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There is an old Messianic parable that a bundle of tares, a stack of stubble, and a pile of chaff, were arguing about the ownership of a field. The tares said the field belonged to them. The stack of stubble said the field belong to them. And the pile of chaff said the field belonged to them. The argument went on and on with no side conceding. Standing to one side was a sheaf of wheat that had been harvested from the field and which was listening to all the arguments. Finally the tares, the stubble, and the chaff asked the wheat its opinion. The wheat said to them all: You can argue all you want about which of you the field belongs to but we shall all see who it belongs to when the owner arrives. Thus, when Jesus called the New Testament believers *wheat* we shall see who Israel, Jerusalem, and the world belongs to when the owner arrives! We shall see who will be destroyed at his coming (2Thes 1:8, 2:10). In the mean while the tares, the stubble, and the chaff, will go on fighting and arguing with one another, killing one another, and creating for themselves a future hope that will all be dashed when they are gathered and burned (Matthew 13:40).

I am a Messianic-Jew and although war is a great tragedy and no one hopes or it or wants it

I found the following article on line and it sooo mush better explains what I could not articulate that well: The festival of the Passover has been celebrated by Jews for thousands of years. It is the retelling of the great story of how God redeemed the Jewish nation from enslavement in Egypt.1 The celebration itself was given to the Jews while they were still in Egypt.2 The original celebration centered around the Passover lamb, which was sacrificed and its blood put over the doorposts as a sign of faith, so that the Lord passed over the houses of the Jews during the last plague poured out on the Egyptians - the killing of every firstborn.3 To a large degree, the Passover lamb has been eliminated from the Passover festival (with the only remnant being the roasted lamb shank bone).4 The New Testament says that Jesus is our sacrificial Lamb.5 The Passover lamb was to be a "male without defect,"6 which is the same description given to Jesus.7 In addition, when the lamb was roasted and eaten, none of its bones were to be broken.8 This fact was also prophesized for the Messiah, whose bones were not to be broken.9 It was customary during crucifixion to break the leg bones of the person after a few hours in order to hasten their death. The only way a person could breathe when hanging on a cross was to push up with his legs, which was very exhausting. By breaking the legs, death followed soon by asphyxiation. However, in the case of Jesus, they broke the legs of the other two men, but did not break His, since He was already dead.10Much of the symbolism of Jesus' last Passover week is lost to us because we are unaware of the customs of the time. For example, Jesus came into the city of Jerusalem five days before the lamb was killed in the temple as the Passover sacrifice for the sins of the people of Israel. Five days before the lamb was to be sacrificed, it was chosen. Therefore, Jesus entered Jerusalem on lamb selection day as the lamb of God.11 The people did not understand the significance of this, since they greeted Him with palm branches12 and hailed Him as King,13 shouting "Hosanna,"14 which means "save us." However, they were not looking for a spiritual Savior, but a political savior. Palm branches were a symbol of freedom and defiance, since Simon Maccabeus had entered Jerusalem with that symbolism.15 Jesus' reaction was to weep,16 since He realized that they did not understand the Messiah's purpose in coming. Good Friday was the day of the Passover celebration and the day that the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. For the previous 1,200 years, the priest would blow the shophar (ram's horn) at 3:00 p.m. - the moment the lamb was sacrificed, and all the people would pause to contemplate the sacrifice for sins on behalf of the people of Israel. On Good Friday at 3:00,17 when Jesus was being crucified, He said, "It is finished"18 - at the moment that the Passover lamb was sacrificed and the shophar was blown from the Temple. The sacrifice of the lamb of God was fulfilled at the hour that the symbolic animal sacrifice usually took place. At the same time, the veil of the Temple (a three-inch thick, several story high cloth that demarked the Holy of Holies19) tore from top to bottom20 - representing a removal of the separation between God and man. Fifty days later, on the anniversary of the giving of the law (Pentecost), God left the earthly temple to inhabit those who call on the name of Jesus through His Holy Spirit.21Christian symbolism in the Passover occurs early in the Seder (the Passover dinner). Three matzahs are put together (representing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The middle matzah is broken, wrapped in a white cloth, and hidden, representing the death and burial of Jesus. The matzah itself is designed to represent Jesus, since it is striped and pierced, which was prophesized by Isaiah, David, and Zechariah. Following the Seder meal, the "buried" matzah is "resurrected," which was foretold in the prophecies of David. It was during a Passover seder that Jesus proclaimed that the meal represented Himself and that He was instituting the New Covenant, which was foretold by Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah. The celebration of this covenant has become the ordinance of communion in the Christian Church. At the end of the meal, Jesus took the unleavened bread, broke it, and said that it represented His body. Then He took the cup of wine, which would have been the third cup of the Seder - the cup of redemption. He said that it was the new covenant in His blood "poured out for you." It is through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we are declared clean before God, allowing those of us who choose to accept the pardon, to commune with Him - both now and forevermore through the eternal life He offers. http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/p...ml#sLwlegiX44iR

Under the New Covenant Passover commemorates the death of Yahshua and our deliverance from sin (1 Cor.11:26). In the Exodus Covenant it was the deliverance of the people from physical bondage. This world is a type of Egypt and anybody who came out of it came out of Egypt. At the death and resurrection of Yahshua the law passed from its physical dimension to its spiritual dimension. Yahshua commanded us to continue to celebrate this memorial until He returns (Luke 22:19). Christ gave us an example to follow (1 Pr.2:21; 1 John 2:6). A memorial is a monument or a holiday designed or established to serve as a remembrance of a person or an event. It comes and is celebrated only once a year. The Passover in the Jewish New Covenant Books (Brit Hadasah), commonly called New Testament, is the continuity of the Old Covenant Passover in the Torah, but with new symbols: the bread to replace the flesh of the lamb, the vine to replace the blood. Before the Original Doctrine was perverted in Europe, Yahweh's apostles observed Yahweh's Passover annually (1 Cor.5:7; 11: 23-6; Exod. 12:1-18). No one has the right to change its season, "Thou shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year."(Exod.13:10). Mashiach kept it when its time came (Luke 2:42; 22:14). Yahweh said to keep the feast forever "throughout your generations", "for you and your sons forever" (Ex. 12). He who claims it is abolished (Mat.17:17) is a liar and the truth is not in Him. "Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time" (Num. 9:2). Yahweh appointed the time, not Moses. Yahshua says, "I have kept My father's commandments and abide in His love (John 15:10). The Father says, "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it."(Deut.12:32) Yahshua never kept Communion or so-called Lord Supper or the erroneous Eucharist, but Passover. Read the Four Evangels. But many, laying aside the commandments of Yahweh, prefer to hold the tradition of men (Mark 7:8),throwing their loyalty behind ignorant religious leaders who cannot understand. All documents from the Catholic Church, all historians, and biblical scholars, testify that early believers, up to the seventh century, continued to keep the apostolic tradition. But the law was abrogated by the Western Church and Constantine in the years 313 and 325. Our Passover is the first day of Seven Days of Unleavened Bread. The Days of Unleavened Bread symbolize our coming out of Egypt, staying away from sin (leaven), putting off pride, embracing humility and purification. For seven days we dedicate ourselves to Yahweh. We show our sincerity to follow Yahshua, 1 Cor.5: 6-7.

We can learn from Yeshua (Jesus), when he was speaking to the woman at the well in John 4:7-26