Acceptable year of the Lord

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What I am going to present you is a chronological presentation that reveals Yeshua's ministry was one "acceptable" year...

Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, .....

and also the 490 days of Daniel.

Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins. 70 weeks x 7 days a week = 490 days.

15/07/03 BCE His birth John 1:14 First day of The Feast of Tabernacles
22/07/03 BCE Eighth days old Luke 2:21 His circumcision and presentation to the temple
14/01/11 CE 12 years + 6 months Luke 2:41,42 He is at the Temple conversing with the elders during The Passover, Pesach
19/11/27 29 years + 4 months John 1:32-36, Luke 3:21,22 His immersion by John as the Lamb of God The Spirit descended
40 day trial in the wilderness
14/01/28 Full moon 29 years + 6 months John 2:13-23 Upsetting the temple tables First Passover 8 weeks/ 54 days
9/03/28 29 years + 8 months John 5:1-10 At the pool of Bethesda Shavuot (Pentecost) 15 weeks/ 108 days
1/07/28 Dark moon 30 years less 2 wks John 6:4 to 39 Resurrection announced Blowing of Trumpets 31 weeks/ 217 days
10/07/28 30 years less 1 week Luke 9:28-36 Matthew 17:1-9 The Transfiguration The Day of Atonement 32 weeks/ 227 days
15/07/28 Full moon 30 years exactly John 7:2-19 His teaching in the temple The Feast of Tabernacles 33 weeks/ 232 days
22/07/28 30 years + 1 week John 7:37-39 The Great Announcement The Last Great Day 34 weeks/ 239 days
25/09/28 Thirteen month year 30 years + 2 months John 10:22 In Solomon's Porch Feast of Dedication 43 weeks/ 301 days
1/01/29 Dark moon 30 years + 5 months John 11:1-44 Lazarus raised from dead New Year, Aviv 60 weeks/ 423 days
8/01/29 Thursday evening 30 years + 6 mths John 12:1 His anointing by Mary Six days before Passover 61 weeks/ 430 days
9/01/29 Friday 30 years + 6 mths John 12:12-19 Triumphal entry into Jerusalem Passover lamb selected 61 weeks/ 431 days
14/01/29 Wednesday night 30 years + 6 mths John Chapters 18 & 19 His trial and crucifixion Passover Day
62 weeks/ 436 days Thursday, Friday and Sabbath
30 years + 6 mths John 19:40-42 In tomb three nights and three days Feast of Unleavened Bread 437, 438 and 439 days
18/01/29 Sunday morning 30 years + 6 mths John 20:1-23 The women find He is risen Wave Offering of First Fruits
63 weeks/ 440 days
9/03/29 30 years + 8 mths Acts 2:1-4 Outpouring of the Holy Spirit Shavuot (Pentecost) 70 weeks 490 days

 

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The beginning of His ministry one of the first things He does is cleanse the Temple just before Passover.

John 2:13. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.14. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.16. To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!" 17. His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me." 18. Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?" 19. Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." 20. The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" 21. But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

and then later towards the end of His ministry again just before Passover... Cleaning out the leaven out of His house...

Mark 11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

 

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Here is another tidbit... The lamb to be sacrificed is to be a year old. Yeshua's ministry if 490 days would be considered a year old.

Ex 12:3 Speak to all the assembly of Israel and say, On the tenth day of this month, each man is to take a lamb or kid for his family, one per household; 4 except that if the household is too small for a whole lamb or kid, then he and his next-door neighbor should share one, dividing it in proportion to the number of people eating it. 5 Your animal must be without defect, a male a year old, and you may choose it from either the sheep or the goats.

In order for Yeshua to be the perfect Passover lamb sacrifice, He had to be a one year without blemish.

 

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Visionary, I have great respect for you and your teachings but most agree that His ministry was three years, how are they wrong and you are right?

 

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Many things are coming to light here in the last days, that have been before just been glossed over and accepted as truth... when it is nothing more than a tradition. A careful bible study on the subject brings the three year ministry, which I too believed for a long time, may need another look to see if it is true.

 

[psalms 91]

OK I agree that a lot of tradition is being proved false, looking forward to more on this.

 

[visionary]

According to New Advent's Catholic Encyclopedia, Yeshua's ministry lasted about one year according to the writings of the early Church fathers Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen and Lactantius.

Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses ii.22.5–6.
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata i.21.146.
Origen, De Principiis iv.1.5.

 

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When you get into the 70th week period, you also mess with the 62 weeks and being cut off in the midst of the 63rd week. Which makes sense when you think about the Counting of the Omer which is 7 weeks. This means that Yeshua's ministry fulfilled Daniel's 70 week prophecy including the 62 weeks and then in the middle of the 63rd week he is "cut off". This is followed by a further 7 weeks after Yeshua is raised from the dead and is finally taken up into Heaven.

