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Should Christians Celebrate Passover?
(The Creation of the Christian Seder)
-by Tony Warren

One of the more disturbing trends in the Church today is the proliferation of people who no longer seem
to understand the error of returning to observances of Old Covenant ceremonial laws. It’s really not about
celebrating ceremonial law. It is a testimony to this confusion that many have asked, "should Christians
celebrate Passover?" They are seeking honest answers as to why there are so many in the Church today
willing to partake in this obviously Old Covenant practice?

The answer is that people have become acclimated to such ideas. Chiefly due to Dispensationalist
influences in the media, a growing number of professing Christians actually believe that the Bible teaches
that the "nation" of Israel remains God's chosen people. Reread Romans Chapter 11.Thus they surmise
that if they can just align themselves with Israel's culture, land, language, history and traditions, that will
bring them favor with God. Blessed is he who blesses Israel and cursed is he who curses it. Sort of like
taking out extra insurance. But it is not extra insurance, that’s not what it’s about. But in truth, they are
actually placing themselves back into the Old Covenant signs, which prefigured things that have already
come. Anyone looking to the nation of Israel to curry favor with God, is doomed to failure from the start.
Because God's people today are a spiritual nation made up of chosen people from all lands, including
Israel. It is about celebrating God’s Word, how the Old Testament prophesied the New, reveals the New,
Jesus was in Jerusalem celebrating the Passover himself. He himself said he did not come to abolish the
law but fulfill it. I think Christians celebrate the Passover to commemorate that. We are free from the
burden of offering live sacrifices because the Lamb of God made that sacrifice once and for all.
1st Peter 2:9-10
•        "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
•        Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained
mercy, but now have obtained mercy."
Today God looks upon every soul that is chosen unto salvation, as His sons and daughters in Christ "by
blood." There are none who are children of Israel who obtain mercy by flesh (Romans 9:6-8), because
ultimately we are all of one flesh (Adam). God is no respecter of persons. We are all children of God by
relationship to Christ, and each soul chosen of God is fully accepted of Him, receiving a full inheritance,
regardless of lineage. That’s true.
Acts 10:34-35
•        "Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
•        But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."
Peter is declaring that he very plainly understands that the partition wall between Jews and Gentiles has
been broken down (Ephesians 2:13-14). All the nationalistic peculiarities, sanctification, special rights,
covenants, and unity of body, are now found in the New Covenant body of Christ. This is the only place
where the Jew and the Gentile alike will find their excellence. It will not be found in their bloodline, for
God is no respecter of persons. What that means is that God does not favor or reject anyone based on his
or her outward respects, and no external qualifications will engender favor and acceptance with God.
Contrary to popular opinion in our day, there is no Jewish Christian, or Italian Christian, or African
Christian in God's sight. We are all now "one body" in Christ Jesus.

I don’t see how the question of rather or not Christians should celebrate a Christian Passover is being
addressed. The writer is focusing on the relationship between Jew and Gentile. You’ll have to study
Replacement Theology to make up your own mind about rather or not God broke the promise He made to
Abraham. If He did, what makes us think He wouldn't’t break a convent promise with us, and replace it
with another, say with one made to Later Day Saints, or something like that?

