One of Satan’s biggest deceptions is to trick believers of The ELOHIM of Yisra’el into observing pagan days that are not commanded in scripture. And Passover is a huge one as they are all, but Satan has attempted to take YESHUA’s victory over death, our Salvation, and has the world worshipping and praising Easter bunnies that have nothing to do with our Savior. By doing so he wants to give the honor and esteem to anything but YHWH and YESHUA and has found a way to connect it to hardcore paganism.
Satan has deceived the world just as it states in Revelation 12:9 that he has led the whole world astray. Most of the world is celebrating his counterfeit holidays called sabbats which means (a pagan gathering of witches) that mock the true Holy Days/SHABBAT’S or Moedim (Appointed times) set by YHWH. This great deception is confirmed when we read Daniel 7: 25:
“He (Satan) will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.”
As I repeat so often is that once you have accepted YESHUA as your Messiah and Savior and know that He is Son of YHWH, then you have become grafted in as ONE with the nation of Yisra’el. There is only ONE belief; therefore, proving that ALL believers in YHWH and His Son YESHUA should ALL be worshipping Him the same way!
Ephesians 4:4-6
“ONE BODY, and ONE RUACH (SPIRIT), as you also were called in ONE expectation of your calling; ONE ADON (Master)YESHUA, ONE BELIEF/FAITH, ONE IMMERSION/BAPTISM, ONE ELOHIM AND FATHER OF ALL who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” There is only ONE WAY and that is through YESHUA anything else is an imposter.
Galatians 3:27-29
“For as many of you as were immersed (baptized) into Messiah have put on Messiah. There is not Jew nor Greek, there is not slave nor free, there is not male and female, for you are all ONE in Messiah YESHUA. And if you are of Messiah, then you are SEED OF ABRAHAM, and heirs according the promise.”
So there is only ONE baptism and you were baptized into YESHUA and now belong to Him making you a seed of Abraham where there is no Jew nor Greek. So the question is are you doing what Abraham did? He obeyed the commandments before there ever was a Jew.
Genesis 26:5
“Because Abraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My Commands, My Laws, and My Torot (Plural form of Torah.)”
Sirach 44:19-20
“Abraham was a great father of many people; there was none like him in esteem; who KEPT THE LAW OF THE MOST HIGH, and was in Covenant with Him.”
Baruk 4:1-2
“This is the Book of the Commands of ELOHIM, and the Law that endures FOREVER; all those who guard it shall attain life, but those who leave it shall die. Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it; walk in the presence of its LIGHT, that you may be illuminated.” How does Scripture define Light?
Proverbs 6:23
“For the Command is a Lamp and the Torah a LIGHT.”
So brothers and sisters walk in the light of the Torah and be illuminated by its light that leads to life. YESHUA is the written Word that became living flesh and His Light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. That is why Baruk says those who leave it shall die, because without YESHUA who is the Living Torah you will not attain life. Observing Passover is a good way to begin knowing who He is and what He has done for us. So I’ll explain the origin of Easter, why you should choose Passover, YESHUA’s connection with the lamb in the Old Testament, when Passover is, what we should eat, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
What does Easter represent?
In the book titled “The Ultimate Spiritual Detoxification Guide: Cleansing Your Spirit of The Impurities of Learned Traditions and Behavior”, I explain from research the origin of Easter, which can be downloaded as a free PDF by clicking the “Free Store” link. Easter or Ishtar, also known as Semiramis and later called the “Queen of heaven” was the widow of Nimrod and mother of Tammuz. Easter is the bare breasted pagan fertility goddess of the east. Legend has it that she came out of heaven in a giant egg, landing in the Euphrates River at sunrise on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, busted out, and turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit.”
“To honor this event, pagan sun-worshippers would go out early in the morning and face to the east to watch their sun-god arise over the horizon before having mass (sacrifice) in which the priest of Easter would sacrifice three month old human infants and take the eggs of Easter and dip them in the blood of the sacrificed infants. The blood-red colored Easter eggs would later hatch on December 25th, the same day her son Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14) would be born.” Which shows the pagan connection of Xmas and who really was born on that day.
Christianity is doing nothing more than recreating pagan rituals rebranded in the name of Christianity and say they are doing it for YESHUA and you can’t do it. Now we can see why on Easter they have the egg hunt why they color the eggs, because it is a representation of the three month children they sacrificed and dipped the eggs in their blood. No one should ever look at these pagan eggs the same way after that!
