Could Yeshua change Passover?

Disclaimer- 2 Peter 2:21-Verily if would have been better for them not have known the way of righteousness than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment that was delivered to them.

Greetings,

It's hard to believe that Passover is next weekend. Where did the time go?

My husband & I came from a Church of God background. This means that we kept "Passover" as the Lord's Supper. Unleavened bread, wine & doing a foot washing. It never made sense to me that we ate unleavened bread at this "Lord's Supper" and then when we got home that night & the next day before sunset we could eat leavened bread. I would ask my husband every year why this was. He couldn't answer my question.

So, what kind of bread was used at the last supper? In Matt. 26:26, Mark 14:22, Luke 22:19 & John 13:18, Yeshua took break, Greek Strong's #740, Artos-bread, raised loaf. Yeshua is the bread of life not the bread of affliction. Unleavened bread is the bread of afflication, haste, this was eatened by the Israelites when they left Egypt. (Deut. 16:3)

The disciples were sent ahead of time to prepare for the Passover. If you've ever prepared for a full Passover, butchering a lamb, unleavened bread, finger foods, etc. To clean our homes of leavening & remove all the foods that have leavening. It takes awhile. When my husband was first butchering a lamb for Passover, it would take him a few hours, the last year (2021) we did it, it took just under 90 min to prep & then start cooking. It was up to me to get a fire going for the parts of the lamb we weren't going to each.

I can hear you now......We aren't to sacrifice a lamb/goat for Passover. It can only be done in a place that God chooses. We chose to come out of the world observe Passover & the Days of Unleavened Bread. God chose us to follow him & we chose to remain faithful to him. (Ps. 111:10) We need to leave our western gentile mentality behind. So you see, we did go to a place God chose.

So, could Yeshua change Passover? Could he create a new commandment for Passover? We are told several times to not add to God's law or take away from it so we can do God's law. Yeshua came to do the will of the father. (John 6:38) Jesus was there was there at the beginning of time. (John 1:1)

The answer is a resounding NO! Yeshua couldn't change Passover. He didn't even keep Passover the year he was killed. He met with disciples in the garden Gethsemane after the last supper. The soldiers took him into custody & then he was bounced between Caiphas & Pontius Pilate to determine his fate. The Jews and others kept Passover as laid out in Torah. Remember, the Torah was the only scriptures being used, the new testament hadn't been written yet.

Yeshua said at the Last Supper, I will not partake of the fruit of the vine until I drink of it in the kingdom. (Matt. 26:29) And the Jewish leaders wanted the bodies taken down before the high sabbath (1st Day of Unleavened Bread) started, so the legs were broken to hasten the death of those who were crucified that day. Yeshua was already dead but his side was pierced with a sword. Joseph of Ramtha took away his body to be put in the tomb before sunset. He was crucified on Passover & then put into the tomb just before sunset on Wednesday afternoon.

My husband wrote an article Cold Jesus Change Passover? I'm barely scraping the surface on this topic but he goes into more depth.

If you choose to get a lamb/goat, Wednesday is the 10th day of the month, so the it's the day to pick out lamb or goat. (Ex. 12:3) I'm going to be heading to the local meat market to get a small lamb roast. My son in law is going to smoke it for me.

Have a great preparation week,

Lori