INTRODUCTION
It is proved in these writings that Passover is the night to be much observed, seven days and not eight days should be the days of unleavened days. Calculating the seven days are shown biblically as the days had been not kept properly.
NIGHT
TO BE MUCH OBSERVED IS PROPHECY FOR TODAY---Isaiah 30: 29 --Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a
holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to
come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.----read---"Passover to the mountain of
the Lord" ----http://www.gentileassembly.org/
IT IS LORD’S Passover---this is the night of the LORD—Ex. 12: 42
Read----that we have
a memorial on PASSOVER as it is a solemn night of observance to the LORD for
bringing people out of Egypt–it was yet dark when people left Egypt—they
borrowed Gold from nearby houses---and the night this year is 19th
April 08. Seven days of UB begins on 19th, ends on 26th.
EXODUS 12 -----BACKGROUND TO THE PASSOVER
EX. 12. 6- the congregation of Israel shall kill it AT TWILIGHT
EX 12: 7-- And they shall take of the
blood, and strike it on the two side posts---- 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and
with bitter herbs they shall eat it.---- 9
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;---
The LORD Christ’s example---Mt 26:20 --When it was evening, He reclined at table with the twelve.
10 --And ye shall let
nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until
the morning ye shall burn with fire.---AFTER
EVERYBODY EATS----you could burn
it, one does not have to wait till the morning---
11- And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S Passover.----
PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED---to dress and eat in haste so that you could leave any time! –More comments will follow---
12- For I will pass through the land
of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast;
and against
all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.---
A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT OF THE LORD! ----At
midnight the LORD passes the houses---and all houses of Egypt will have a
corpse in the house---also of beasts---lambs—cattle—horses—camels—dogs—cats!
Can we see the commotion?
If one person dies in our
houses what a lot of trouble will we have? --
IMAGINE ALL THE HOUSES WAILING? LOOK AT THE POWER OF THE LORD! THIS POWER IS
SPOKEN THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS---IT IS A VERY MIRACULOUS THING, GOD ALONE
COULD PERFORM A THING LIKE THAT! WITH THAT SIGN Pharaoh SENT THE PEOPLE OUT---EVEN ALL EGYPTAINS CHASED ISRAEL
PEOPLE! The whole world would fear a God All Powerful
like that! DO WE FIND POWER LIKE THAT ANYWHERE? THE CREATOR CAN DO
ANYTHING HE WANTS TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE!
THIS IS THE SPECIAL NIGHT TO BE OBSERVED! THE DAY OF THE PASSOVER—THAT IS THE SPECIAL DAY TO THE LORD FOR WHAT HE PERFORMED TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE!
It was performed for the benefit of Israel! Therefore it is a day to have a memorial to the LORD in thanksgiving, praising for His mighty act!
EX 12: 42---- It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for
bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to
be observed of all the children of Israel in their--
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THEN ANOTHER WORK OF THE LORD in verse
12-----executing judgment on all gods of Egypt!----HE IS THE LORD! All-powerful God to execute judgments on the puny gods of
Egypt---they corrupt God’s children!! PASSOVER IS A TIME GOD EXECUTED
JUDGMENTS UPON THE gods of Egypt!
Two things -----deliver His
people, --execute judgments upon gods of Egypt!
The Passover pictures
the saving of the people as spirit beings---during that day—the LORD’s day,
when He saves His people—H will deliver His people and execute judgments upon
other gods –the gods of spiritual Egypt—the spiritual Egypt is the
church—read—“second Exodus”----http://www.gentileassembly.org/
Ex.12: 13--And the blood shall be to you
for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and
the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of
Egypt.-----
Israel is saved---THE LORD WILL PASS OVER
ISRAEL! BLOOD IS THE SIGN! ----Just as today we remember the LORD’s blood that
saves us! The Passover pointed for today! Prophecy for today---
PASSING OVER OF THE LORD WAS THE SPECIAL EVENT THAT DID A MIRACULOUS SIGN OF KILLING AND PUNISHING THE EGYPTIANS AND SAVING THE LORD’S PEOPLE!
Today---we
have to apply blood of Christ in our spiritual houses!
SEVEN DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD--
Ex. 12:14--- And this
day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a
feast to the LORD --a feast by an
ordinance for ever.
15-- Seven
days shall ye eat unleavened bread;
even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses:
16-- And in the first
day there shall be an holy convocation, and
in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you;
17 --And ye shall observe the feast of
unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of
the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day –
Read the comments below---the self same day---that very day—the armies left their houses—see the comments for vs. 22 below---
Ex. 12:17 --And ye shall observe the feast of
unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore
shall ye observe this day –
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Self same
day---the same night Israel armies were brought out of the land!
