No Drink At Passover

What is missing - according to a comprehensive text pertaining to basic components of the passover?

What has non-Scripturally been added in modern seders (orders of service) concerning what is ingested for passover?

Exodus 12:1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
2 "This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.
3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;
6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs in the evening.
7 Then they shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them.
8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled with water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.
10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning, anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.
11 In this manner you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in a hurry. It is the LORD's passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.
13 The blood shall be a sign for you, upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever."

[ Oh yeah? Not applicable any more, because:

First Corinthians 5:7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.

Bring in the new yeast (or leaven) for the new lump after tossing out the old. No need to kill sacrificial lambs anymore. We can grill them for barbeques, though.

The penitent thief on his cross had no time to be baptized nor grill anything, for either passover or partying. Simply calling Christ 'Lord' was sufficient, along with the rest of his enlightened request. ]

15 Seven days [not six nor four days] you shall eat unleavened bread; on the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses, for if any one eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
16 On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly; no work shall be done on those days; but what every one must eat, that only may be prepared by you.
17 And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as an ordinance forever [ including after we die when in eternity? ].
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, and so until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
19 For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; for if any one eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.
20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread."
23 For the LORD will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to slay you.
24 You shall observe this rite as an ordinance for you and for your sons forever [ including after we die when in eternity? ].

[ Oh yeah? Not applicable any more, because:

First Corinthians 5:7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.

Bring in the new yeast (or leaven) for the new lump after tossing out the old. No need to kill sacrificial lambs anymore. We can grill them for barbeques, though.

The penitent thief on his cross had no time to be baptized nor grill anything, for either passover or partying. Simply calling Christ 'Lord' was sufficient, along with the rest of his enlightened request. ]

Exodus 12:48 And when a stranger shall travel with you and would keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised [snip that penie foreskin on the eighth day after birth], then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised [should instead read: non-circumcised] person shall eat of it.

Numbers 9:11 In the second month on the fourteenth day in the evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Second Chronicles 30:18 For a crowd of people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the passover otherwise than as prescribed. [Should have taken a bath so as to not stink?] For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, "The good LORD pardon every one.

Second Chronicles 35:11 And they killed the passover lamb [sorry, PETA!], and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from them while the Levites flayed the victims. ["Victims?" Maybe PETA has a point?]

Second Chronicles 35:13 And they roasted the passover lamb with fire according to the ordinance; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.

Ezekiel 45:21 "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the feast of the passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten.

Matthew 26:17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat [ NOT drink ] the passover?"

Luke 22:15 And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat [ NOT drink, nor even eat and drink ] this passover with you before I suffer

Luke 22:8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat [ NOT drink, nor even eat and drink ] it."
Luke 22:11 and tell the householder, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I am to eat [ NOT drink, nor even eat and drink ] the passover with my disciples?'

John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat [ NOT drink, nor even eat and drink ] the passover.

Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

The passover accounts above refer to lambs. They refer to unleavened bread. They refer to bitter herbs.

WHAT is missing?

Jeremiah gave us a symbolic, figurative, and spiritualizing hint:

Jeremiah 25:15 Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

ANSWER: All and every Old-Testament reference to what is ingested at passovers is what is eaten - never any mention of anything liquid drunk. No wine . . . no water . . . nothing!

Enter Jesus Christ in the New Testament:

John 6:53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

Ish! Yuck! Holy cannibalism?

WHY the disgusting components required to ingest . . . for salvation?

Leviticus 7:27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."
Leviticus 17:10 "If any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers who travels among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Better not eat your meat rare or medium rare. Well done, instead.

First Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul laid an oath on the people, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies." [ Dummy. ] So none of the people tasted food.
25 And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
26 And when the people entered the forest, hey, the honey was dropping, but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; so he put forth the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes became bright.
28 Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food this day.'" And the people were faint.
29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have become bright, because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found; for now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great."
31 They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;
32 the people flew upon the goodies, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
33 Then they told Saul, "Hey, the people are sinning against the LORD, by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here."
34 And Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, 'Let every man bring his ox or his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

Obviously, if one is not supposed to eat bloody meat, how much more is it expressly forbidden to drink blood - whether of humans or animals!