Jubilees 1:9-10
“For they shall forget all My Commands, even all that I command them, and they shall walk after the gentiles (Easter is an example of that), and after their uncleanness, and after their shame, and shall serve their mighty ones. And these shall come to be an offence to them and a tribulation and an affliction and a snare. And many shall perish and they shall be taken captive, and shall fall into the hands of the enemy, because they have forsaken My Laws and My Commands, and the Festivals of My Covenant (Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread etc) and My Sabbaths, and My Holy Place which I have sanctified for Myself in their midst….” Verse 14 “And they shall forget all My Torah and My Commands and all My Right-Rulings, and shall go astray as to NEW MOONS, and SABBATHS, and FESTIVALS, and Jubilees, and Laws.”
YHWH says they forgot His New Moons, Sabbaths, and Festivals, which is why Paul says this:
Colossians 2:16-17
“Let no one therefore judge you in eating and or in drinking, or in respect of a Festival or a NEW MOON OR SABBATH-which are a shadow of what is to come...”
Meaning that YHWH expects us to observe these days. The Hebrew word for Holy Convocation is “Mikraw” which literally means a rehearsal. We are to be observing these days NOW because it will be too late when YESHUA returns: therefore, don’t let anyone judge you for knowing the TRUTH! The prophecy in Zechariah 14 is a great example of this because during the 1,000 reign, that ALL nations must come to celebrate The Feast of Tabernacles or have no rain, even the Egyptian, because it is a SHADOW of what is to come, which means that same concept applies to Passover!
Choose Passover/Pesach (Pronounced PAY-SOCK)!
Mathew 26:2 says:
“As you know, the PASSOVER is two days away and the Son of Man (YESHUA) will be handed over to be crucified.”
What is Passover? Passover is when YHWH brought the final plague upon the Egyptians because Pharaoh would not let His people go. YHWH commanded the Israelites to take a bunch of hyssop and dip in the basin with the perfect blood of lamb and strike the lentil and the two doorposts of the house so that YHWH would “Pass Over” their homes and execute judgment on the Egyptians. This event was a foreshadowing of the true perfect sacrificial lamb in YESHUA, whose perfect blood was poured out for us. The same way the perfect blood of the lamb saved Yisra’el when YHWH PASSED OVER them, is the same way when we have the perfect blood of YESHUA in our lives that sin and death PASS OVER us!
John 1:29
“On the next day John saw YESHUA coming toward him, and said, “See, the LAMB of YHWH who takes away the sin of the world!”
Exodus 12:5
“Let the LAMB be a perfect one, a year old male.” Verse 12 “And I shall pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and shall smite the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Egypt I shall execute judgment. I am YHWH. And the BLOOD shall be a SIGN for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the BLOOD, I shall PASS OVER you, and let the plague not come on you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.”
YESHUA is also described as the Lamb in the Book of Revelation saying:
Revelation 12:11
“And they overcame him because of the Blood of the LAMB because of the Word of their witness, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
Revelation 13:8
“And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain LAMB, from the foundation of the world shall worship Him.”
Revelation 22:1 “And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of YHWH and of the LAMB.”
Another connection with YESHUA from the Old Covenant and the Renewed Covenant is:
Exodus 12:46
“It is eaten in one house, you are not to take any of the flesh (lamb) outside the house, NOR are you to BREAK ANY BONE OF IT.”
John 19:31
“The Jews asked Pilate to have THEIR LEGS BROKEN, and to be taken away. Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was impaled with Him, but when they came to YESHUA and saw that He was already dead, they DID NOT BREAK HIS LEGS.” But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and instantly BLOOD and WATER came out. And he was has seen has witnessed, and his witness is true. And he knows that he is speaking the truth, in order that you might believe. For this took place in order for the Scripture to be filled: “NOT ONE OF HIS BONES SHALL BE BROKEN.” See the connection and how it fulfills what YHWH spoke In Exodus 12:46?
Also in John 19:34 when YESHUA was pierced blood and water came out of Him. This reminds me of:
1 John 5:5-6
“Who is the one who overcomes the world but he who believes that YESHUA is the Son of YHWH? This is the One that came by WATER AND BLOOD: YESHUA ha’Mashiach, not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Ruach (Spirit) who bears witness, because the Ruach is the Truth.” (The immersion/baptism and atonement on the stake.)
YESHUA and Paul both observed Passover!
Exodus 12:14 says:
“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial: and you shall keep it a feast to YHWH throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by a LAW forever.”
If you notice, YHWH tells us to keep the Passover Feast throughout our generations forever. This holds true because YESHUA celebrated Passover with His disciples just as His Father commanded.
Mathew 26:18-19 says:
“And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand: I WILL KEEP THE PASSOVER at your house with My disciples.” And the disciples did as YESHUA had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover.”