Galatians 3:27-29
•        "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
•        There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for
ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
•        And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
There are countless people who read those scriptures, but still have not truly understood exactly what
they say. In other words, they are still attempting to separate into a Jewish Christian and a Greek
Christian, and affording the Jew a higher position. In doing so, they are making God "indeed" a respecter
of persons. And this is the core reason why many professed Christians have looked to the Jewish
celebration of Hebrew feasts, and have concluded that they should take part in the Old Covenant Jewish
Passover. They have even labeled it, "The Christian Seder." Some are of Jewish heritage and prefer to be
called Messianic Christians, which is really a phrase made up of double and synonymous identifiers.
Because the word "Christ" is simply the New Covenant way of saying "Messiah." So it's like saying, I'm a
Christian, Christian. Why not question the name of every other denomination? Did the writer of this
article read the book of Romans? Maybe he missed Chapter 14, no one has the right to put your faith
experience (or name of your denomination) in a little box and judge it! They are bringing the gospel
message to Jews. Like Paul said I have become all things to all people that I might save a few. But today
it's come to mean a Christian of Jewish heritage. Strangely enough, anyone who affords Jewish people
"EQUAL" status with non Jews, are more often than not labeled anti-Semitic. How equal equates to anti-
Semetic no one can "rationally" explain, but that doesn't stop the charges. That is not the definition of anti-
Semitic. The writer of this article seems to have awarded Messianic Christians equal opportunity for
salvation- very gracious of him, but he does not have seemed to award them equal rights in how they
practice Christianity. He did not give them the right to name or label their denomination with out his
judgement or mockery. Read Romans Chapter 14!
This, despite the fact that God is no respecter of persons, has broken down the wall and made us all one
body and declares there is neither Jew nor Greek as far as salvation in Christ goes. There are still those
who want to place Israel on a pedestal and look at their Old Covenant ordinances as eternally binding.
Nevertheless, the question remains, should Christians celebrate the Old Covenant Jewish observance of
Passover? Should we have a Christian Seder? I believe that the only Biblical answer to these questions is
an unequivocal no. I hope the rest of his article will address this with out smoke screens. Of course I
fully understand that by giving such an "absolute" answer in an age of irrational caution, political
correctness, Church compromise and appeasement will be disdained and leave many aghast. But I believe
that such observances "unquestionably" would be un biblical. I haven’t seen him quote a single scripture
yet commanding us to no longer observe them. For Christians cannot go back to celebrate the feast of
Passover, the feast of Weeks, or any other Old Covenant feast day, such as Tabernacles, Rosh Hashanah,
or Purim. I disagree, it is not un biblical! And the reason is not because we are anti-Semitic (God forbid),
the reason is because Christ our Saviour has already come and fulfilled (completed) these festivals that
prefigured Him. And as all of the Old Covenant ceremonial laws were, the Passover feast was also
instituted as a "sign" or token foreshadowing Christ's atoning work on the cross. It is one of the oldest
festivals in Judaism, commemorating God's deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt. And it pointed
towards Christ fulfilling a greater more perfect deliverance. The very reason we should observe the
Festivals (minus the actual live sacrifices) is for the sake of praising and thanking God for fulfilled
prophesies! To give glory to Him, who is our Savior, who came and fulfilled the festivals and prophesies!
Exodus 13:3
•        "And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the
house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no
leavened bread be eaten."
This was a token for Israel signifying that as it was not by man, but only by the sovereign hand of God
that Israel was saved, Salvation is by Grace alone. The festival of unleavened bread signifies that truly
they would be made sinless only by eating of the broken body of Christ. He would be their sacrifice
Passover Lamb and their unleavened bread of righteousness. The Old Covenant/Testament Passover in
Exodus was merely instituted as a "pattern," or as a "model" that pointed to the characteristics of Christ,
who was the better sacrifice that would truly purge sin from God's people. The prophecy signified by the
token, would be fulfilled in Christ. Absolutely! And what is offensive about recognizing and celebrating
the fulfillment of prophesy by practicing an Old Testament custom?
1st Corinthians 5:7-8
•        "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
•        Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
The feast we keep is not with Old Covenant observances of bread or leaven, but with their New Covenant
realities. Here in this verse as plain as day is God's instruction concerning who is the new bread, the
Christian Passover. It is Christ that we eat of. And to go back to the Old Covenant Jewish observance of
the shadow would in essence be a denial that our Passover, which was prophesied in the sign, had come.
Christians who are Jews and Gentiles alike should understand from the Old Covenant "types" that the true
exodus was from spiritual Egypt, and the true deliverance was from spiritual bondage to Satan, and that
Christ is our true Passover. His sinless body is our unleavened bread, and His shed blood is our wine. It
was for this reason that Christ became flesh and came to earth, that the "sign" of the New Covenant with
Israel be fulfilled. Partaking of the bread is part of our continuing relationship with God.
The verse just quoted is taken out of context. Read for your selves the whole of the passage, it is not
referring to the Jewish nation at all. Paul is writing to the church in Corinth chastising them for not
dealing with sexual immortality. Verse nine is very clear who Paul is talking about…
1st Corinthians 5:9
•        I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.

