He Is Risen!

Many view tomorrow morning, Sunday, the anniversary of the Lord's resurrection. It is wonderful that many take this day to go to church - some for the first time. What is sad is that this day has become so marked with pagan practices such as the egg, the bunny, and even the word Easter. These deep entrenched traditions have even caused the church to forget the Jewish roots of our faith. The Lord was crucified on Passover. If His crucifixion had been this year, that was from Monday at sundown until Tuesday at sundown. Our Lord would have been in the grave of owned by Joseph before the sun set on Tuesday of this past week. He would arise 3 days and 3 nights later, on the Feast of First Fruits. For 2010, that would mean he would have come up from the grave sometime from sundown Friday until just before sunrise on Saturday.

As Christians, we must come to realize it is not about the bunny but about the blood!

"Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast. . ."
1 Corinthians 5:7-8 (New American Standard Bible)

From Passover to Easter?!?!

Now that Passover is behind us and we head toward Good Friday and Easter, I thought that this little short video would be appropriate for the church.



"You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods." Deut 12:31 (NIV)

Christ Our Passover

From Monday evening to Tuesday evening marks the Lord's Passover. This is the day that many Christians call the Last Supper. It was more than that, though. It was our Jewish Savior, with his Jewish disciples, following a precious Jewish custom. It was so important to the Lord that "he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer." (Luke 22:15). Even more so, during the supper, the Lord reminded the disciples to keep the Passover "in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19). Even Paul, years afterwards, says that “Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast!” (I Corinthians 5:7-8).

Happy Passover! Keep the feast in remembrance of our Lord.

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." (Matthew 5:17)