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1 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | DocTrinsograce | 221773 | ||
Dear sonofmom, You asked, "Does Passover have a connection with the resurrection?" The celebration of the Passover arises from the events in Exodus 12 and, including an annual, sin atoning sacrifice of a lamb for each family. Holy Week arises from the events of the week of the Lord Jesus Christ's life of ministry as recorded in the gospels, culminating in the one single and final sacrifice of the perfect Lamb of God, once and for all for God's elect. The former was a picture of the future fulfillment of the latter (Hebrews 10:1). The former was temporary, the latter was permanent (Hebrews 10:10). The former was inadequate, the latter was final (Hebrews 9:26). The former was a work of man in a temple made by hands, offering up the blood of animals; the latter is the work of God in the heavens, offering up the blood of the perfect Lamb of God (Hebrews 9:11-12). Etc. Etc. You are looking to the past as having some kind of superiority to the present. Remember, the mixing of paganism in the world's modern practices came straight out of the past. You are looking at the practices of others that you deem "God-fearing" (sic) as better than the practices of others. Remember, the Jew reject God's provision in Christ in its entirety (Acts 7:51). Worst of all, you are looking to your feelings as some sort of infallible guide. Remember, the heart is more deceitful than anything else in creation (Jeremiah 17:9)... and guess who it deceives most frequently! Son, you need a whole new mindset. You need to focus on God, who He is and what He has done, from the Scriptures, "the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience." Corrie ten Boom had a wonderful little saying, "Look without and be distressed. Look within and be depressed. Look above and be at rest." Study the Word, feed on it. The Word is God's primary means of self-revelation. Then use it as the lens through which you look at the world and, more importantly, look at yourself. Then, armed with the truth, then is the time to do the feeling stuff. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | sonofmom | 221778 | ||
Thanks, doc, your post had a way of leading me to the answer which I found in Col 2:16,17. "Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day -things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. I found a commentary that explains this rather well: "Here is a caution to take heed of judaizing teachers, or those who would impose upon Christians the yoke of the ceremonial law: Let no man therefore judge you in meat nor drink, etc., v. 16. Much of the ceremonies of the law of Moses consisted in the distinction of meats and days. It appears by Rom. 14 that there were those who were for keeping up those distinctions: but here the apostle shows that since Christ has come, and has cancelled the ceremonial law, we ought not to keep it up. "Let no man impose those things upon you, for God has not imposed them: if God has made you free, be not you again entangled in that yoke of bondage.’’ And this the rather because these things were shadows of things to come (v. 17), intimating that they had no intrinsic worth in them and that they are now done away. But the body is of Christ: the body, of which they were shadows, has come; and to continue the ceremonial observances, which were only types and shadows of Christ and the gospel, carries an intimation that Christ has not yet come and the gospel state has not yet commenced. Observe the advantages we have under the gospel, above what they had under the law: they had the shadows, we have the substance. -Matthew Henry Thanks for your help doc, you actually had a pretty good answer after I got past the parts about me needing a whole new mindset, and I thought the practices of some to be better than others. I really think it is amazing how you knew so much, just by my simple query. ...and to think I thought I found a sincere christian forum Sorry for the sting doc, your work was appreciated. But like I said once I got past the fluff, I was led to an answer. |
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3 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | DocTrinsograce | 221781 | ||
Dear sonofmom, No, sting, son. (cf Proverbs 9:8) :-) One need not have great insight into any particular individual to be able to identify the error by their symptomatic vernacular. (Our mindset is always revealed in our words.) After all, some of us lived in and taught others these very things (Romans 1:32; 1 Corinthians 6:11). You see, we all need that "whole new mindset" (Romans 12:2; 1 John 2:15-17). This is pretty basic stuff, but a Biblical mindset has been neglected for so long in our churches, all we can do is reiterate those basics (Hebrews 5:12). If you found your dignity impugned or your respectability presumed upon, that simply reflects what is in your heart. By the way, you can actually use those sorts of feelings as an indicator of areas that need attention. Thomas Watson talked about this question of our affections when he asked, "How shall we know that we love the reproofs of the word? ... When we are thankful for a reproof: 'Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.' (Psalm 141:5). David was glad of a reproof. Suppose a man were in the mouth of a lion, and another should shoot the lion and save the man, would he not be thankful? So, when we are in the mouth of sin, as of a lion, and the minister by a reproof shoots this sin to death, shall we not be thankful? A gracious soul rejoices when the sharp lance of the Word has pierced his abscess. He wears a reproof like a jewel on his ear: 'Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to an obedient ear' (Proverbs 25:12)." I am gratified that you have found Scriptural answers to your question about our commemoration of our Lord Jesus Christ's atonement. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | sonofmom | 221789 | ||
Thank you doc, your time is appreciated in formulating your response, after putting aside the sophmoric observations and verses taken out of context which have little to do with the subject. I did not find my dignity impugned in the least, because there is no lack of integrity within my heart., nor do I find pleasure in that among others. Putting that behind, I am quite trying to stay on task here. The task I am concerned with is an ongoing dialogue between myself and some that observe Jewish feasts and feel obligated to continue. They would like me to learn more about the meaning of certain feasts, but I wanted to learn also from a Christian perspective. Alas, I continue to search out a Christian perspective. Certainly, there is no harm in participating in the celebration of these feasts, as long as one does not use them as a replacement for Christ's blood, just as there is no harm in participating in other activities that offer fellowship but are unable to procure salvation. As I turn to Exodus, I find that the feast in question is to be an ordinance for ever: And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. (Ex 12:14) How does the Bible define "for ever"? So, I will study further, knowing that Jer 31:31 says, "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah" This, because the design of divine grace is much more perfect than the law, the law being only a rough sketch of the beautiful picture yet to come. |
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5 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | DocTrinsograce | 221790 | ||
Good questions and great observations. As you are discovering, Judaizers are not a problem only faced by the apostles. It still amazes me that they can read Galatians and Hebrews, then continue to cling to an Ashkenazic Judaism. Consider your "for ever" question within the context of the completed work of Christ. (See article 3 of the Chicago Statement of Biblical Hermeneutics.) I am glad you've come to the forum! |
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6 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | sonofmom | 221794 | ||
Grace be with you, Doc. Happy Resurrection Day sonofmom |
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7 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | DocTrinsograce | 221800 | ||
By the way, I don't recall if I posted this link already or not... http://www.the-highway.com/passover_Toplady.html ...and happy and blessed Resurrection Day to you as well! |
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