Christianity and Judaism at Passover and Easter

 

Passover is begins with what Christians call Maunday Thursday but is not over until sunset Good Friday as Jewish days go from sunset to sunset. Then on Saturday comes the feast of Unleavened Bread and the next day begins the Feast of First Fruits.  Of course, Passover marks the 14^th of Nisan of the Lunar Calendar, so won’t  be a Thursday every year, and this year was the 27^th of March.  Christians have re-jiggered the calendar to make Easter Sunday. Passover celebrates the Liberation of God’s people.  Feast of Unleavened Bread celebrates the Separation/Uniqueness in being God’s people, his followers. (Leaven is earthly and unholy.  You clean house to get rid of any leaven) And First Fruits celebrates consecration to God as the first fruits of the barley harvest were sacrificed.  That Christianity was truly an outgrowth of Judaism is shown by the Messiah, Jesus, the Passover Lamb of God, who was announced on Palm Sunday, 10^th of Nisan, then observed for purity 5 days as he endured withering questions from the authorities, then was sacrificed on Passover.The Liberator from sin. The rite of Baptism reminds Christians how they are separated to be God’s children as per the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  Jesus said, he was the bread of heaven. And he was the First Fruit of the Dead in the Resurrection, when Christians thrill at being consecrated to God.

       I hope I haven’t insulted anyone by what I have said.  It just proves how close Christians and Jews are in brotherhood.  When Jefferson quoted Christian author Locke, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…,” it should be understood that only a Judeo-Christian writer would think and pen such stuff.