Naturally and understandably, the disciples of Jesus reacted quite negatively concerning (and not regarding) the Lord's command to drink His blood. [ YUCK! - the very suggestion of it! ]

Gratefully, Jesus explained what He had uttered as acceptable-to-tolerate allegorical metaphor and figuratively-symbolic spiritualizing with the following excerpt:

John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" [ It is NOT a question of "how" but instead: WHY? ]
53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you;
54 he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life [ not according to the Torah!], and I will raise him up at The Last Day.
55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [ NO it is NOT! Sickening! ]
56 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him. [ Sounds pantheistically insane ]
57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. [ Keep the Holy Father OUT of it! ]
58 This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever."
59 This He said in the synagogue, as He taught at Capernaum. [ Before the Roman Health-Department mental-ward guys in white robes cames with the centurion police? ]
60 Many of His disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" [ GOOD question! ]
61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? [ Duh. ]
62 Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? [ What has THAT to do with anything? ]
63 It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
66 After this many of His disciples drew back and no longer went about with Him. [ Sounds logical ]
67 Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?" [ Don't ask. ]
68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life . . .

"Spirit and life." "Eternal-life" words. And words ONLY. Thank God. The phenominally-weird thought of illegally and damnably ingesting bloody corpuscles and chromosomes of Type A, B, or O human blood is mercifully abrogated.

Indeed, the Holy Spirit though St Paul continued the relieving allegorical and figuratively-symbolic allusions to "drinking His blood" with the following:

First Corinthians 11:25 In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

No mention of anything inside "the cup" in this passage. No reference to either water or wine NOR blood as liquids. But merely: "the new covenant." Whew!

Contents of metaphorically, symbolic and figurative "cups" are mentioned in such passages as:

Mark 9:41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

Ah, FINALLY we get needed info on what liquid is inside the cup, not simply reference to the cup itself. But here we go again with the figurative spiritualizing symbolism:

Mark 10:38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink 'the cup' that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?"
Mark 10:39 And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.

Once again, the "cup" mentioned and even the "baptism" mentioned above seems to have a non-literal metaphorically-figurative spiritually-symbolic meaning.

MORE types of "cups:"

Revelation 14:9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If any one worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
Revelation 14:10 he [or she, I suppose] also shall drink the wine of God's wrath, poured unmixed into 'the cup' of His anger, and he [or she, I assume - let's not be sexist about that ] shall be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered great Babylon, to make her [ "Babylon" is feminized ] drain 'the cup' of the fury of His wrath.
Revelation 17:4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication;
Revelation 18:6 Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in 'the cup' she mixed.

One naughty woman!

Matthew 26:27 And He took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you
Mark 14:23 And He took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.

Drank of "the cup" - or rather the contents within the cup?

Luke 11:39 And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. Literally: was THAT a orcelin, alabaster, or metal cup and dish?

Luke 22:17 And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks he said, "Take this, and divide it among yourselves

"Divide a cup? In twelve parts? Get the hammer, or a big rock?

Luke 22:20 And likewise the cup after supper, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Is a cup "poured out," - or instead the contents of the cup?

Matthew 26:39 And going a little farther He fell on His face and prayed, "My Father, if it be possible, let 'this cup' pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."
Mark 14:36 And He said, "Abba [ speaking in tongues? ], Father, all things are possible for you; remove 'this cup' from me; yet not what I will, but what you want."
Luke 22:42 "Father, if you are willing, remove 'this cup' from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."
John 18:11 Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink 'the cup' which the Father has given me?"

It certainly does not appear that the cup mentioned above is of porcelin, alabaster, or metal composition. Seems instead like some figurative metaphor for an imminent nasty situation or event ready to happen.

First Corinthians 11:26 For as often [ "often" - or instead whenever ] as you eat this bread and drink 'the cup', you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes [ So THAT is the purpose! Cannot His death until He returns be proclaimed without associating it with eucharist? ].
First Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner (whatever that means) will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. (A warning: Stay away, if you're not sure about its potential lethality)
First Corinthians 11:28 Let a man examine himself [ whatever THAT also means ], and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. [ Why say eat "of" the bread? Why not simply state: 'Eat the bread,' - and forget the "of?" ]

Ever thought that you or I could drink a solid metal, porcelin, or alabaster cup - whether all at once or in broken shards? Eating it or them, maybe. But "drinking" such?

One wonders why Jesus, otherwise so admired and respectful, having done so many cool and helpful bonafide no-magic miracles, had to blurt out something so apparently absurd and seemingly lunatic as the 'Eat my flesh and drink my blood' bit.

Maybe it was a retaliatory reaction. Perhaps the Son of God, who created the ultimate in nude human-female beauty when He formed Eve before He Himself got totally nude inside the womb of mother Mary, expressed His extreme disappointment that Eve tripped up stuffing the big hole under her nose with the Forbidden-Food stumbling block in Eden which He Himself had mysteriously imposed. Had she not done that stupid act and thus discover what "nakedness" was, then becoming ashamed of it to boot, we humans would have never even thought of the concept of "nudity" -- and a substantial portion of the sacred-66-books Judeo-Christian (Old-and-New-Testament) 'Holy' Bible would never have been written nor have had to be written.