This passage is not referring to Old Testament festivals. And the reference Paul makes to Christ our
Passover (which I do not deny He replaced the practice of living sacrifices as the perfect sacrifice, and is
our Deliverer) but is further explained in verses 11-13. Paul writes in verse 13 “But those who are outside
(not covered by the blood- or on the other side of the door post in other words- as the Egyptians) God
judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person (the sexually immoral).” This passage is not
at all answering the question should a Christian observe a Christian Passover.
Hebrews 2:14-15
•        "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part
of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
•        And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."
Clearly it was by the death of Christ that God's people were delivered from the taskmaster Satan, and
brought forth out of the spiritual bondage in Egypt. Like the token or sign Israel, we were delivered by
sovereign God and established as the free (John 8:33-36), chosen people of God. Thus we cannot go
back to the Old Covenant feasts that pointed forward to this. Why not? Still no relevant scripture quoted.
The first Passover celebration was actually a prophecy of the coming Christ and true deliverance from
bondage. The Jewish people call this the Seder. It commemorated their deliverance from being
bondservants in Egypt. Christ's death on the cross represented the "true" act of deliverance that the
Passover looked towards. All the Old Covenant festivals were given to teach God's people, through
ceremonies, the true nature of His plan of salvation. Exactly! Unfortunately, today there has come a new
breed of professing Christians who claim that we are missing out on something if we do not embrace the
Old Testament Hebrew ceremonies, rites and traditions. They neglect that these holy days were shadows
of things to come. Not a relevant argument with me, as I recognize the prophetic nature of the festivals.
And they passed away with the coming of the New Testament congregation.
Colossians 2:16-17
•        Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new
moon, or of the sabbath days:
•        Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."
The reason why Christians should not judge with respect to meats, times, or holy days is because those
ceremonies were only [skias] of things to come. They were patterns showing the outline of the "true." I
agree we should not judge. This is a very relevant scripture and does answer the question. Not going to
debate using different versions here but …The New King James writes verses 16-17 like this…
“So let no one judge you in food or drink, or regarding a festival, or a new moon, or sabbaths, which are
a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.” So should Christians celebrate Passover
which was the pattern? Should we have a Christian Seder? Let no man judge you regarding festivals, if
you’re celebrating a Christian Passover as part of Holy Week, first remembering how God has kept His
promise, celebrating the freedom Christ has given us, through his sacrifice, your celebration’s substance
is of Christ. The Apostle illustrates that Christ is the body and substance that those shadows (such as the
Passover) represented. Consequently, to continue to observe the old ceremonies in the New Covenant
dispensation, is in effect to say, Christ the body has not yet come. This is an offense to the gospel of
Christ, a heresy and denial of the New Covenant era. That’s not true at all, that is an overstatement and an
assumption. In the original Passover sign, the firstborn of Israel were saved from the angel of Death by
the blood of the sacrifice lamb marking the door of their house. It pointed to Christ. Again, should we
now point back to the old sign after Christ has fulfilled it? God forbid! Therefore, Christians are not
bound to observe the Passover feast as Old Covenant Israel did, and also to understand that to do so
would be to observe the shadow, "as if" the true had not yet come and fulfilled it. This no conscientious
Christian would want to do.
This is another smoke screen. He has yet to quote a scripture stating we are no longer to observe the
festivals. I’m sure he’ll try again.
Hebrews 9:22-25
•        "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission.
•        It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these;
but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
•        For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
•        Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year
with blood of others;"
The festivals and sacrifices in the Old Covenant holy Temple weren't meant to continue, they were only
temporary shadows or figures of the true. Likewise, we don't keep the feast in the Old Covenant
observance of the shadow in killing a literal Lamb, but in the New Covenant observance of communion.
We observe it in having put off the sin of the flesh in our Passover sacrifice, Christ. Christ has already
come as our Passover lamb, and His blood cleanses us from all unrighteousness. He has already come as
our unleavened bread through which we are purged from the leaven of sin. Knowing this, we cannot go
back to observances in Old Testament rites that look forward to His coming. Even the history of Jewish
custom of putting away leaven from their houses at Passover was that they showed forth Christ until He
came. With the coming of the "true" the shadow is passed away. But there are many misguided souls who
are horribly attempting to bring it back.
Smoke screen- I’m not (and don’t think) other Christians are trying to re-instate live sacrifices in luau of
the offering Christ made for us. There are fourteen steps in the Seder, using the Haggadah as a guide:
1. Singing blessings over the first cup of wine.
2. Washing hands
3. Dipping a vegetable in salt water.
4. Breaking the middle Matzah and hiding the Afikoman.
5. Telling the Passover story, including asking the four questions, describing the four children, and
drinking the second cup of wine.
6. Washing the hands before the meal.
7. Saying the blessings for Matzah.
8. Tasting the bitter herbs and dipping them in Haroset.
9. Eating a Matzah and bitter herb sandwich.
10. Enjoying the Festival meal.
11. Finding and eating the Afikoman.
12. Singing the blessings after the meal, drinking the third cup of wine, and opening the door for the
prophet Elijah.
13. Singing Psalms of praise and drinking the fourth cup of wine.
14. Completing the Seder with traditional songs.

