How Many Passovers Have Been Passed Over? - Jeremy Gimpel: The Land of Israel Fellowship

all right so we have literally just entered into the month of Nissan and all eyes are looking toward pesak Passover the holiday of redemption the holiday that all other holidays revolve around I mean sukot is just remembering the Exodus from Egypt even Shavuot we're just remembering that we left Egypt to receive the Torah all of the holidays in one way or another are in commemoration of The Exodus from Egypt that's really what this is all about and that's why the Torah Judaism was never meant to be a religion it's the sacred task of Passover that father to son mother to daughter passed over the story from generation to generation that's really the essence of what the Passover seder is all about and it's not something that we have to believe in it's something that our fathers and mothers told us that they experienced and we're living in Trust of that story that's being passed over every generation now I want to put things into perspective of what that really means how many Passover from generation to generation have there been how many fathers have passed over the story of The Exodus to their children so let's put up the slide here so people can wrap their mind around it Passover happened to 2,448 that the year according to like from the birth of Adam and our year today is 5,785 so we're talking about and this isn't everyone's opinion but we're talking about some time about 3,337 years have passed 3,337 years have passed since the Exodus from Egypt now I think about that number and I'm like H that is is ancient ancient history that's so long ago but really when you think about it in terms of generations divide 3337 divided by 25 25 years of generation you come up with 133 Generations have passed that's it that's not that many anymore 133 fathers have passed over the story to 133 children and that's what brings us here today and so really let's talk about Redemption and I want to think about this for a moment because now we can really wrap our minds around time because time in some ways is so different depending on how you look at it and so what does redemption look like here in Israel let's think about mhia has come what does it look like well there's world peace all around us there's prosper erity the nations are streaming into Jerusalem to learn God's ways and to learn the Torah and truly Redemption is symbolized by the temple that will be built in Jerusalem once the temple is built in Jerusalem everything has fallen into place religions have fallen into place Nations have fallen into place peace and Truth Reigns and that is what Redemption look like but I want you to think about for just a minute let's think about three Generations 75 years let's call it 80 years where were we 80 years ago three generations ago well you think about it right now we're 2025 80 years ago the Jewish people were in aitz we were being systematically annihilated by the Germans we're being exterminated we were scattered we were defenseless we were hopeless we were in Exile and we were just lost among the Nations with really no hope that was 80 years ago and the process that has occurred in the last 80 years that's brought us today is mindboggling we've gone through so much but just so you know in 80 years from now for us to actually build a temple in Jerusalem we're not that far away it's really Within the process of Redemption where we've gone in the last 80 years we have much less to go through in the next 80 years it's closer than we all think it's just the perspective that we look at it and imagine for just a moment that Jerusalem is rebuilt a New Jerusalem a house of prayer for all nations and much less needs to happen right now than what needed to happen for us to go from the gas chambers of aitz until this very day much less needs to happen and so with that braa of a new moon that just as it starts with just a little sliver of light that the light continues to grow and grow until the full moon and we celebrate Passover the holiday of redemption we should know that Redemption is right around the corner it's just a matter of time [Music]