup and bread. The specific “this” to which Yeshua referred was Passover and the seder meal. He did not take only one cup; He shared four cups with His disciples. He did not break just any bread; He broke the unleavened matzah with His disciples.

The authentic cup and the bread of the Master comes only in the context of Passover. Jewish and non-Jewish believers both have the privilege of keeping the Passover in remembrance of our great salvation, Yeshua the Lamb of God.

[Note: At Beit Ariel, we gather around the Table of the Lord in a service we call Zichron HaMashiach – The Remembrance Meal of Messiah, and we do so on the 2^nd erev Shabbat each month, incorporated in the Amidah or Standing Prayer. It is an intimate moment before God for our community. However, at Pesach, our chief focus is the taking of the 3^rd cup, the cup of redemption and the Afikomen matzah as we celebrate and remember all that HaShem has extended to us in the Person of Yeshua]