Discussing Passover, holy days

On Sunday (March 27) many Christians attended sunrise services and enjoyed special church services (not to mention the traditional Easter Ham) celebrating the resurrection of the Messiah.

Approximately 26 days later on the 22nd of April disciples of Jesus will celebrate the Passover. They will also celebrate the anniversary of His escape from the grave three days and three nights later. Passover is one of the events set apart (that is to say, made holy) by the author of the Holy Bible. Leviticus 23 lists all of those days also known as His appointed times.

Jewish folk call those set aside (holy) days as Jewish. Christians by and large are pleased to pile on inasmuch as they have invented their very own holy days. However, the Bible does not refer to the holy days explained in Leviticus 23 as Jewish.

Yes, God instructs Moses to explain these days to his people Israel but these days are clearly not called Israeli holy days or Jewish holy days. They are days set aside by God whereby His people are to meet with him. God made these days holy. The Scriptures do not mention any other days than those mentioned in Leviticus 23 as set aside (or holy) to the Lord.

It could be that God has no opinion on the merit of Christian holy days replacing His holy days. Perhaps He believes Christian holy days to be right and proper, sensible even. Certainly the folks who created these holy days believe them to be proper for Christians to observe.

And they (who are they?) believe themselves to have the authority to replace God’s appointed times. One has to wonder, however, what He thinks of a celebration of the resurrection of His Son sometimes occurring days before His death. This year according to the Christian calendar, Jesus rose from his grave some 26 days before he died.

Barry Boyer, Ritzville