Passover and the Christ
The day that this article is posting, April 1, 2026, is the Day of Passover. This day is a day of commemoration for the Israelite people for the remembrance of the final plague that God placed upon the nation of Egypt just prior to the Israelites leaving Egypt after 430 years there. This marked the end of their slavery and the beginning of the journey by which God truly made the Israelite nation His. The Passover celebration centres largely around the meal, the format of which is partially set out by God Himself in the Scriptures, but which has also taken certain elements of tradition and interwoven them into the ritual. This celebration has been in effect for thousands of years, ever since God instructed Moses to make it an annual tradition beginning the year after the Israelites exited Egypt. The Passover became relevant to the Christian faith at the moment when the Christian faith began to take root, almost 2000 years ago, but the connections between the Passover and the Christ ste...