What gives with Passover? Is it significant? Please allow me to begin answering this question by sharing with you that when we, as believers in Jesus, gather in church to worship, when we assemble at Bible studies and dig into God’s word, when we spend time with God during “quiet times,” when we share Jesus with those who don’t yet know Him, we are doing so because of Passover! The body of Christ is in existence today because of Passover. The Apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, wrote in I Cor. 5:7, …Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. What am I saying? Passover, the first feast that God gave to the children of Israel, focuses on redemption through the shed blood of the Passover Lamb. And, that Passover Lamb is Jesus! Passover is the foundation of our faith. Passover points to the death of Jesus. Jesus was crucified on Passover. At the first Passover in Egypt, God said, For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the
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