Where is the sacrifice there? By having the Seder dinner I am not trying to re-instate live sacrifices!

Luke 22:16-20
•        "And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer:"
Christ observed the Passover.
When Christ gathered the Apostles in the small room in Jerusalem, he led them in the annual Seder or
Passover dinner. And there in instituting the Lord's table, He effectively did away with the Old Testament
Passover observance. His words, "this do" in remembrance of me is declaring that the Passover festival is
replaced by His broken Body and shed blood, and this is the New Covenant ceremony for Israel. This is
our New Covenant feast observance instituted by Christ, and we cannot righteously go back to observing
the Old.
Luke 22:16-20
•        "For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
    Jesus said he wouldn’t- not they would not or could not
•        And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
•        For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
•        And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body
which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
•        Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is
shed for you." A Christian Passover doesn’t replace communion.
In instituting this new bread observance, Christ was making the disciples (who were Jews) to understand
that the "whole purpose" of the Passover feast was to prefigure His broken body. Agreed. The New
Covenant observance supersedes the Old Covenant Passover sacrifice. Agreed. And any New Covenant
requires a new seal and symbol. Thus we are baptized into His death by the Holy Spirit. So Christians, as
partakers in the New Covenant with Israel, have had the Passover celebration replaced with the Eucharist
of bread and wine. Agreed. God himself has thus substituted a new Covenant/Testament feast ceremony
in place of the Passover. Agreed. Because the original ceremony "represents" the Old Testament/Covenant
observance, it is of no current significance to Christians today. It stands only as "an Old Covenant sign"
of the rejection of Christ by those who still hold the practice. Firstly I am not practicing Passover
sacrifices, I am celebrating a Christian Passover, I am celebrating the Passover on this side of the cross. I
am celebrating Christ as my Passover, as part of my Holy Week devotions, I am in no way rejecting
Christ. This is a clear message to the astute Biblically minded observer of the error of continuing to
practice these sundry Old Testament ceremonial rites. In this entire article one scripture quoted referred to
the Passover and Christ saying he would not observe it again. And no he did not, but he did not tell his
disciples not to. Neither has he quoted a scripture which says to not have the Seder dinner. Why Should
Christians celebrate Passover? Christ is not coming again to die as sacrifice, He was the Lamb slain once
and for all. Any Old Covenant Passover sacrifice will only serve to bring in errors in practice, convolute
and confuse the issue. This is a smoke screen. I’ll address it further when mentioned again, just three
more verses, hang on.
Romans 6:9-11
•        "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over
him.
•        For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
•        Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus
Christ our Lord."
As Christians who study to rightly divide the word of truth, I wonder what he means by to rightly divide
the word of truth? we should recognize that our Christian Seder was in the body of Christ. That was our
Passover feast. We were given the elements and symbols of the New Covenant with Israel in what is
known as Communion. By Christ first doing this at Passover, He is transitioning from the "shadow" to the
"true," illustrating that His broken body is the transformation. It's not that the true meaning has changed,
but the position and observance has changed. As a Christian observing a Christian Passover I have NO
intention of replacing communion with Old Testament Passover sacrifices. Thus the symbol had to
change for the New Covenant Israel (Hebrews chapters 8-10) congregation representation. We would no
more desire to go back to the old as we would want to go back to Gentiles being unclean, or to sacrificing
Lambs blood, or to the laws of separating threads in our clothing. As I said in the first paragraph of my
response to this article- It’s not about celebrating ceremonial law, but rather doing it in remembrance of
