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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw a few questions earlier in the thread that I am not sure were answered, so here's my experience.

I'm Christian, and my church hosted a seder which I attended a few years ago.  They did it again last night but I didn't attend.

Both times, it's been led by a Rabbi who is a Messianic Jew, thus he's culturally Jewish but also believes Jesus is the Messiah.  I am fairly certain when I attended that the Rabbi leader was also the Rabbi for a local Messianic Jewish congregation.  My church would never attempt to host a seder on their own without a Rabbi to lead it.

When I went a few years ago, the focus was on explaining the ritual, symbolism, and meaning behind all that is involved so that we, as Christians, could better understand Christ and the Jewish practices of the first century when he lived.  It also greatly enriched my understanding of the Old Testament.  It was done most respectfully, but I have no idea if it was done in a more "old way" vs. "modern" way.

I hope that helps.  [/quote]

Ugh that's even worse. Sorry, I don't mean to insult you and I doubt your church is aware, but most Jews are very sensitive about Messianic Jews / Jews for Jesus. Honestly, they are Christian. Not Jewish, not culturally Jewish -- they may have been born Jewish, raised Jewish, but they became Christian the moment they accepted Jesus as the Messiah. I mean, isn't that  the very definition of Christianity -- believing that Jesus is the Messiah, Savior, God, etc? Jews don't care one whit about Jesus.[/quote]

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