Today’s Topic: The Feast of the Passover (Pesach) and the Saints of the Most High
Scripture: Exodus 12; John 1:29
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now the Feast of the Passover is a type and a shadow of something to be revealed. Now in order to see this we need to break the Passover down and see the various aspects of the Passover and see what it means for us.
God instructed the children of Israel to take a lamb, a male and one without blemish. Now this lamb is a type and shadow of Jesus. Jesus was selected out to be the Lamb of God amongst children of God. John made the declaration in John 1:29 that Jesus is the Lamb of God that will take the sin of the world away.
Now in fourteen days after the lamb was selected the Lamb was to be killed and its flesh eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Then the blood of the Lamb was to be put over the door posts of the house. Now what does this mean for us? The reality of this shadow is the killing of the Lamb is symbolic of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The blood of Jesus was shed for the remission of sin. Well how does that tie in? God instructed them to put over the door posts the blood of the Passover lamb. This would put the household UNDER THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. By Jesus shedding His blood he made atonement for our sins once and for all, for those who believe. For all that believe we are under the blood of Jesus because it was His blood that washed away the sins. Now the unleavened bread is symbolic of purity and usually when you see leaven and unleavened bread it is symbolic of sin and holiness respectively. This is why they ate unleavened bread during this feast. Finally the bitter herbs were eaten to by symbolic of the suffering of Christ.
Now does that mean, if we celebrate Passover that we should kill a lamb, then eat unleavened bread and take the blood of the lamb and put it over our door posts and eat bitter herbs? No of course not. We as the saints celebrate Passover a little different and it is called Communion. This is where we eat unleavened bread and drink wine which is the symbols of the new covenant of the Body of Christ. The bread is represented by the body of Christ which was broken for us and the wine is symbolic of the blood that was shed that is now over the lintels of our soul and the doorpost of our hearts.
Now the reason we do not celebrate Passover is because the Feast of Passover was a prophetic feast that was to be fulfilled later in time and it was fulfilled by Jesus Christ when He died on the Cross and shed His blood. Passover is all about the program of salvation. To the children of Israel who do not believe that Jesus has come already and He was the Messiah 2,000 years ago they continue to celebrate Passover on Nisan 14. Now communion should only be taken by an individual who is saved and already a Kingdom citizen. Now there is question about when do we take Communion? Some denominations say every service and some every quarter but what did Jesus, our Lord and Savior say: Let’s look at 1 Corinthians 11:24-26 and the key set of words, in red writing, is “as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me”. Verse 26 summarizes these scriptures. So it is not more so in frequency as in sincerity. Just because you do it every Sunday or Saturday, if it is done out religious meaning and not sincerity from the heart then you are just eating and drinking. People who participate in communion should always know why they are taking communion.
Now this is not a coincidence that Jesus was crucified on the day of the Passover. So on Nisan 14, the day the lamb should be killed and the blood shed to protect the children of Israel from the plague is the same day that the Lamb of God was killed and shed His blood for the redemption and restoration of mankind to the Father and the Kingdom. Now I know many have asked when is this Nisan? It falls typically in during the months of March and April. The reason for this fluctuation in timing is because the calendar is based on the phases of the moon. For example, each month starts with a new moon, reaching a full moon in the midst of the 28 day cycle. Passover always falls on a full moon, the 1st full moon of spring. The reason they use the moon is because the moon has various phases and the sun is either seen or not seen and it is always whole when you see it. Hebrew days begin at sundown or moonrise.
The next feast we will look at is the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
