Passover is the point of the Easter Season. "First Fruits" of the Resurrection!

Loveisrael.org Team created terrific tools for anyone to participate in the Passover season. As I write this, we are in the middle of the Unleavened Bread part of Passover feast.

Easter, or what many call Resurrection Day, or to stay within the Passover feast series of events, the end of the feast is the priests waving a handful of barley, thanking God for His harvest, which is called "First Fruits." Spiritually, we are the Lord Jesus' harvest to eternal life, after Jesus paid the price for our sin and redeemed us from sin and death.

He was the first to rise from the dead, and He will raise us too if we put our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Passover Lamb. Baruch does a masterful job of showing the heart and intent of "trying" to keep the biblical Old Testament festivals. However, as non Jewish church going Christians, we need to know the Jewish context of scripture without trying to "keep" the law. We are to be led by the Holy Spirit. Understanding all the Biblical feasts and how they are linked to our Lord is key to good Bible Study. 

Here is the link for the tools. https://biblestudycompany.com/laravel-filemanager/files/121/Ideas_to_Keep_the_Passover_02.pdf

If you would like to have a passover meal as Jewish people do, Loveisrael.org created a booklet. https://biblestudycompany.com/laravel-filemanager/files/121/Passover-Booklet-2025-PRINT-1.pdf

Passover for kids resource: https://biblestudycompany.com/laravel-filemanager/files/121/Passover-Section-Two_for_kids.pdf

Here are the dates from LoveIsrael.org for Passover 2025

Festival DATES

PASSOVER: Nisan 14 (sunset Fri, April 11 to sunset Sat, April 12)

UNLEAVENED BREAD: Nisan 15-21 (after sunset Sat, April 12 to sunset on Sat, April 19)

FIRST FRUITS: Day after weekly Sabbath* (begins after sunset Sat, April 19 to sunset on Sun, April 20)

*according to Leviticus 23:15-16

"Why did the church diverge from Passover to Easter?" 

We wrote an article on the history of Easter and whether it has pagan origins. It discusses the history of "Easter." That article is here, and you can read it if you like. 

Passover started it all

God destroyed Egypt (the metaphor for the world) and rescued His people that were in bondage and created a Nation from slaves (as we are in sin and death Eph 2:1-4), and redeemed the Children of Israel and sent them to be focused on Him in a harsh wilderness that He sustained them supernaturally. The purpose of the wilderness is to learn to depend on God, and God used circumstances to grow their faith if they responded correctly to God. Exodus shows that they did not respond well, similar to what happened in Eden with Adam and Eve. Dr. Baruch told me, "Exodus is a picture of our Christian walk as well." Redeemed means to rescue by paying a price. 

The primary focus of Passover is the blood from the lamb on the doorposts. The primary focus of the cross is the Lamb of God, Who is God, who went and shed His blood on the cross for our sins, like the lamb in Exodus 12 showed. Loveisrael's material will help put you in the moment with those who lived the moments with your family by reading the scriptures. Here is a picture of how they applied the blood as commanded to avoid the Destroying Angel. They believed in God. They had a good start, leaving Egypt and believing in God's word! We all do when we first get saved, but life's hardships can either be used to grow our faith in the Lord by worshipping Him or choosing to rebel. Let's focus on obeying and worshipping instead, and let Him build our faith in His word. (Deut 8, Hebrews 3)

The main plan of God is this: 

The Lord Jesus’s blood on the cross AND resurrection (power over life and death) paid for our trespasses (sins) against God, instead of the continual sacrifices that the Jewish people endured, which were looking forward to the Messiah coming. He made a propitiation for our sins. A clean slate, once and for all, sacrifice as an offering to God, because He is the only Human (100% God and 100% man) left in the universe without sin. That was the point of the discussion with Nicodemus in John 3. We need a new nature as sinful creatures. Thus, we need to be born again by the Holy Spirit of God (Eph 2). As predicted, Christ came as the King rode on the donkey into Jerusalem (Zachariah 9.9). We can make Him king over our lives and hearts. (Romans 12:1-2)

HE CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH AND IS RISEN. HE IS FIRST FRUITS!!! All to rescue us by doing God's will. What Adam did not do. Glory to God!

GOD REDEEMED MANKIND THROUGH CHRIST JESUS! 

If you need God's grace and mercy this Easter and Passover season, reach out to the Lord Jesus Christ, put all your sins on Him by faith, and ask Him to save you. Ask Him to forgive you, and He will. All of your past sins, present, and into the future! Our God will then seal you with His Holy Spirit and cause you to be born again to Him. Read the chapter in Ephesians 2 to see the plan of God. If you are unfamiliar with prayer, no worries; we have suggested a prayer. A prayer to God will not save you, but a heart reaching out in faith will, by His grace and mercy. Put your complete trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the prayer.

https://biblestudycompany.com/blog/article/81

Blessings to you and your family for this sacred time of year. Let us know if you came to Christ in the comments or at info@biblestudycompany.com 

"Lord, please comfort those dealing with losses, sickness, and loneliness, and please encourage those not born again to respond to your invitation this Resurrection Day. 

We thank Loveisrael.org and their teams for these superb materials.

Enjoy! Remember to share the Gospel, the good news according to God's will that Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin and death. We are grateful to the Lord!!!