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.It was extracted from Ex 12:11, Lev 23:5; Num 9:2 and similar texts and described the observance.Eze 45:21 In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.Lu 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which iscalled the Passover.Just exactly when is this meal consumed? Is it in the evening of Nisan 13, which would make the next afternoon Nisan 14 as most teach or was it consumed in the evening of Nisan 14 which would make the next afternoon Nisan 15? While the above texts should be clear enough to answer this question, the following proof text should resolve this matter without error notice:Nu 33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.xviJOSEPH MALIK WITH ELIZABETH MALIK - PUBLISHED 1982BOOK: BEYOND THE WATCHTOWER - CHAPTER 9Yes, the next day after the passover was the 15th of Nisan, known as the month of Abib at the time.Why then do Christians teach, in fact insist that our Lord was executed on Nisan 14? Furthermore, this very meal was consumed on a sabbath day and began the 7 day feast with its two special annual sabbath days.Notice:Ex 12:16 And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.Ex 12:17 And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.The holy convocations are annual sabbath days.The next afternoon after this meal would still be a sabbath day and we know that our Lord was not executed on such a day.Such facts are common knowledge to Jews throughout the world and they can easily refute present thinking on the time of our Lord's death.What really happened and what are the scriptures teaching us that most are unable to see?Did our Lord really eat the passover required by Law and if so when did he die? Our Lord did eat the passover meal with this disciples, this we know by the following verses.Mt 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.Mr 14:16 And his disciples went, and came into the city, and found as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover.The disciples observed passover all of their life as did our Lord and they would not make any error regarding it.To teach that they prepared the meal a day early would require proof not found in scripture.Two things are learned here.Not only did our Lord eat the passover meal as required by Law, but, the Lamb required for this meal was already slaughtered and our Lord did not die on the exact day or on the exact date (Nisan 14) that such slaughtering occurred.Thought to be a prophetic requirement by many who insist that His death must occur at such a time this fact plus our Lord's own testimony argues against such reasoning.Notice:Lu 22:15 And he said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:xviiJOSEPH MALIK WITH ELIZABETH MALIK - PUBLISHED 1982BOOK: BEYOND THE WATCHTOWER - CHAPTER 9Something was missed, the greater meaning of passover, the greater deliverance that it represented and the reason why this single event in Egypt that took place so many years ago was made into a week long feast.And the wave harvest was part of the Passover, which extended its reach to Pentecost.Perhaps an early Christian author or theologian made an error that found its way into print, and such error was copied and modified by others to the point that nearly everything that we have in print today on this subject is heavily flawed.Such error would not in itself be sinful, but our failure to correct such error once it has been brought to our attention would be.1Jo 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.No doctrine pertaining to our Lord should be taken lightly.We should never allow ourselves to become the product of the careless work of others.Everyone in the faith should be of God.Month of the Last Passover.NISAN of the year our Lord died.NISANS M T W T F S1*2 3 4 5 6 7 8*9 10 11 12 13 14 15* passover observed by our Lord16 17 18 19 20 21* 22* high sabbath23 24 25 26 27 28 29*30 * = sabbath days [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]