Bible Study Passover 2025

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Passover this year begins at sunset Saturday April 12

Were this year the year of Jesus' crucifixion, he would be crucified during
Saturday's daylight hours which is when the Jew's would be slaughtering lambs and
preparing them for that night's celebration. Coincidentally, while the Jews would be
eating their lambs, Jesus would be spending the first of his three nights in the
tomb.

NOTE: The Jews will be observing two consecutive sabbaths this year relative to
Passover, to wit: the routine sabbath that begins at sunset Friday, and the first
night of the Feast Of Unleavened Bread which begins at sunset Saturday.
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[Beetow]

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Jesus and his men ate their Passover the night of his arrest.

Matt 26:17-20
Mark 14:12-17
Luke 22:7-15

The Jews ate theirs the following night after he was dead and buried.

John 13:1-2
John 18:28-29
John 19:13-14
John 19:31

FAQ: The law of the Passover per the 12th chapter of Exodus is very explicit about
the times and circumstances relative to Passover. How was it not wrong for Jesus to
dine early? (cf. Num 9:12)

REPLY: He, being a prophet in direct contact with God, would of course known the
precise moment that Passover that year was supposed to begin. So I think we can
assume the Jews' liturgical calendar was tardy the year that Christ was crucified.

Ironically, the Jews were careful to avoid going after Jesus during Passover.

● Matt 26:3-5 . .Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in
the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they plotted to arrest
Jesus in some sly way and kill him. But not during the feast-- they said --or there
may be a riot among the people.

Due to their liturgical calendar's error, the Jews were a day late preparing for
dinner and thus inadvertently put Jesus to death during the very season they
wanted to avoid.

The Jews' mistake worked to Jesus' advantage. Had their calendar been correct,
then he would've lost an opportunity to share one last sacred event with his men;
something he really wanted to do

● Luke 22:14-15 . .Then, at the proper time, Jesus and the twelve apostles sat
down together at the table. Jesus said: I have looked forward to this hour with
deep longing, anxious to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering
begins.
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[Beetow]

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When the Lord journeyed thru the land of Egypt during the original Passover
described in the 12th chapter of Exodus; He wasn't looking for piety, nor
repentance, nor charity, nor faith, nor religion, nor perseverance, nor courage, nor
confession, nor kindness, nor tithing, nor weeping, nor prayers, nor morality, nor
baptism, nor gender, nor age, nor ethnic identity, nor would it have mattered if
people inside some of the homes didn't taste their lamb because the Lord was
looking for only one thing: the blood.

Now as long as the blood was applied as directed; even the Wiccans, the Voodoo
priests, the mediums, the terrorists, the Hamas, the Hezbollah, the Syrians, the
Palestinians, the LGBT, and North Korea's Kim family dynasty would've been safe
inside those homes because the people's personal lives were unimportant that
night.
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● 1 Cor 5:7 . . Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed for us.

FAQ: How do people participate in Christ's Passover?

REPLY: I suggest an RSVP

Find a quiet spot, anyplace will do, even a stall in the men's room.

Cover your face with your hands for a sense of connection and tell God, in your own
words, out loud or under your breath, that you thus far haven't measured up to His
standards and you're pretty sure you never will. Tell Him you'd like to take
advantage of His son's crucifixion to protect yourself from retribution.

People need speak up like that only once and never again because Christ's
crucifixion is very much superior to the Levitical atonement system.

For example: the great day of atonement, a.k.a. Yom Kippur, is always catching up;
it can't even keep up, let alone get ahead. The moment the annual ritual ends,
people begin accumulating sins towards the next Yom Kippur; which is a whole year
away.

In contrast, Jesus' crucifixion atoned for the people's entire lifetime of sins-- their
past sins, their current sins, and their future sins. Consequently those who take
advantage of his crucifixion to protect themselves from retribution are guaranteed
to be passed over at the great white throne event depicted by Rev 20:11-15 where
people that are unprotected will be executed by a mode of death akin to a foundry
worker falling into a kettle of molten iron.
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While true that the covenant Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy is obsolete (Heb 8:13) some of its
components appear to be established in perpetuity.

For example: although Jesus' crucified dead body was restored to life with
supernatural enhancements, it is still capable of dining upon ordinary foods and
beverages; and he will do so in the future by sitting down to the Passover with his
friends.

● Matt 26:29 . . I tell you: I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until
that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom.

● Luke 22:15-16 . . I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I
suffer. For I tell you: I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of
God.
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