Verse 29 is absolutely beautiful! YESHUA reveals something that a lot of people may miss after reading the passage. He says the following:
“But I say unto you, I will not drink the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
YESHUA just confirmed the words of Father YHWH in Exodus 12:14 that the Passover is to be kept forever; and YESHUA tells us that we will celebrate the Passover with Him when He drinks the fruit of the vine with us in His Father’s Kingdom, HalleluYAH! So, as believers we need to begin celebrating the true feast of Passover and not the counterfeit holiday of Easter.
The problem is that Christianity through the lies of the enemy has been working hard to remove the Hebraic roots of our faith and westernize it. It baffles me because YESHUA was a Jew, which is ONE of the 12 Tribes of Yisra’el, and He spoke Aramaic/Hebrew, so it is impossible to remove the Hebraic roots of our faith.
A perfect example of this is how they call Passover “The Last Supper” as if it was just some dinner YESHUA ate before He gave Himself for us. Christianity believes that calling it Passover would mean that they acknowledge the Hebraic Roots and that they would have to actually observe Passover and not Easter. I encourage anyone to search through the Scriptures and tell me one time where Easter replaced Passover? Because even Paul observed Passover! The same Paul who Christianity says did away with the law.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also MESSIAH our PASSOVER was offered for US. So then LET US OBSERVE THE FESTIVAL (PASSOVER) not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
Not only did Paul remember that YESHUA is our Passover Lamb, but also told the assembly of Corinth to Observe the Festival of Passover which means Paul observed it and told the non-native born Corinthians to do the same, showing that we ALL should doing as they did.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
“For I received from the Adon pronounced Ah-doan (Master) that which I also delivered to you: that the Adon YESHUA in the night in which He was delivered up took bread, and having given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat, this is My body which is broken for you; DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME.” In the same way also the cup, after supper; saying, “This cup is the Renewed Covenant in My blood. As often as you drink it, DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (Passover), you PROCLAIM THE DEATH OF THE ADON UNTIL HE COMES.”
So we see the importance of the blood of YESHUA saving us from sin and death and the bread representing His body that was broken for us and blood of the Renewed Covenant! Then Paul adds that we are proclaiming the death of YESHUA until He returns! So if we are doing this in REMEMBERANCE of YESHUA then He will be looking from heaven to see if we are REMEMBERING TO KEEP PASSOVER! I know Christianity has their own “tradition of men” called communion to remember what YESHUA did, but we have to understand that YHWH commands us to do it on a certain day once a year. Which is why He gave us Holy Days in Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16 and called “Appointed Times” and “Sabbaths”. They are Appointments that YHWH and YESHUA want to meet with Their people.
Think of it this way: If a doctor says “come back and see me in two weeks and make the appointment with the receptionist” that means you have an appointment to meet him on a certain day. If you decide to show up a month later, then that means you have missed the appointment and cannot receive treatment. The same thing applies in the spiritual realm and the Covenant we are supposed to be walking in with ELOHIM to receive spiritual blessings!
And Even Josiah in the Book of Kings when he and the priest discovered The Book of The Law they celebrated it because IT IS WRITTEN! 2 Kings 23:21-23 says:
And the sovereign (Josiah) commanded all the people, saying, “Prepare the Pesach (Passover) to YHWH your Elohim, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” For such a Passover had not been prepared since the days of the rulers who ruled Israel, nor in all the days of the sovereigns of Israel and the sovereigns of Judah.”
What does YESHUA rising on Sunday prove?
YESHUA not rising until Sunday further proves that while He was in the Tomb He rested on the 7th Day, honoring the Sabbath Day command to rest. Furthermore, that Sabbath that He was in the tomb was a “High Sabbath” meaning that it was the 1st Day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is another holy day where NO WORK is commanded! So it was a Sabbath within a Sabbath and YESHUA rested and honored both. YHWH did not raise Him up until both Sabbath rests were completed! ELOHIM is awesome!
John 19:31
“Therefore, since it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the stake on the Sabbath-for that Sabbath was A HIGH ONE (1st Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread…)
Is this matter and the words commanded in Torah that serious?
Yes! When Josiah rediscovered the Torah in The House of YHWH he said in 2 Kings 22:13
“Go inquire of YHWH for me, for the people and for all of Judah, concerning the words of this Book that has been found. For great is the wrath of YHWH that is kindled against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this Book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
When is Passover this year?
Passover this year is on April 7th when the sun is about to completely go down (twilight/between the evenings), but before it completely sets. The meal is eaten in haste because the Israelites fled Egypt in haste. And a way to remember what happened with the Exodus out of Egypt is by retelling the event with Scripture and having the entire family join in.
What are we supposed to eat?