 

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Now before someone brings it up, I will.. and I will also explain.... As you know all good Jews are to be in Jerusalem three times a year.

Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed:

Second thing is that there is a Passover for those who didn't make the first one. It is called Pesach Sheni. It happens one month later. Read the whole chapter to get the jist of why they have two Passovers to choose to go to.

Numbers 9:10 'Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the LORD; in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; ll leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.

So here are all of John's Passover mentions. None of the other gospel stories mention the Passover more than once.

John 2:13 - Primary Passover #1.

John 6:4 - Pesach Sheni - one month later, (Yeshua was in Galilee). Since Yeshua attended the primary Passover, He does not need to be in Jerusalem for the second Passover.

John 11:55 - Primary Passover #2. one year later.

From primary Passover #1 to primary Passover #2 is one year.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Counting how many distinct passover celebrations are mentioned in the gospels ....

1. (Matthew 26:2 RSV) "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."
   
   (Matthew 26:17 RSV) Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the passover?"
   
   (Matthew 26:18 RSV) He said, "Go into the city to a certain one, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.'"
   
   (Matthew 26:19 RSV) And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover.​

   
   Only one passover appears to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint Matthew.
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2. (Mark 14:1 RSV) It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;
   
   (Mark 14:12 RSV) And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"
   
   (Mark 14:14 RSV) and wherever he enters, say to the householder, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
   
   (Mark 14:16 RSV) And the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.​

   
   Only one passover appears to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint Mark.
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3. (Luke 2:41 RSV) Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
   
   (Luke 22:1 RSV) Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
   
   (Luke 22:7 RSV) Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
   
   (Luke 22:8 RSV) So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat it."
   
   (Luke 22:11 RSV) and tell the householder, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
   
   (Luke 22:13 RSV) And they went, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
   
   (Luke 22:15 RSV) And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer;​

   
   Two distinct passover feasts appear to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint Luke.
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4. (John 2:13 RSV) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
   
   (John 2:23 RSV) Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did;
   
   (John 6:4 RSV) Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
   
   (John 11:55 RSV) Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
   
   (John 12:1 RSV) Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz'arus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
   
   (John 13:1 RSV) Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
   
   (John 18:28 RSV) Then they led Jesus from the house of Ca'iaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
   
   (John 18:39 RSV) But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; will you have me release for you the King of the Jews?"
   
   (John 19:14 RSV) Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
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   Three distinct passover feasts appear to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint John.
   
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Counting how many distinct passover celebrations are mentioned in the gospels ....

1. (Matthew 26:2 RSV) "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."
   
   (Matthew 26:17 RSV) Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the passover?"
   
   (Matthew 26:18 RSV) He said, "Go into the city to a certain one, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.'"
   
   (Matthew 26:19 RSV) And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover.​

   
   Only one passover appears to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint Matthew.
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2. (Mark 14:1 RSV) It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;
   
   (Mark 14:12 RSV) And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"
   
   (Mark 14:14 RSV) and wherever he enters, say to the householder, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
   
   (Mark 14:16 RSV) And the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.​

   
   Only one passover appears to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint Mark.
   .
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3. (Luke 2:41 RSV) Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
   
   (Luke 22:1 RSV) Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
   
   (Luke 22:7 RSV) Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
   
   (Luke 22:8 RSV) So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat it."
   
   (Luke 22:11 RSV) and tell the householder, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
   
   (Luke 22:13 RSV) And they went, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
   
   (Luke 22:15 RSV) And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer;​

   
   Two distinct passover feasts appear to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint Luke.
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   ​
4. (John 2:13 RSV) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
   
   (John 2:23 RSV) Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did;
   
   (John 6:4 RSV) Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
   
   (John 11:55 RSV) Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
   
   (John 12:1 RSV) Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz'arus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
   
   (John 13:1 RSV) Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
   
   (John 18:28 RSV) Then they led Jesus from the house of Ca'iaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
   
   (John 18:39 RSV) But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; will you have me release for you the King of the Jews?"
   
   (John 19:14 RSV) Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
   ​

   
   Three distinct passover feasts appear to be explicitly mentioned in the gospel according to saint John.
   
   ​

Yep.. Already explained the middle Passover that Yeshua did not attend.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Yep.. Already explained the middle Passover that Yeshua did not attend.

which one would that be?

 

[visionary]

John 6:4 - Pesach Sheni - one month later, (Yeshua was in Galilee). Since Yeshua attended the primary Passover, He does not need to be in Jerusalem for the second Passover.

 

[MoreCoffee]

John 6:4 - Pesach Sheni - one month later, (Yeshua was in Galilee). Since Yeshua attended the primary Passover, He does not need to be in Jerusalem for the second Passover.