And about the "drinking?" Throughout human history, starting from Noah on, drunkards had irresponsibly guzzled intoxicating liquor to their (and everyone else's) sordid and pitiful suffering, pain, and demise.

Not that the Lord is against life-sustaining ingestion of both food and drink. He would never have made wine at Cana to simply bottle and shelve such without mankind tasting and swallowing it.

Moreover:

First Timothy 5:23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

And pertaining to food, His first command to the parents of the girl He raised from the dead?

Mark 5:43 And He strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Not only that, but:

Acts 10:13 And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."
Acts 11:7 And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'

Romans 14:2 One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables.

Most of us men never lose the craving to mouth [ nude] nipples exposed on [ bare ] breasts all throughout our lives.

And the women don't mind that either:

Song of Solomon 8:1 Oh that you were like a brother to me, that nursed at my mother's breast! If I met you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.

Young girls are not ready for sex, but marital sex is planned - for some:

Song of Solomon 8:8 We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
Song of Solomon 8:9 If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Song of Solomon 8:10 I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.

But let's go back a little further . . . textually:

Song of Solomon 1:2 Oh that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine . . .
Song of Solomon 2:3 As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. [Incentive for approving genitals-licking/sucking insertions-prep fellatio?]

More should inevitably follow:

Song of Solomon 7:5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks [privately-gazed-upon loose-long-haired mopheadedness] are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 How fair and pleasant [ erotically sexy ] you are, loved one, delectable maiden!
7 You are stately as a palm tree [ good posture - without slumping ], and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree [ crawl up from below her? ] and lay hold of its branches. Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, flowing gently over the lips of sleepers [ husband-with-wife tongue-intertwining-with-tongue intermingled saliva mix ].

While we're on the subject:

10 I am my beloved's [ she is not a harlot nor a whore nor mistress having some adulterous "affair" ], and his desire is for me [ not for some masseuse/escort prostitute ]
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields, and lodge in the villages [ get away for the honeymoon ];
12 let us go out early to the vineyards, and see whether the vines have budded [ bared body parts ], whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom [ MORE bared body parts ]. There I will give you my love. [Finally, "get it on" ]
13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and over our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old [ finally the previously-hidden body parts, besides the already-seen general-public-view face and hands ] , which I have laid up for you, my beloved [ their virgin body parts saved for each other only ].

NO spouse-sharing, please.

Song of Solomon 8:12 My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred. [ the wife's employer can only go so far with her ]

Forget zero-population growth. Explore, inhabit, and irrigate the vast deserts of the planet. Fulfill the following:

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7 And you, be fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it."

Don't presume that either the widow Tamar nor the widow Ruth had "sex" with their first husbands. There is absolutely no record of either of them having had any children with those first husbands. Go figure.

First Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman.
2 But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife [ not harlot ] and each woman her own husband [ not gigolo ].
3 The husband should give to his wife [ not non-married masseuse or escort ] her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband [ not john customer ].
4 For the wife [ not non-married masseuse or escort ] does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does [ not non-married masseuse or escort ].
5 Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control.

Ephesians 5:24 As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.

First Timothy 5:14 So I would have younger women marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the enemy no cause to revile us.

Why is it needful for heterosexual spouses to shower before licking/sucking/fucking each other's crotch areas?

Ezekiel 4:12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung."
13 And the LORD said, "Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them."
14 Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! Hey, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth."
15 Then he said to me, "See, I will let you have cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread."

Let's not allow the filthy-mouthed dirty-minded to determine what we ingest:

Second Kings 18:27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?"
Isaiah 36:12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?"

Women should "drain their lilies" when need be, but what comes out is urine and not "water."

Was God responsible for allowing Lucifer to become Satan, thus in essence creating or imposing evil such as the stumbling blocks of the Tempter and Forbidden Tree in the Garden of Eden? Yes, but He was not to blame nor at fault - because He gave humans free will to choose, and because He adequately compensated by sending phenomenally-humiliated Jesus to be our simple-and-easy-gospel Redeemer.

Figurative metaphors "bug" (another metaphor!) you? Want to "step on the gas?" (metaphorically speaking?).

Is it true that Christ loved Lazarus so much that He delayed so as to let Lazarus expire without healing him before that happened? Is it true that Jesus said that He was not going to the feast, but afterward went anyway? At least temporarily He did not go. Justifiable mind change? Beats the heck of out of the half-lie (not half-"truth" The Tempter blattered in The Garden about "not dying."

Maybe Lazarus was not simply "sleeping," but actually: dead. Talk sense, Jesus, so we do not get confused! There IS a difference between being dead and sleeping, you know. And maybe "being born again" does not involve vaginal re-entry. Relate that to unknown-sourced wind instead. Whoosh!