The Original Passover Coordinated With Subsequent Passovers Exodus 12:1 through Exodus 13:16 Now we examine the original Passover passage, taking into account the later passages previously covered that make the Exodus 12 passage from the third viewpoint unified with the rest of the Bible. One. From verse 6 on, the ONLY time that can be … Read more
The Passover, the 15th, and the Seven Days Leviticus 23:5-7 Context: The time setting…Whenever this was written by Moses, it was probably several years after the original Goshen Passover, perhaps near the beginning of the 40 year wandering, but editable up until the end of the 40 years. This passage lists all the appointed times … Read more
Moses’ Instructions Before Israel Entered the Promised Land Deuteronomy 16:4, 1-8 Setting: Near the end of the 40 years of wandering, probably on the east side of the Jordan. Audience: The Israelites and mixed multitudes preparing to go into the Promised Land, and those reading this in the last days. Context: This passage gives us … Read more
The Passover of King Josiah 2 Chronicles 35 Now, before we get to the most-obvious, seeming contradiction (Lv 23:6), let’s go to Josiah’s Passover in 2Ch 35…noting just 3 verses: Verses 1, 13, and 16. Later, we’ll consider both King Hezekiah’s Passover and Josiah’s Passover more in-depth when we look at Exodus 12. But briefly, … Read more
The Future Passover During the Millennium Ezekiel 45:21-25 Although the first mention of the Passover is in Exodus 12, we are going to start in the future, and work our way backwards to get to Exodus 12. I start here because, not only do we have the Passover mentioned as part of the seven days … Read more
The puzzle of which day the original Passover was kept on –and which day began the Feast of Unleavened Bread – is the matter taken up in this study. There are generally only two possible days upon which the Passover was kept…either the 14th or the 15th…yet there are at least three viewpoints. All three … Read more
The following rules, guiding principles, and definitions will help to explain the methods used to arrive at the conclusions reached in this study, using the Holy Bible as the foundation. Fourteen Rules for Bible Study (From Fred Coulter’s Introduction to The Holy Bible in Its Original Order) 10) Understand the historical time frame in which … Read more