Is this "Pesach Sheni" before or after "the primary Passover"?

 

[visionary]

As you know all good Jews are to be in Jerusalem three times a year.

Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed:

Second thing is that there is a Passover for those who didn't make the first one. It is called Pesach Sheni. It happens one month later. Read the whole chapter to get the jist of why they have two Passovers to choose to go to.

Numbers 9:10 'Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the LORD; in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; ll leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.

So here are all of John's Passover mentions. None of the other gospel stories mention the Passover more than once.

John 2:13 - Primary Passover #1.

John 6:4 - Pesach Sheni - one month later, (Yeshua was in Galilee). Since Yeshua attended the primary Passover, He does not need to be in Jerusalem for the second Passover.

John 11:55 - Primary Passover #2. one year later.

 

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For those interested in investigating further into the reason for a second Passover... http://www.betemunah.org/sheni.html

 

[MoreCoffee]

As you know all good Jews are to be in Jerusalem three times a year.

Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed:

Second thing is that there is a Passover for those who didn't make the first one. It is called Pesach Sheni. It happens one month later. Read the whole chapter to get the jist of why they have two Passovers to choose to go to.

Numbers 9:10 'Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the LORD; in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; ll leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.

So here are all of John's Passover mentions. None of the other gospel stories mention the Passover more than once.

John 2:13 - Primary Passover #1.

John 6:4 - Pesach Sheni - one month later, (Yeshua was in Galilee). Since Yeshua attended the primary Passover, He does not need to be in Jerusalem for the second Passover.

John 11:55 - Primary Passover #2. one year later.

It's not good to presume what somebody else knows. John 6 doesn't mention "Pesach Sheni".

Adam Clarke says:

John 2:13
And the Jews’ passover was at hand - This was the reason why he stayed but a few days at Capernaum, John 2:12, as he wished to be present at the celebration of this feast at Jerusalem.
This was the first passover after Christ’s baptism. The second is mentioned, Luke 6:1 KJV. The third, John 6:4. And the fourth, which was that at which he was crucified, John 11:55. From which it appears,

1. That our blessed Lord continued his public ministry about three years and a half, according to the prophecy of Daniel, Dan 9:27. And,
2. That, having been baptised about the beginning of his thirtieth year, he was crucified precisely in the middle of his thirty-third. See Martin.

(Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible; Adam Clarke, LL.D., F.S.A., (1715-1832))​

I do not endorse Adam Clarke's view but I'd be interested to see your comments on it.

 

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There is a reason that it is called the Jewish Passover rather than the Lord's Passover. It is because the second Passover was created by the Jews.

2 Chronicles 30:1

All Israel Invited to the Passover
1 Now Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel. 2 For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month, 3 since they could not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem. 4 Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly. 5 So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout all Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed. 6 The couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “O sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 “Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror, as you see. 8“Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the LORD and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you. 9“For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” 10 So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. 12The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD.

Passover Reinstituted

13 Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly. 14 They arose and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and cast them into the brook Kidron.

15 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD. 16 They stood at their stations after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites. 17 For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites were over the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the LORD. 18 For a multitude of the people, even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than prescribed. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good LORD pardon 19 everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” 20 So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 21 The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day after day with loud instruments to the LORD. 22 Then Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of the LORD. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.

23 Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy. 24 Hezekiah king of Judah had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep, and the princes had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep; and a large number of priests consecrated themselves. 25 All the assembly of Judah rejoiced, with the priests and the Levites and all the assembly that came from Israel, both the sojourners who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah. 26So there was great joy in Jerusalem, because there was nothing like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel. 27 Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.

 

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Pesach Sheni, literally translated out of the Hebrew means Passover Two. We find the first mention of it in

Numbers 9:4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.h The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses. 6 But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day 7 and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?” 8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.” 9 Then the Lord said to Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the Lord’s Passover, 11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.r 12 They must not leave any of it till mornings or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations. 13 But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

It all hhappened when some of the sons of Israel were unclean due to contact with a dead body. They approached Moses and asked why should they should be restrained from offering the Passover sacrifice of the L-rd ‘at the appointed time among the sons of Israel?’ Moses took their petition before G-d, who commanded that those who were either unclean due to contact with a dead body, or, were away on a journey duringPassover that they should observe it ‘on the fourteenth day of the SECOND month according to all the statutes of the Passover.’

 

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Of all the feasts, festivals and appointed times on the calendar that God Himself instituted, only ONE has a second chance. Why is this? Because the Most High God of Heaven is VERY serious about redemption and freedom from bondage - be it from Egypt, or from sin. Perhaps the reason God is SO emphatic about us remembering our freedom is because of the price that it took to GAIN that freedom; from Egypt it took the death of the firstborn, and from sin it took the death of Messiah Yeshua.