Desk of Dennis Piller
Fearlessly Courageous
3 29 2024
Are the Last Supper and Passover and Easter the same?
I am sure you know this story but hopefully, a little history lesson will touch a cord in your spirit today.
Passover commemorates the Biblical story of Exodus — where God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The celebration of Passover is described in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament (in Judaism, the first five books of Moses are called the Torah).
What is the meaning of Passover according to the Bible?
Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism it is a holiday commemorating the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus.
Exodus 12:18 commands that Passover be celebrated, “from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.”
What is the Passover story?
In the (very) basic Passover storyline, the Pharaoh is fearful that there will be too many Jews living in Egypt, so he institutes slavery and demands that male Jewish babies be killed. Baby Moses is saved by his mother, who floats him in a basket down the Nile River, where he is found and adopted by the Pharaoh’s daughter. He becomes a prince and after killing a slave master, Moses flees into the desert and encounters a burning bush of God revealing himself to Moses. God tells Moses to go to Pharaoh and lead the Jews out of slavery.
Moses goes to the Pharaoh and asks that he let the Jews go free from Egypt. Each time the Pharaoh says “no,” God sends a plague down on Egypt (darkness, lice, boils, cattle disease, etc.). The tenth and final plague is the most drastic: the killing of the first-born by the so-called angel of death. In order to protect their firstborn children, the Israelites marked their doors with lamb’s blood so the angel of death would pass over them. Thus the name Passover, which is “Pesach” in Hebrew. The Israelites were ultimately freed from slavery and wandered the desert for 40 years before making it to the promised land.
How does the Passover relate to Jesus?
Jesus is the Passover lamb in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul wrote, “For Christ (Messiah), our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (I Corinthians 5:7). The Passover is symbolic of Jesus delivering those who trust in him from the slavery and penalty of sin.
What happens during Passover?
The main event of the Passover holiday is the seder (literally, “order”), a festive meal in which the Haggadah (the book of Exodus and related writings) is recited in a set order. During the entire duration of the holiday, it is forbidden to eat leavened food products (such as bread, pasta, etc.). the bible states: “And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, “This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came up from Egypt.” —Exodus 13:8, NKJV
Is the Last Supper and Passover the same?
The Last Supper was a Passover Seder meal that Jesus Christ and his disciples ate to celebrate this event. Jesus taught his disciples that the wine and the bread at the meal signified that he would become the sacrificial lamb by which sins are forgiven and reconciliation with God can occur.
Are Easter and Passover the same thing?
They share many similarities as they occur during the same time of the year, and some aspects of their celebrations are similar. They are, however, fundamentally different holidays. Passover is a Jewish holiday, whereas Easter is a Christian holiday.
What Is Easter?
Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating Christ’s resurrection from his tomb. Easter is only observed for one day, on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the Spring equinox. This year, Easter Sunday falls on the 31st of March!
Passover and forgiveness
What should you and I understand about the New Testament Passover? Christians who observe the New Testament Passover remember every year that Christ gave His body and blood so we can be forgiven of our sins and that he was the ultimate sacrifice for our restoration to the Father. Today is Good Friday. Isaiah 53:5, “He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
Jesus Christ paid the price of death to bear our sins and to become our mediating sacrifice so that we can be forgiven. This is a foundational theme of the entire Bible and of God’s plan of salvation. Isn’t it amazing how all things work together for God’s will and purpose and to think our names are included in the Lamb’s book of life is truly humbling because we could do nothing to earn it? It is still all about JESUS I pray that you use these remaining days leading up to Easter to fast something
to help us draw closer to God during this historic time.
We have only 2 days until Easter.
What are you fasting to draw closer to God? Who have you invited to join you?
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Come Join Us this Sunday the 31st at Raymond James Stadium
for our Easter Celebration. We are bringing all our campuses together and are praying for 35k to 50k people to attend. Invite your friends and Families.
Tony Dungy, among others, will be speaking. We will be tailgating by Gate B for breakfast from 8 am to 9:30. Please come and bring your family and be sure to look for me.
Service is at 10:30 Check us out at https://gfcflorida.com/easter
Lauren Daigle Peace be still
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