Finding Christ in the Afikomen

Credits to The Chosen

Passover is one of the Bible’s great memorial feasts, rooted in the night when God delivered Israel from Egypt by blood, judgment, and redemption. Scripture says, “This day shall be to you a memorial” and that “the blood shall be a sign for you” so that God would “pass over you” when He struck Egypt (Exodus 12:13–14). In Jewish memory, Passover celebrates liberation from slavery, while in Christian reading it also becomes a powerful preview of the saving work of Christ. The feast is not merely about the past; it is a covenantal reminder that God rescues, marks, and redeems His people. For that reason, many believers see Passover as one of the clearest Old Testament windows into the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Aligned: When Prayer Moves from Request to Surrender (Matthew 26:36–39)

 

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 26:36–39 

Prayer aligns our desires with God's purposes, surrendering to His will

Prayer is one of the clearest signs that human beings know they are not enough on their own. We pray because we are limited. After all, life is uncertain, and the heart longs for help that only God can give. Yet prayer can quietly drift from communion with God into a strategy for controlling outcomes. That is why Matthew 26:36–39 is so important. In Gethsemane, Jesus shows that prayer is not a tool for persuasion, but a holy place of surrender. The objective is not merely to get what we want; it is to have our desires reshaped so they align with God’s purposes. In that garden, the Saviour prayed with honesty, depth, and submission, revealing what true prayer looks like when it moves from request to surrender.

Grace From the Throne (Revelation 1:4–8)

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— and He made us into a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:4-8

This study seeks to trace the theological and pastoral force of the greeting that opens John’s apocalypse: who sends it, who receives it, what resources it supplies, and how it anticipates the Lord’s coming in glory. Our objective is simple: to understand the Triune source of the greeting in Revelation 1:4–8, to unpack the three descriptive titles applied to the risen Lord in verses 5–6, and to think through how the certainty of the return affects Christian life and ministry today. The passage functions like a royal seal: it locates the entire book within divine authority, equips the churches with grace and peace, and announces the coming judgment and vindication that give Christian hope a future hinge.