Christ (like communion but certainly not to replace it).
1st Corinthians 11:23-26
•        "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."
Jesus' death on the cross did away with the Old Covenant ceremonial laws, Holy days, animal sacrifices
and rituals. He instituted the New Covenant/Testament in the shedding of His blood. Remember earlier in
the article? I noticed the writer quoted not from the New King James when he quoted Colossians 2:16-17
(because that version states “So let no one judge you in food or drink, or regarding a festival, or a new
moon, or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.”) but
apparently he does own a King James. Watch that verse though. He never should have quoted it, and in a
minute I’ll show you why.
Hebrews 10:8-10
•        "Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest
not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
•        Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the
second.
•        By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."
Once and for all, the Old Covenant Passover sacrifice is of no value to do anything, because Christ has
come and established a New Covenant in His shed blood. Should we then offer the body of Christ again in
Passover observances? God forbid! We’re not talking about sacrifices we’re talking about dinner and
prayers basically. Another smoke screen.
Yet, there are other reasons given for these ideas. I have heard some say that the reason they celebrate a
Christian Seder is because it is historically beneficial, is part of our Christian heritage, leads to a greater
understanding of Judaism, and gives us a first-hand experience of the Jewish Passover. However, the
truth is that just the opposite is the case. It perpetuates erroneous genealogical vanity and stereotypes, it
reveals a fundamental lack of understanding of the purpose of Old Testament figures and shadows, and it
presumes that observing Old Testament ceremonial feasts or laws is harmless. We all should have a
fundamental problem with going back to the shadow that was done away with in the coming of that
which it prefigured. There’s that phrase again, going back to the shadow that was done away with in the
coming of that which it prefigured. Now back to Colossians 2:16-17 “So let no one judge you in food or
drink, or regarding a festival, or a new moon, or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the
substance is of Christ.” This is from Colossians, after Passover, after Communion, after the cross. So
why the present tense “are” (which are a shadow of things to come) instead of the past tense “were”?
Yes, it is part of our heritage as the family of God, but only in the same sense that God's people sacrificed
lambs and received the law from God by Moses on the mountain. It doesn't mean that we continue to kill
lambs because they prefigured Christ, or that we look for tablets of stone from a mountain. On the
contrary, being a Christian "should" mean that we have the Spirit of wisdom and should understand the
folly in continuing to sacrifice a Lamb in Old Covenant ceremonies, or going to the mountain looking for
tablets of stone. They were types, a sign of the true.
Hebrews 10:11-14                                                                                                                     "And
every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take
away sins:
•        But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of
God;
•        From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
•        For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."
We cannot continue to offer sacrifices, observe Old Covenant feasts, and eat unleavened bread of
Passover, which prefigures Christ. A man who looks forward to the true by observing the shadow until it
comes, does not return to the shadow after the true has arrived. For that is just a fundamentally flawed
rationale and logic. There’s that phrase again, going back to the shadow that was done away with in the
coming of that which it prefigured. Because he has not proven biblically that Christians should not have a
Passover feast he says to have a festival (the feast) is to offer sacrifices. Then the writer goes back to the
pharse "going back to the shadow that was done away with". Maybe a time table will shed some light on
the subject.

After the truth had arrived food, drink, festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths are still just a shadow of things
to come. We’ve been told not to judge, Colosians 2:16-17.

