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Why do Christians celebrate the Passover? Of what significance is the Passover to them?
What is the significance of the Passover as recorded in the Old Testament and why were they commanded to remember it?
The Passover of God as recorded in the book of Exodus is an event that commemorates the children of Israel leaving the land of Egypt. In the original Passover event, the children of Israel were to take a lamb and slaughter it, and they were to paint the blood upon the door posts as a sign, so that when the Angel of Death came upon them he would pass them if he saw the blood upon the door posts.
It seems like many Christians today celebrate Passover by placing Jesus as their Passover Lamb, and they imagine his blood being painted up on the door posts of their mind protecting them, that the Angel of Death might continue pass them by.
But I ask, in light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, should we continue to be applying his blood in the same manner as the blood of the Passover Lamb, in that it protects us from the angel of death? The Passover as it was remembered in the book of Exodus was an old covenant remembrance, should that same remembrance apply toward those under the new covenant?
There is a scripture in the book of Jeremiah that describes a time in which the Lord would no longer be remembered as the Lord who brought up the children of Israel out from land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 23:5-8 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
So if the Lord saith they shall no longer say the Lord liveth which brought up the children out of the land of Egypt, then why do Christians still attempt to celebrate him as one still bringing the children up out of the land of Egypt?
The significance of the blood of the Passover lamb was that it would cause the Angel of Death to pass you by. Much the same as the annual sacrifice under the Old Testament laws, where a sacrifice was offered once yearly to cover the sins of the people, that the Angel of Death might be stayed. But is that what the blood of Christ does for us? Is that how we continue to use the sacrifice and the blood of Christ?
In the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, do we use his to blood keep the Angel of Death from us? For in his death and resurrection we are baptized into his Death, crucified with him on the cross. Christ has become the angel of death for us, that through his death we might partake of his resurrected life. Jesus said in the Gospels, those who seek to save their lives, shall lose it; those who lose their lives for his sake shall find it.
Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it
How long will you continue to use the sacrifice of Christ as a covering for your sins so that the Angel of Death might pass you, hoping to stay death until your Lord returns for you. But we are not under the old covenant, we are under the new covenant: We are under the covenant of Grace. The covenant of grace requires no covering for your sin, or it would not be Grace.
So as a Christian living under the new covenant, of what benefit is the remembrance of Passover to you?
What is the significance of the Passover as recorded in the Old Testament and why were they commanded to remember it?
The Passover of God as recorded in the book of Exodus is an event that commemorates the children of Israel leaving the land of Egypt. In the original Passover event, the children of Israel were to take a lamb and slaughter it, and they were to paint the blood upon the door posts as a sign, so that when the Angel of Death came upon them he would pass them if he saw the blood upon the door posts.
It seems like many Christians today celebrate Passover by placing Jesus as their Passover Lamb, and they imagine his blood being painted up on the door posts of their mind protecting them, that the Angel of Death might continue pass them by.
But I ask, in light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, should we continue to be applying his blood in the same manner as the blood of the Passover Lamb, in that it protects us from the angel of death? The Passover as it was remembered in the book of Exodus was an old covenant remembrance, should that same remembrance apply toward those under the new covenant?
There is a scripture in the book of Jeremiah that describes a time in which the Lord would no longer be remembered as the Lord who brought up the children of Israel out from land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 23:5-8 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
So if the Lord saith they shall no longer say the Lord liveth which brought up the children out of the land of Egypt, then why do Christians still attempt to celebrate him as one still bringing the children up out of the land of Egypt?
The significance of the blood of the Passover lamb was that it would cause the Angel of Death to pass you by. Much the same as the annual sacrifice under the Old Testament laws, where a sacrifice was offered once yearly to cover the sins of the people, that the Angel of Death might be stayed. But is that what the blood of Christ does for us? Is that how we continue to use the sacrifice and the blood of Christ?
In the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, do we use his to blood keep the Angel of Death from us? For in his death and resurrection we are baptized into his Death, crucified with him on the cross. Christ has become the angel of death for us, that through his death we might partake of his resurrected life. Jesus said in the Gospels, those who seek to save their lives, shall lose it; those who lose their lives for his sake shall find it.
Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it
How long will you continue to use the sacrifice of Christ as a covering for your sins so that the Angel of Death might pass you, hoping to stay death until your Lord returns for you. But we are not under the old covenant, we are under the new covenant: We are under the covenant of Grace. The covenant of grace requires no covering for your sin, or it would not be Grace.
So as a Christian living under the new covenant, of what benefit is the remembrance of Passover to you?
