{"product_id":"why-passover","title":"Why Passover?","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy would the New Testament say: “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[Messiah], our Passover lamb, has been\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esacrificed”\u003c\/i\u003e (1 Corinthians 5:7) when the Passover event occurred 1,500 years before Jesus?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Passover dying on a cross is not what the Jewish Bible teaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Take a bunch of hyssop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand dip it in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etwo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edoorposts \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith the blood that is within the basin” \u003c\/i\u003e(Exodus 12:22a).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWait a second, I thought Israel was saved from the Destroyer because they were Jewish. Are you trying to tell me that it is the application of the blood rather than ancient genetic testing that saved Jews?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe blood shall be a sign for you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, on the houses where you are. And \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhen I see the blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt” \u003c\/i\u003e(Exodus 12:13).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGod was not concerned about who were the hard-working or lazy slaves. He didn’t care who had Jewish parents, how frequently each family davened, or how generous anyone was with charitable donations. The difference between Israel and Egypt, life and death, was the blood of the Passover Lamb on the two wooden posts.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFact Check\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lord God is holy\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory”\u003c\/i\u003e (Isaiah 6:3).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMankind are all sinners, and separated from God\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins” \u003c\/i\u003e(Ecclesiastes 7:20). “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTherefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous” \u003c\/i\u003e(Psalm 1:5).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCovering for our sins (atonement) comes not by our good deeds, but the blood of the Lamb\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life” \u003c\/i\u003e(Leviticus 17:11).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJudgment will come from the God of Israel regardless if we believe so or not\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” \u003c\/i\u003e(Daniel 12:2).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMost Jewish people have rejected the Messiah\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and as one from whom men hide their faces; he was despised and we esteemed him not” \u003c\/i\u003e(Isaiah 53:3). “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone” \u003c\/i\u003e(Psalm 118:22).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut God\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, [Messiah] died for us” \u003c\/i\u003e(Romans 5:8) “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebecause in his divine forbearance he passed over former sins” \u003c\/i\u003e(Romans 3:25).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHas Provided\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIsaiah 53 describes the Messiah “like a lamb led to the slaughter.” This passage is the bridge between the Passover in Egypt (3,500 years ago) to the Passover in Israel (2,000 years ago). The lamb, innocent and without sin, was the mark that saved us from physical slavery and death in Egypt. The Lamb of God, innocent and without sin, is the One who saves us from the slavery of our own sin and the eternal death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities” \u003c\/i\u003e(Isaiah 53:5) … “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elike a lamb that is led to the slaughter” \u003c\/i\u003e(Isaiah 53:7) … \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“yet he bore the sin of many and makes intercession for the transgressors” \u003c\/i\u003e(Isaiah 53:12).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIsaiah 53:11b describes the good news\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebest: \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Shall the righteous one, my servant make many to be accounted righteous and he shall bear their iniquities.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis righteous servant of the Lord would accomplish two things: (1) bear the iniquities of his people, and (2) make his people righteous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the Gospel (Good News). When Yeshua the Messiah shed his blood on the tree\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13), he bore our iniquities. When he rose from the dead three days later, he gave us his righteousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Testament describes the beauty of the Gospel exactly the same: “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God”\u003c\/i\u003e (2 Corinthians 5:21).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf the Destroyer passed over your home tonight, would you perish as a firstborn or be spared as born again?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“By faith he [Moses] kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe firstborn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e might not touch them”\u003c\/i\u003e (Hebrews 11:28).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYeshua answered him (Nicodemus a Hasid), “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eborn again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e he cannot see the kingdom of God”\u003c\/i\u003e (John 3:3).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpeaking to Zion, the Lord said:\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” \u003c\/i\u003e(Isaiah 49:15-16a).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIsrael is the firstborn of God among the nations (Exodus 4:22). Jews must have the blood of the Passover Lamb to be redeemed and fulfill their calling to be a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6). For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable (Romans 11:29).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1 John 4:9-10).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PrintMyTract.com","offers":[{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 100","offer_id":67766060253344,"sku":"xia1792657335467","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 100","offer_id":67766060286112,"sku":"mby1792657335468","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 250","offer_id":67766060318880,"sku":"abs1792657335469","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 250","offer_id":67766060351648,"sku":"eup1792657335470","price":82.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 500","offer_id":67766060384416,"sku":"jcf1792657335471","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 500","offer_id":67766060417184,"sku":"ddr1792657335472","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 1000","offer_id":67766060449952,"sku":"qdn1792657335473","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 1000","offer_id":67766060482720,"sku":"ukt1792657335474","price":149.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 2500","offer_id":67766060515488,"sku":"frg1792657335475","price":255.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 2500","offer_id":67766060548256,"sku":"yqv1792657335476","price":276.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 5000","offer_id":67766060581024,"sku":"szf1792657335477","price":416.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 5000","offer_id":67766060613792,"sku":"gxs1792657335478","price":505.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard (up to 3 weeks) \/ 10000","offer_id":67766060646560,"sku":"hyf1792657335479","price":563.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rush (1 week) \/ 10000","offer_id":67766060679328,"sku":"iun1792657335480","price":745.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1045\/5833\/0016\/files\/why-passover_1.jpg?v=1792657364","url":"https:\/\/boardroomwear.shop\/products\/why-passover","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}