Passover

Many Christians have been taught that the Passover is an outdated “Jewish” observance done away with at Jesus’ death and replaced by Easter, the commemoration of His resurrection. But Jesus Christ did keep the Passover. There is a connection between the Passover and Christ’s death. In ancient Israel the first Passover was a time of deliverance, the rescuing of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The blood of the Passover lamb was smeared on the doorposts of the residences of those Israelites who put their trust in God, and He promised to deliver them from harm (Exodus 12:13, Exodus 12:23). The Israelites were spared while the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain. God ordained the Passover as a commanded feast: “So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance” (Exodus 12:14).