Easter or Passover?

[Call me Nic]

So this year I wanted to celebrate Passover with my family instead of Easter and have the holiday actually commemorate and praise the burial and resurrection of Christ as the Passover lamb, instead of doing the weird egg and rabbit thing I've done my entire life. Does anybody have any experience with that? What would you recommend that aligns with scripture, and what is the best way to eliminate any pagan elements from it?

Any details about the food, the tradition, and the best way to commemorate it that is as faithful to the Lord as possible would be great. Basically, I could use a play by play Passover itinerary.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dave-W]

Actually, "Passover" as it is understood today encompasses 3 different moedim (appointed days); Passover proper, the Feast of unleavened bread, and Yom haBikkurim (the day of First Fruits)

It is the latter that is associated with Resurrection.

For the Passover proper - which lasts only as long as a couple of hours - you can do a web search for a Messianic Passover Hagaddah. It gives the complete service with preps and how it ties into the Last Supper.

I would ask on the Messianic forum for ideas on Bikkurim.

 

[Call me Nic]

Actually, "Passover" as it is understood today encompasses 3 different moedim (appointed days); Passover proper, the Feast of unleavened bread, and Yom haBikkurim (the day of First Fruits)

It is the latter that is associated with Resurrection.

For the Passover proper - which lasts only as long as a couple of hours - you can do a web search for a Messianic Passover Hagaddah. It gives the complete service with preps and how it ties into the Last Supper.

I would ask on the Messianic forum for ideas on Bikkurim.

Great thanks a bunch!

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

So this year I wanted to celebrate Passover with my family instead of Easter and have the holiday actually commemorate and praise the burial and resurrection of Christ as the Passover lamb, instead of doing the weird egg and rabbit thing I've done my entire life. Does anybody have any experience with that? What would you recommend that aligns with scripture, and what is the best way to eliminate any pagan elements from it?

Any details about the food, the tradition, and the best way to commemorate it that is as faithful to the Lord as possible would be great. Basically, I could use a play by play Passover itinerary.

Thanks in advance.

How about Pascha?

 

[Dave-W]

How about Pascha?

You mean

Pesach?

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

You mean

Pesach?

Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα), is the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord. Pascha is a transliteration of the Greek word, which is itself a transliteration of the Aramaic pascha, from the Hebrew pesach meaning Passover

 

[Dave-W]

Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα), is the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord. Pascha is a transliteration of the Greek word, which is itself a transliteration of the Aramaic pascha, from the Hebrew pesach meaning Passover

Why is Passover (Pesach) taken as the feast of Resurrection rather than Yom haBikkurim?

1 Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits (Bikkurim) of those who are asleep.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Why is Passover (Pesach) taken as the feast of Resurrection rather than Yom haBikkurim?

1 Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits (Bikkurim) of those who are asleep.

The whole period is called Pascha...passing over from death to life.

 

[dreadnought]

So this year I wanted to celebrate Passover with my family instead of Easter and have the holiday actually commemorate and praise the burial and resurrection of Christ as the Passover lamb, instead of doing the weird egg and rabbit thing I've done my entire life. Does anybody have any experience with that? What would you recommend that aligns with scripture, and what is the best way to eliminate any pagan elements from it?

Any details about the food, the tradition, and the best way to commemorate it that is as faithful to the Lord as possible would be great. Basically, I could use a play by play Passover itinerary.

Thanks in advance.

Sounds to me like you are throwing the baby out with the bath water. You're going to give up Easter because you oppose Easter eggs?

 

[LoricaLady]

So this year I wanted to celebrate Passover with my family instead of Easter and have the holiday actually commemorate and praise the burial and resurrection of Christ as the Passover lamb, instead of doing the weird egg and rabbit thing I've done my entire life. Does anybody have any experience with that? What would you recommend that aligns with scripture, and what is the best way to eliminate any pagan elements from it?

Any details about the food, the tradition, and the best way to commemorate it that is as faithful to the Lord as possible would be great. Basically, I could use a play by play Passover itinerary.

Thanks in advance.

Your chances of getting your family to participate in a Passover celebration are way not good if they are typical in this culture. For one thing they have to eat unleavened bread for 7 days. Things like that. A Passover Seder (meal) might be enjoyed, though.
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Passover is not exactly correlated to the Resurrection, at least it never was until Messiah came and died. Passover celebrates the time the Jews escaped Egypt. The Resurrection is now associated with that event because Messiah was crucified then, becoming our Sacrificial Lamb.
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As for Easter, it is named after the pagan goddess Ishtar and her symbols were bunnies and eggs. The date for Easter is set by the Roman Catholic Church. It never, ever falls on the true Resurrection Day. To start with, the Resurrection day would be 3 days after Passover. But Passover is based on a lunar, not solar calendar. Therefore you would never have the celebration falling on the same day of the week each year according to the solar calendar used in our culture.
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You have to make a decision for your own self, regardless of what others think, about whether you want to follow traditions of men or the real Bible and the real Resurrection Day.
If others don't feel disapproved of by your choice, they are less likely to be upset if you choose to celebrate the true, Leviticus 23, holy days of the Bible.
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As for guidelines on how to celebrate the Ressurection, there are none. But for Passover see Leviticus 23.

 

[LoricaLady]

P.S. I just remembered something and apologize for not including that.

I said your family could enjoy a Passover seder/meal. However, the Bible says that an uncircumcised man cannot participate in Passover celebrations. As in all things it is wise to consult the Bible, and then ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit, of course, though.

 

[Yahunatan]

P.S. I just remembered something and apologize for not including that.

I said your family could enjoy a Passover seder/meal. However, the Bible says that an uncircumcised man cannot participate in Passover celebrations. As in all things it is wise to consult the Bible, and then ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit, of course, though.

While this is true that the Torah requires both the circumcision of the flesh and the heart to participate in the Passover among the Hebraic community. I would not trouble one from the nations that is turning to YHWH with circumcision. Circumcision is the last step. I see no problem with one circumcised of heart of which I precieve this person is. Having the desire to turn to YHWH and leave paganism shows a pure heart. In your home you may partake of the Passover with your family in my humble opinion.

 

[Yahunatan]

P.S. I just remembered something and apologize for not including that.

I said your family could enjoy a Passover seder/meal. However, the Bible says that an uncircumcised man cannot participate in Passover celebrations. As in all things it is wise to consult the Bible, and then ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit, of course, though.

I would also point out that Israel in Egypt observed the Passover in the uncircumcision of their flesh.

 

[LoricaLady]

Whatever Israel did in Egypt, in their duress, came before the writing of Moses where we are told that men are to be circumcised before participating in the Passover meal.

 

[ubicaritas]

Unless you are Jewish or affiliated with a Jewish/Messianic group, I believe it is in extremely poor taste to do this, both a disservice to the Jewish and Christian traditions.

The traditional Easter vigil recounts the story of the Passover in Egypt as a foreshadowing of Jesus/ the Church's own passage from death to life.

 

[Steve Petersen]

P.S. I just remembered something and apologize for not including that.

I said your family could enjoy a Passover seder/meal. However, the Bible says that an uncircumcised man cannot participate in Passover celebrations. As in all things it is wise to consult the Bible, and then ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit, of course, though.

This is a misconception. The restriction is specifically for killing and eating the Passover, which is the lamb. Gentiles may participate in a Passover meal as long as they don't eat the lamb.

In fact, no one today can eat the lamb because it is not possible to slaughter it in the Temple as the Bible requires.

Heck, even in Jesus day, Jews who did not live close enough to Jerusalem to bring a lamb could not eat the lamb. Unleavened bread was used as a substitute.

 

[All4Christ]

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