DEUT.16: 1 --- keep the Passover unto the LORD thy God--the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
IT WAS MIDNIGHT WHEN PHAROAH TELLS MOSES
TO TAKE PEOPLE AND ---GO!
Ex 12: 29---And
it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all ------30---- And Pharaoh rose up in the night,
31 --And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise
up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel;
and go, serve the LORD,
as ye have said.
MOSES
HAD TOLD NOT TO GO OUT UNTIL MORNING---
Ex. 12--22---Moses had told them--- and none of you shall go out at
the door of his house until the morning.
BUT----People could not wait until the morning –BECAUSE THEY
WERE DRIVEN OUT—vs. 39--—they could not wait---nor were they prepared to go
with foodstuffs—they
could not wait until morning by which time they could have prepared!—see
below--
Ex. 12: 33--And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in
haste; for they said, We
be all dead men.---34--And the people took
their dough before it was leavened,
Ex 12: Vs 39----And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
Gold and silver articles were borrowed from Egyptians from neighbors—Ex. 3: 22
They did not have to go
far to collect them!
Therefore we learn that although Moses had told them
not to go out until morning—Egyptians drove out Israel people, and therefore
they had to leave by night out of their homes and gather at Rameses.
THEREFORE GOD
SAYS-----DEUT.16: 1 --- keep the Passover unto the
LORD thy God--the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt
by night.
Ex. 12:17 --And ye shall observe the feast of
unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall
ye observe this day –
Num. 33: 3-- And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the
first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out
with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
From even of 14th it was 15th!
In the night they came to Rameses—from there they left in the sight of all
Egyptians who were burying the dead!
4- For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which
the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed
judgments.
Ex. 12: 39 –they were
driven out of Egypt after the first-born died in midnight—so the Israel left
their houses and gathered
at Rameses.
Interpreter’s
Dictionary of the Bible says----The exodus
started at night (of the 14th after midnight). But they did not
actually leave Egypt, because they were in Rameses the next day, and it took 2
more days to get to Succoth.
DEUT.16: 1 --- LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
PART 3
DID THAT TAKE TIME?
35 ---And the children of Israel did
according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36---. And they spoiled
the Egyptians.
H W Armstrong wrote in pagan holidays----page 8-last few lines—“Surely this borrowing and spoiling took several hours.”
H W Armstrong did not mention the command to the Israel women in Ex. 3: 22!
Did they have to wait
until morning—was it a long distance for them to do that?
21-- And I will give this people favour in the sight
of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go
empty:
22-- But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house,
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment---- and ye shall spoil the
Egyptians.
How long would it take to borrow the jewels? To borrow from the neighbour? ----Minutes!
Israel women were even ready to leave dressed up----they were dressed before they ate—they only had to go, if the need arose!
EX 12: 42---- It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for
bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to
be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. --43
---
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the
Passover:
We do not have to keep another night to be much observed on
the 15th day!
51 ---And it came to pass the selfsame day, that
the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their
armies.
EX. 12: 13-- And the blood shall be to you
for a token upon the houses where ye are-- 14 --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.
PASSOVER IS KEPT SPECIALLY UNTO THE
LORD TO HONOUR HIM, TO REMEMBER THE MIGHTY ACT OF THE LORD---
EX 12: 27---That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover,--28--And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded
DEUT.16: 1 ---
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
2--Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the Passover unto the LORD thy God, -- 3 -- that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
THE LORD WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENT AGAINST ALL THE gods OF EGYPT—BLOOD ON HOUSES WILL BE THE SIGN—THE DAY WILL BE A MEMORIAL—IT IS A FEAST TO THE LORD—A FEAST FOREVER.
EX 12: 12: For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgment: I am the LORD.---- 13 And the
blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are-- 14 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.
CHILDREN WILL ASK THE
MEANING OF PASS OVER?
It is the LORD’s
Passover who passed over the houses of the Israel when the Egyptians were
smote!
Ex.12: 26 --when your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?----27
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people
bowed the head and worshipped.
PEOPLE WERE FILLED WITH AWE! ---WHAT POWER—SHOULD NOT WE SPEAK
OF HIS POWER, AND PRAISE HIM, THIS IS JESUS CHRIST THE LORD GOD WHO PERFORMED
THIS MIRACLE THEN AND WHO WILL INTERVENE TO SAVE THE SPIRITUAL HOUSES TODAY!
UNLEAVENED DAYS ARE KEPT TO PICTURE PUTTING SIN OUT OF SELF THROUGH GOD’S MIGHTY HAND JUST AS LEAVING EGYPT WITH THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD!---
Ex 12: 17---And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Deut 16: 3 --Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
4-- And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days;
EX 12: 29-- And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD
smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
30--And Pharaoh rose up in the night,--31--And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.--33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people,---34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened,--37 -- And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,
Deut 16: 3—since the unleavened bread was bread of affliction—God did not allow leaven to be mixed as God wanted a lesson to be taught of the unleavened bread!
