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Bob10
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Throughout most of history, the Passover has been a Jewish festival dealing with a great event in Israel's history that took place on this day.
But here is a letter to a Gentile church (1Corinthinas), identifying the Passover with the sacrifice of Christ and urging them to keep the feast properly (1Cor. 5:7-8).
Paul presents us with a classic example of the transcendent nature of God's appointments with history.
Readers generally assume that the 14th day of the first month in the Jewish calendar became important because that's when Israel was delivered from Egypt. But what if Israel was delivered on this day because it was already one of the "appointed times" of God, one of the benchmarks of history, when God will act ?
When it comes to the sacrifice of Christ, that day did not become a Christian festival because Christ was crucified on that day; Christ died on that day because He was the Passover Lamb, and the Passover, one of God's appointments with history, had come.
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ref. The Thread, God's Appointments with History, by Ronald Dart
But here is a letter to a Gentile church (1Corinthinas), identifying the Passover with the sacrifice of Christ and urging them to keep the feast properly (1Cor. 5:7-8).
Paul presents us with a classic example of the transcendent nature of God's appointments with history.
Readers generally assume that the 14th day of the first month in the Jewish calendar became important because that's when Israel was delivered from Egypt. But what if Israel was delivered on this day because it was already one of the "appointed times" of God, one of the benchmarks of history, when God will act ?
When it comes to the sacrifice of Christ, that day did not become a Christian festival because Christ was crucified on that day; Christ died on that day because He was the Passover Lamb, and the Passover, one of God's appointments with history, had come.
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ref. The Thread, God's Appointments with History, by Ronald Dart