As a born-again Christian, I've had the sublime privilege of having been invited to participate in
Seders in the homes of our Jewish friends.
Those nights stand as high points in my entire 82+ years here on this planet!
Each time, before we begin, I share with my hosts these very personal truths:
- I share my belief that my Jewish friends are my "Spiritual Elder Brothers".
- I lay claim to the Jewish Scriptures as the spiritual, moral and historical foundation of my beliefs (and of my vocation as a scientist...).
- I rejoice with them in our Lord's deliverance of our spiritual ancestors on that ancient night of Pesach (Passover) in Egypt.
- I thank them for the opportunity to participate in the Seder, which my own Lord and Saviour, Himself, celebrated shortly before His death. (AKA "The Last Supper").
- I share my conviction that the main thing that differentiates us is that
My "Dayenu" continues beyond where theirs ends -- and, its last stanza is:
"He is risen!"!מַסְפִּיק, דַּי
IOW, every step along the path is required -- and depends upon preceding steps...
The Afikomen represents YESHUA. It means, I will rise, it is gidden ransomed, and then brought back. It is likely that the 1st century Messianic Jews snuck it 8nto the seder.