1Co 5:7 --Therefore purge
out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened.
For indeed Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us.
1Co 5:8 --Therefore let
us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and
wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Eze 45:21---
seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
EX 12: 42- It is a night to be much
observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is
that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their
generations.
51--And it came to pass the selfsame
day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by
their armies.
Passover is special
as the LORD did the miracles! That is the day to be observed AS A SOLEMN NIGHT!
THEREFORE THE OBSERVANCE OF THIS NIGHT TO BE MUCH OBSERVED IS Passover.
PART 4
CALCULATING DAYS
–PASSOVER –AND SEVEN DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD--
Introduction
According to the word of God, 2008 Passover is on the April 19th, 1st day UB begins 19th and ends 26th April, seven days in all as is written.
Ex. 12: 6 ---And ye
shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly
of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. (not when day began).
Lev. 23: 5-In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S Passover. ---
The fourteen days of Nisan—
Gen. 1: 5---And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Month before Nisan is Adar—it has 29 or 30 days (Feb-Mar)
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Day one—29th evening (of Adar)/1st
day evening (of Nisan)----- 5th/ 6th evening April 2008
2nd day--1/2nd evening---------------6/7th evening
3rd day---2/3rd evening---------------7/8th evening
4th day--3/4th evening---------------8/9th evening
5th day--4/5th evening---------------9/10th evening
6th day--5/6th evening---------------10/11th evening
7th day--6/7th evening---------------11/12th evening
8th day--7/8th evening---------------12/13th evening
9th day--8/9th evening---------------13/14th evening
10th day-9/10th evening------------14/15th evening
11th day-10/11th evening-----------15/16th evening
12th day-11/12th evening-----------16/17th evening
13th day-12/13th evening-----------17/18th evening
14th day-13/14th evening-----------18/19th evening
14th evening is 19th evening
14 days completed on 19th evening this year (14th evening)
Ex.12: 3, 6
Ex. 12: 6 ---And ye
shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly
of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening (at twilight). (Not when
day began as it would be only 13 days).
14TH DAY IN THE EVENING—NOT AT THE TIME THE
DAY BEGAN!
14 DAYS COMPLETED ON 14TH EVENING. THIS IS THE
EVENING THAT IT SHOULD BE KILLED THEN! (This year ---19th)
WE
HAD ASSUMED THE
EVENING AS THE BEGINNING
OF 19TH THIS YEAR WHICH IS 13TH EVENING—KILLING
WAS DONE AFTER COMPLETING 14 DAYS.----14TH EVENING!
THEREFORE Passover SHOULD BE DURING 19TH EVENING AND THEN THE NUMBER OF DAYS WILL BE CLEAR!
Lev. 23: 5-In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S Passover.---6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Num 28; 16 --On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the LORD.--17 --‘And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
De 16:8 "Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly (after Passover 6 days and the seventh day are seven days)
At the
end of 14th ---Passover lamb killed, and as the 15th day
starts from 14th evening the 1st day of Unleavened Bread
starts too.
Ex. 12:14--- And this day shall be unto you for a
memorial; and ye shall keep it a
feast to the LORD --a feast by an
ordinance for ever.
15-- Seven days shall ye eat
unleavened bread; even the first day ye
shall put away leaven out of your houses:
16-- And in the first
day there shall be an holy convocation, and
in the seventh day there shall be an holy
convocation to you;
Ex. 12:17 --And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread;
for in this selfsame
day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore
shall ye observe this day –
Ex. 12: 51 ---And it came to pass the selfsame day, that
the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their
armies.
A MEMORIAL –A FEAST TO
THE LORD—7 DAYS ---1ST DAY AND 7TH DAY HOLY CONVOCATIONS.
15th
day----14th even to 15th even (this year—19th/20th)
1st day UB—14TH/
15TH EVEN
2ND DAY—15TH
/16TH EVEN
3RD DAY—16TH/17
EVEN
4TH DAY—17TH/18TH
EVEN
5TH DAY—18TH
/19TH EVEN
6TH DAY—19TH/
20TH EVEN
7TH DAY—20TH/21ST
EVEN
EX 12: 18--In the first month, on the fourteenth
day of the month at even, ye shall
eat unleavened bread, until the one and
twentieth day of the month at even.---IT IS SEVEN DAYS—
EX. 12: 19 --Seven days ---
COUNT FROM EVEN OF 14TH DAY—TO—EVEN OF 21ST DAY!
THIS YEAR 2008—EVEN OF 19TH TO EVEN OF 26TH APRIL!
19TH EVEN/20—20/21—21/22—22/23—23/24—24/25—25/26 EVEN
7
days are over by even of 26th April!
