DID CHRIST CHANGE THE DATES OR ONLY THE SYMBOLS

SHOULD WE KEEP THE PASSOVER THE SAME TIME AS THE OLD TESTAMENT WHICH WAS ORDAINED FOREVER

HAS THE NEW TESTAMENT STATED WHICH DAY SHOULD BE KEPT

WHEN DO WE SHOW THE LORDS DEATH TILL HE COMES

THE SEVEN DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD ARE ALSO CALLED THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. 

2 CHRON 30 V 21

21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

EZRA 6 V 22

22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel..

THE PASSOVER MEAL IS ALSO CALLED THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD.

LUKE 22 V 1

1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

THIS FEAST WAS EATEN ON THE 15TH.

LEV 23 V 6

6And 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 V 17.

7And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

THE FOLLOWING PAGES CONFIRM THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT PASSOVER WAS KILLED OR PREPARED ON THE 14TH AND EATEN ON THE 15TH.

THE ONLY QUESTION IS DID JESUS CHANGE THE DATE WHEN HE ATE THE PASSOVER ON THE NIGHT OF THE 14TH. ONE DAY EARLY BECAUSE HE HAD TO BE SACRIFICED AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE PASSOVER LAMBS WERE BEING SACRIFICED ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 14TH

CHRIST COULD NOT EAT IT ON THE 15 TH BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD DIE AT THE TIME THE PASSOVER LAMBS WERE BEING SACRIFICED WHICH OCCURRED ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 14TH

DID CHRIST CHANGE THE DATES....

THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES GIVE THE ANSWER.

EX 12 V 14,17,24.

14And 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.

17And 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.

24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

THIS DAY [15TH] TO BE KEPT FOREVER 

EX. 12 V 42

2It 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. 
TO BE OBSERVED BY ISRAELITES IN THEIR GENERATIONS.

EX 13 V 3

3And 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

REMEMBER THIS DAY.

EX 13 V 10

10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

TO BE KEPT IN ITS SEASON FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

DEUT 16 V 3

3Thou 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. REMEMBER THIS DAY ALL YOUR LIFE.

THE OLD TESTAMENT PASSOVER WAS ORDAINED FOREVER. THERE IS NO MENTION OF JESUS CHANGING THE DATES, ONLY THE SYMBOLS.

JESUS KEPT THE PASSOVER AT THE START OF THE NIGHT OF THE 14TH . JESUS DIED IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE 14TH THE PASSOVER LAMB WAS KILLED IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE 14TH THE SYMBOLS OF CHRISTS BODY ARE TO BE EATEN THE APPROXIMATE SAME TIME AS THE LAMB WAS EATEN. JESUS WAS DEAD WHEN WE ARE TO TAKE THE SYMBOLS OF THE PASSOVER.

THE NEW TESTAMENT TELLS US WHEN THE PASOVER IS TO BE KEPT. THE DAY JESUS DIED WAS THE PREPARATION OF THE PASSOVER.

JOHN 19 V 14

14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

WHEN DO WE SHOW THE LORDS DEATH TILL HE COMES

THE PASSOVER IS A MEMORIAL OF CHRISTS DEATH, IT MUST BE TAKEN ON THE NIGHT AFTER HIS DEATH.  THIS IS WHAT THE SCRIPTURE STATES

1 COR 11 V 26

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lords's death till he come.

Read that scripture again, you can't keep a memorial of something BEFORE the event occurred.

The above scripture tells us when to keep the Passover.  It is after sunset on the night of Christs death.  Christ died on the day before the 1st day of Unleavened Bread. 
The Passover is to be taken that night after sundown at the start of the 1st day of Unleavened Bread.  This is when the Passover was eaten in O.T. times and is when we are told by scripture to keep it.  Once again we state you cannot keep a memorial before the event.

In Old Testament times they killed the lambs before sunset on the end of the 14th.
They ate the lambs after sunset on the start of the 15th which is the 1st day of Unleavened Bread.
In the New Testament Christ died before sunset on the end of the 14th.
We eat the bread and drink the wine after sunset on the start of the 15th which is the 1st day of Unleavened bread as a memorial of Christs death.

READ THIS PLAIN AND SIMPLE TRUTH UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND IT

THE DAY CHRIST DIED WAS ALSO THE PREPARATION OF THE HOLY DAY.

JOHN 19 V 30,31,42.

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

1The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

THE PASSOVER IS EATEN IN THE HOLY DAY.

1 COR 5 V 7

7Purge 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:

THE PASSOVER LAMB POINTED TO CHRISTS SACRIFICE. CHRIST KNEW HIS TIME HAD COME. HE KEPT THE PASSOVER A DAY EARLY, SO HE COULD BE SACRIFICED AT THE SAME TIME THE LAMBS WERE SACRIFICED FOR THE PASSOVER, AND CHANGED THE SYMBOLS. HE DID NOT CHANGE THE DAY. THE ORIGINAL DATE WAS ORDAINED FOREVER.

JOHN 6 V 4

4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

THE PASSOVER IS CALLED A FEAST OF THE JEWS.

JOHN 7 V 2.

JEWS FEAST OF TABERNACLES. BOTH THESE FEASTS ARE GODS, NOT ONLY JEWS. READ THESE VERSES CAREFULLY.

JOHN 2 V 13

13And the Jews passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

JEWS PASSOVER.

JOHN 2 V 23

23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

JESUS ATTENDED THE JEWS PASSOVER IN THE FEAST DAY. THIS IS THE DATE OF GODS PASSOVER WHICH WAS ORDAINED FOREVER. LAMB SACRIFICED 14TH , THE 14 TH IS THE PREPARATION DAY AND ALSO THE PASSOVER DAY, THE LAMB OR THE PASSOVER MEAL IS EATEN ON THE 15TH .THIS IS THE START OF THE 1ST DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, IT IS EATEN AFTER SUNSET ON THE START OF THE HOLY DAY.

MATT 26 V 17 

17Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

'DAY' MEANS APPROXIMATE TIME.

MARK 14 V 12

12And 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?

'DAY' MEANS APPROX. TIME

LUKE 22 V 7

7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

'DAY 'MEANS APPROX. TIME.

THERE IS NO CONFLICTION IN GODS WORD, THE PASSOVER DATE HAS NOT CHANGED, ONLY THE SYMBOLS.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread starts on the beginning of the 15th.  The feast pictures putting sin out of our lives.
During this time we remember how God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, the death of Christ and  how He paid the penalty for our sins.  We mainly focus on trying to live our lives the way Christ lived His life.  We try very hard to put sin out of our lives.

Christs death  was for our physical healing as well as our spiritual cleansing.

Notice this scripture and lets really look at what healing is mentioned.

ISA 53 V 5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 

Wounded for our transgressions:  this includes rebellion against true religion or worshipping God incorrectly.

Bruised for our iniquities:  this includes moral faults

The chastisement of our peace was upon him: correction of our peace

With his stripes we are healed: because of His flogging we can be healed physically.

Christs death covered many things, all of them for us.

Let us now look at the last day of Unleavened Bread.

Once the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, they travelled three days into the wilderness and came to Marah.
As explained in our article The Parting of the Red Sea, this is where the Israelites kept the last day of Unleavened Bread.

Notice this scripture for what occurred on that day.

EX 15 V 23-26

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 
Exo 15:24  And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 
Exo 15:25  And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 
Exo 15:26  And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 

Here we see plainly that the Israelites were given a statute an ordinance and they were proved there.

God reminds them that He is the God that heals them.

This was the last day of Unleavened Bread.  This healing  ties in with Christs sacrifice as mentioned above.