What is a Kiddush Cup?

Curt Landry Ministries and the One New Man Network® Podcast.

The Kiddush cup is also referred to as the Passover cup. Kiddush is the Hebrew word for sanctification or being set apart for a purpose. Therefore, the Kiddush cup has great symbolism when used during wedding ceremonies, Shabbat, Passover, communion, and other Feasts of the Lord.

Because four cups of wine are taken during the Passover meal, the Kiddush cup is most closely associated with the Feast of Passover. The Kiddush cup is what holds the wine during the Passover Seder.

But, as you will discover below, it is used at other times to paint a picture of what is to come and how we can prepare.

When the Kiddush cup is used during Passover, it is filled with wine four times throughout the Seder. These four cups, or times filled, represent the four promises God made to His people in Exodus 6:6-7 leading up to the Passover…

“…I will bring you out… I will rescue you… I will redeem you… I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”

The cups of wine represent sanctification, plagues, redemption, and praise… all promises we find in the Passover Lamb, Yeshua HaMashiach.

February 20, 2021, by Curt Landry Ministries