IF WE COUNT FROM 18TH ----THEN IT WILL BE EIGHT
DAYS! 8 days
had been counted!
Passover EVENING SHOULD
BE THE 19TH AND NOT THE EVEN OF 18TH!
Please keep the day as God makes you understand, as we are keeping it for the LORD as a memorial—if we had kept the wrong day—our merciful God would forgive us. He knows our hearts!
IT IS SEVEN DAYS—NO ADDITIONS----WILL GOD
WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO HIS COMMANDS? ---David said “to us belong confusion”!
Ex. 13: 6--- Seven days
thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the
LORD.
Ex 13:7 "Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days.—The following verses too says so---
Ex 23:15 --Ex 34:18 --- Ex 13: 7---Le 23:6---Nu 28:17---De 16:3
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT FIRST DAY IS THE Passover NIGHT.
EX.12: 16 --And in the
first day and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocations ----no
manner of work shall be done in them, save [that]
which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
The Sabbath or first annual holy day would
then be Passover, the 14th, not the 15th. Lev 23:6 says that the 15th
day is the feast of UB. Seven days we must eat unleavened bread. Then we must
count this starting not on the 15th, but 14th. Since the
first day is a holy convocation, and the last or seventh day is a holy
convocation, then the seven days must be counted from the 14th.
Otherwise if we count from the 15th, we would have 8 days.
We are given the dates as 18th evening to 26th
this year-2008!
8
days had been counted!
The correct days would be 19th even Passover—
19/20TH the 1st day—and 25th even to 26th even the 7th day!
19TH EVEN/20—20/21—21/22—22/23—23/24—24/25—25/26 EVEN
7
days are over by even of 26th April!
H W Armstrong wrote—pagan holidays-or God’s holidays—which? ---Page 10---“THE ENTIRE EIGHT DAY
PERIOD IS NEW
TESTAMENT USAGE, SOME TIMES CALLED BY THE NAME “Passover”.
But the seven-day
period begins the 15th, after the 14th, or Passover has
ended.
The 14th
day is the Passover. It is the first of God’s festivals. It is not the feast
day mentioned here. On the 15th day is the feast. Feast begins after
Passover has ended.
New Testament scriptures
say the first day of unleavened bread is the Passover:
Mr 14:12-- And
the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, His disciples
said unto Him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
Lu 22:1- Now
the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Lu 22:7 --Then came the day of unleavened
bread, when the Passover
must be killed.
So Mark and
Luke say the Passover was killed on the first day of unleavened bread (14th).
So the actual first day of unleavened bread is Passover, but we had not called
so until the second day, the 15th? 7 days we eat unleavened bread, but we
should start counting from Passover.
NIGHT TO BE MUCH OBSERVED IS PROPHECY FOR
TODAY---Isaiah
30: 29 --Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept;
and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain
of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
The LORD is inviting to the
mountain of the LORD---to the MIGHTY ONE OF ISRAEL---to be GLAD WITH HIM---HE
IS TRUMPETING WITH A PIPE AS HAPPENED IN EXODUS 19.
WHEN YOU HAVE PASSED OVER TO THE HOLY
MOUNTAIN---THE LORD WOULD HAVE CONQUERED DEATH—DEATH WOULD BE SWALLOWED UP IN
VICTORY!
Read----“Passover 2008”
---"Passover to the mountain of the Lord" –----"second exodus
part 1, 2" ----http://www.gentileassembly.org/
WE PROVED IN THIS ARTICLE
THAT PASSOVER IS THE NIGHT TO BE MUCH OBSERVED.
Summary---
According to the word of God, 2008 Passover should be observed on the April 19th at twilight (not on 18th night, but on 19th night) -- 1st day UB begins 20th and ends 26th April, seven days in all as is written.
14th evening is 19th
evening
(Please remember Ge 1: 5---the darkness of the day is called night)
14TH DAY IN THE EVENING—NOT AT THE TIME THE DAY BEGAN (not on 13th even)!
14 DAYS COMPLETED ON 14TH EVENING. THIS IS THE EVENING THAT IT SHOULD BE KILLED THEN! (This year ---19th)
(Counting shown in ---"night to be much observed is Passover"---
http://www.gentileassembly.org/
UB---19/20TH the 1st day—and 25th even to 26th even the 7th day!
19TH EVEN/20—20/21—21/22—22/23—23/24—24/25—25/26 EVEN
7
days are over by even of 26th April!
Since the first
day is a holy convocation, and the last or seventh day is a holy convocation,
1ST
day UB—this year 20th April –
And the last
day—26th April
(We do not have to
keep another night to be much observed on the 15th day!)
ALL GLORY TO THE LORD GOD
JESUS CHRIST WHO IS OUR SAVIOUR AND REDEEMER. PRAISE BE TO HIM. AMEN AND AMEN.
WITNESS 2
Gentile Assembly