PASSOVER 2017
When is Passover 2017?
Passover
(Pesach) falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of Nissan 15-22, which will be on
April 10th to 18th
Here are
coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years:
2018: March 30-April 7
2019: April 19-27
2020: April 8-16
Accuracy of the Jewish calendar
The Jewish
calendar is a lunar calendar—based on the cycles of the moon.
The Gregorian calendar, which the world now uses, is solar-based; it is based on 'a belief of movement of the sun.'
The change in the Jewish calendar by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 A.D. has shifted the year 2017 to a future date.
Christ our Passover Lamb
The thief on
the cross was saved on the 14th day of the month. Christ observed
the Passover in the evening before the morning—same day that He was crucified.
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered
unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took
bread:
And when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take,
eat: this is My body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me.
After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had
supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in My Blood: this do ye, as oft
as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye
do shew the Lord's death till He come.
1 Cor 11:23-26 KJV
And when Jesus had cried with
a loud voice, He said, Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit: and having
said thus, he gave up the ghost (Luke 23:46 KJV)
In the Bible,
a day was from one evening to the next evening.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Gen 1:5 KJV
The Passover
was in the evening of the 14th day. Christ kept the Passover that
evening and was crucified “the morning” of the same day (the 6th
hour)—noon, before the end of ‘day.’ He died at ‘the ninth hour.’
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over
all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"-which means,
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken
me?"
Matt 27:45-46 NIV
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave
up his spirit (v.50 NIV).
That day, the
penitent thief called upon Jesus, and said,
“Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom (Luke
23:42 KJV)
Jesus replied
to his request, “Verily
I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.”
(Luke 23:43 KJV)
Romans 10:13
states:”For whosoever shall call upon the
Name of the Lord shall be saved (KJ V).
Jesus was worn
a crown of thorns and was sentenced to death—He was delivered to be crucified.
Our Lord Jesus Christ was crowned with the "crown of thorns." This
took place because He is "Lord of the Passover."
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In Luke 22:1
the Feast of Unleavened Bread is called "Passover."
"The
Passover lamb' which points to Christ, was sacrificed on "the Day of Unleavened
Bread" (read verse 7).
