2006-12-25 14:55:38 · 5 answers · asked by armstrong82002 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
PASSOVER
Passover (Heb., pe′sach; Gr., pa′skha) was instituted the evening preceding the Exodus from Egypt. The first Passover was observed about the time of full moon, on the 14th day of Abib (later called Nisan) in the year 1513 B.C.E. This was thereafter to be celebrated annually. (Ex 12:17-20, 24-27) Abib (Nisan) falls within the months March-April of the Gregorian calendar. Passover was followed by seven days of the Festival of Unfermented Cakes, Nisan 15-21. Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt and the ‘passing over’ of their firstborn when Jehovah destroyed the firstborn of Egypt. Seasonally, it fell at the beginning of the barley harvest.—Ex 12:14, 24-47; Le 23:10.
Passover was a memorial celebration; therefore the Scriptural command was: “And it must occur that when your sons say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ then you must say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the passover to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when he plagued the Egyptians, but he delivered our houses.’”—Ex 12:26, 27.
Since the Jews reckoned the day as starting after sundown and ending the next day at sundown, Nisan 14 would begin after sundown. It would be in the evening after Nisan 13 concluded that the Passover would be observed. Since the Bible definitely states that Christ is the Passover sacrifice (1Co 5:7) and that he observed the Passover meal the evening before he was put to death, the date of his death would be Nisan 14, not Nisan 15, in order to fulfill accurately the time feature of the type, or shadow, provided in the Law.—Heb 10:1.
2006-12-25 15:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Passover is a Jewish festival taking place around the same time as Easter which commemorates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.
2006-12-25 14:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Passover is the Jewish holiday where god shows his love for innocent children by killing all the first born of the Egyptians and passing over the houses of the Jews. It is crap anyway, there are no such things as gods.
2006-12-25 15:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Passover is about remembering the Exodus from Egypt, and the events leading up to it.
some messianic's and deceptive Christians will tell you that it has things to do with Jesus. but that is fabricated nonsense.
2006-12-25 14:58:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
God shows his love of the Israelites visa-vi the pre-meditated murder of all the Egyptian first born men, women, and children.
Oh, and the cattle... Mustn't forget the cattle!
See (KJV)Exodus 12:29-30. For proof that the murders were pre-meditated, see (KJV)Exodus 11:4-6
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2006-12-25 15:01:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