I will use charts to try to rap this up.
Moreover, observing the Old Covenant Passover would negate the Lord's Supper "as if" it is a sign of
some different fulfillment. Because these people have the erroneous idea that the Lord's supper gives a
new or different meaning to the ancient Passover feast of bread. But the truth is, The Lord's Supper "is"
the New Testament Passover observance of eating Christ. Why do you think Christ instituted it on the
Passover? And did we just read that Christ was our Passover? How could anyone think there should now
be two observances of Christ's broken body? The Passover was glorious ceremony picturing Christ's
atonement for His people. The Jewish Passover transitioning into the Eucharist or Christian communion is
the only doctrine that makes sense, "Biblically." That is to say, if we are truly professing Christians who
are under authority of the word of God. And it's not insignificant to this issue that the Jewish people
celebrate Passover looking forward to the deliverance of Christ, as if He has not come. Indeed, they reject
the Christian idea that Christ is the Messiah. Christians (Messianic or otherwise) should never join them in
Passover feasts, as Christians know Christ has already fulfilled the feast and "become" our Passover. ..
and they "of God" should know better!

In conclusion, the question, "Should Christians celebrate Passover" or "Should we have a Christian
Seder," is not a matter of Christian liberty or of the conscience of each individual Christian. Rather it is a
matter of discernment, understanding, of biblical principles, and of spiritual wisdom. When I hear the
question, "Why don't Christians celebrate Passover?" My answer is threefold.
First, Christianity has New Covenant rites and observances that commemorate the sacrifice Passover
lamb. If we celebrated Old Covenant Jewish festivals and practices, these observances would put us
under the same Old Covenant laws and beliefs that those festivals and practices "signify." Namely, a first
coming of Messiah, and a continuing reliance upon works of the law by the nation Israel.

The 10 Commandments or The Greatest Commandment, BOTH, Circumcised or Uncircumcised,
Both/ either it doesn’t matter!

Second, Christians don't celebrate the Jewish Passover for the same reason that they don't keep the
Saturday Sabbath, do not observe Old Testament unclean meats, do not sacrifice Lambs or oxen, and do
not hold to laws against mixing two different types of thread in a garment. Because these ceremonial laws
were patterns for spiritual truths, and when Christ finished His work on the cross, the Old dispensation
was over. The feasts are were "completed" or "fulfilled" in Christ, so that it would be unbiblical for us to
turn again to the bondage of the law.

Saturday or Sunday Sabboths- Both/ either it doesn’t matter, set it aside
kosher, or not, or vegetarian- Both/either it doesn’t matter, ask Him to bless it
Blood atonement for sin- The Old dispension was not abolished, it is finished
Unleavened or Leavened- It doesn’t matter, break it!
Wine or Juice- It doesn’t matter, drink it! I’m not saying to get drunk here, okay.
Law or Commands- Both, be obedient
Slave to the law or Slave to righteousness, Free from the Law, not free to sin

Third, we don't need to recover a Christian Seder, or observe a Passover for Christians, because we
never lost sight of the Passover observance in the first place. Christ's death on Passover day established
the New Covenant Passover feast for us, just as pouring out of His Holy Spirit on the feast of weeks
(Pentecost) was the New Covenant establishment of the feast of firstfruits. And by that pouring out of
Christ's Spirit, we understand the feast of weeks and have the firstfruits (Romans 8:23) of the Spirit. i.e.,
these Old Covenant feasts were merely pointing to completion in Christ.
May the Lord who is gracious and merciful, guide us all into a better understanding of His will and His
word, and instruct us in the way wherein we should go.
Read for yourselves Romans Chapter 14. The fact some one chooses to celebrate a Christian Passover
shouldn’t offend you, you should not judge, than again if you’re doing the offending, repent and be
peaceable. Try to ease the other, and remember it’s not worth arguing about. Walk in love and unity.

Amen! Amen.
Peace, and Peace to you.
Copyright ©2005 Tony Warren
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Exodus	The Gospels	Colossians	Present day
The Passover	Communion	The word	The Body of Christ
which was a shadow of things to come	the true has arrived.	which are a shadow of things to come	which are a shadow of things to come

Old Testament	New Testament	Both
Passover	Christ the Passover Lamb	Both, because Christ fulfilled it