UNLEARN THE LIES - SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE PASSOVER?

Published on Mar 27, 2017
If Yeshua is our Passover, are we still expected to celebrate the Passover or has it been done away with? Listen to what Paul had to say about it.

"...For also Messiah our Pesach was slaughtered for us. So then let us celebrate the festival, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Now, consider also that at the last Passover that Yeshua ate with His disciples, His instructions were to do it in remembrance of Him.

"And He sent Kepha and Yoḥanan, saying, “Go and prepare the Pesach for us to eat.” And they said to Him, “Where do You wish us to prepare?” And He said to them, “See, as you enter into the city, a man shall meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him into the house he enters. And you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room where I might eat the Pesach with My taught ones?”’ And he shall show you a large, furnished upper room. Prepare it there. And going they found it as He had said to them, and they prepared the Pesach. And when the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve emissaries with Him. And He said to them, “With desire I have desired to eat this Pesach with you before My suffering, for I say to you, I shall certainly not eat of it again until it is filled in the reign of Elohim.” And taking the cup, giving thanks, He said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves, for I say to you, I shall certainly not drink of the fruit of the vine until the reign of Elohim comes.” And taking bread, giving thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you, do this in remembrance of Me.” Likewise the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the renewed covenant in My blood which is shed for you."
- Luke 22:8-20

Passover is a memorial, and a memorial is an annual event. Passover commemorates our salvation from bondage. It's a reminder of the salvation of Israel from Egypt as well as the salvation from sin through Yeshua. We are commanded in both the Old and New Testaments to keep Passover as a memorial, to remember who saved us from our bondage.

"And this day shall become to you a remembrance. And you shall celebrate it as a festival to Yahweh throughout your generations – celebrate it as a festival, an everlasting law."
- Exodus 12:14

Should Christians celebrate Passover? Absolutely. Passover is fundamental to Christian faith. Yeshua is our Passover Lamb and we should keep the Feast in remembrance of His sacrifice.
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