Exodus 12:8-11
“And they shall eat the flesh (Lamb) on that night, ROASTED IN FIRE-with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.” Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but ROASTED IN FIRE, its legs and its inward parts. And do not leave of it until morning you are to burn with fire. And this is how you eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Pesach (Passover) of YHWH.
YHWH tell us to eat lamb roasted in fire (like a grill with actual charcoal and flames) unleavened bread (bread with no yeast or no baking soda etc.) and bitter herbs.
1 Esdras 1:11-12
“And according to the nobility of the ancestors before the people, to offer to YHWH, as it is written in the Book of Moses (Torah). And thus they did in the morning, and they ROASTED THE PESACH (PASSOVER) WITH FIRE, AS REQUIRED.”
Of course we are in diaspora right now, scattered to the four corners of the earth because of our ancestor’s disobedience. Meaning we aren’t in Jerusalem and there is no Temple; however, we can do ALL that we can to follow the commandments and requirements to the best of your ability. If you can get a staff to eat with the meal then why not? If you can get a whole lamb then that’s great! If, not get some lamb steaks, just make sure you are eating lamb roasted in fire as required. But remember that NONE of the meat can be kept and must be burned with fire by the morning.
Exodus 12:22
“And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin, and you, NONE OF YOU SHALL GO OUT OF THE DOOR OF HIS HOUSE UNTIL MORNING.”
As I always say we should follow the Scriptures as closely as we can, so if you are at home stay in the house and don’t go out until morning and likewise if you are staying with family or friends stay in the house until morning to fulfill the command
Right after Passover is The Feast of Unleavened Bread!
Acts 20:6-7
“And we sailed away from Philippos after the Days of Matzah (Feast of Unleavened Bread) and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. And on one of the Sabbaths, the disciples having gathered together to break bread, Paul, intending to depart the next day, was reasoning with them and was extending the Word till midnight.”
Just pointing out that Paul himself was with the group observing The Feast of Unleavened Bread and we see that they did not even sail until AFTER the Feast was completed.
April 8th-14th is The Feast of Unleavened Bread (7 days) and DO NOT EAT LEAVENED bread starting on Passover the 7th. The 1st and 7th Days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread are NO WORK DAYS, so that means do not work on April 8th or April 14th, 2020. I will explain more at the end.
YHWH tells us this in Exodus 12:14-20 saying:
“This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to YHWH---a LASTING LAW. For seven days you are to eat bread made without leaven. On the first day remove the leaven from your houses (April 8th), for whoever eats anything with leaven in it from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel. On the FIRST day (APRIL 8TH) hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the SEVENTH DAY (APRIL 14TH.) Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat---that is all you may do.”
YHWH also commands us to remove ALL leaven from our homes on the 1st Day of the Feast (April 8th). So we are not to leave our homes starting April 7th until the dawn or sunrise the next morning on the 8th to throw away the leaven. The definition of leaven is described below titled “What is leaven?”
“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting law for the generations to come. In the first, you are to eat bread made without leaven, from the evening of the fourteenth day (Passover) until the evening of the twenty-first day. (As stated above DO NOT EAT LEAVEN ON PASSOVER THE EVENING OF THE 7TH.) For seven days no leaven is to be found in your homes. And whoever eats anything with leaven in it must be cut off from the community of Yisra’el, whether he is an ALIEN OR NATIVE-BORN. Eat nothing made with leaven. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”
What is leaven?
Leaven or (Se’or in Hebrew) are leavening agents that cause dough to rise such as:
(Yeast, baking powder, baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, horn salt etc.)
When leavening agents are combined with flour it becomes Chametz (Ha-mets) which is baked bread that has risen due to the leavening agents. We are to dispose of any Chametz that you have made yourself or any store bought baked breads, cakes, cake mixes containing leavening agents, also beware of matzah ball soup mixes because they contain sodium bicarbonate which is a leavening agent that we should not be eating during this feast.
Also, all of the leavening agents must be thrown away too and to be found NOWHERE in your homes. And do not give the chametz or the leavening agents to a neighbor to get them back afterwards. Throw them away as He commanded and He will provide the provisions for being obedient as always.
None of these items are supposed to even be seen anywhere on our property. We are to eat Matzah, which is called unleavened bread, for seven days which does not contain anything to make the dough rise. Simply flour, water, and maybe oil is all that is required to make unleavened bread.
Wine is popular to drink on Passover, though I would opt for grape juice as the fruit of the vine, because most wine contains yeast or a leavening agent during the fermentation process, which would break the command of no leavening agent. So if you can find a wine that doesn’t break the command then you should have no problems, otherwise I would drink grape juice.