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On the 14th of the first month (the month of Nisan or also known as Abib) this first festival takes place in the biblical calendar (Leviticus 23:6). In the Gregorian calendar, this festival is celebrated in March/April.

The Passover feast is a reminder of that fateful night in Egypt, when God's judgment fell on Israel's oppressors. The Israelites were spared, however, because the doorposts of their houses were sprinkled with the blood of a sacrificial lamb . "When I see the blood ," God had promised, "I will pass by." This led to the fact that Pharaoh let the children of Israel go back to their homeland (Exodus 12). On the "Seder evening" the "Passover Haggadah" (narration of the exodus from Egypt) is read and then a feast takes place .

The Hebrews were asked to celebrate the Passover (Exodus 12). They were asked to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for 4 days, and then kill it. They were also asked to remove all leaven from their homes. (Ex 12:19) Then they were to dip hyssop in the blood (Ex 12:22) and take the blood of the Lamb and put it on the doorposts and lintels of their house. That night, on the 14th of the second month, the angel of death passed through Egypt, but all who believed—Hebrews and strangers alike—and had blood painted on their doorposts and lintels were covered in blood and passed over by the angel (Exodus 12 ,23). From then on the Jews were encouraged to celebrate the Passover feast.

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Messianic Jews and Christians also celebrate Passover, but they especially remember the sacrifice, suffering and death of Jesus Christ. Jesus is to us the "Passover Lamb," the Lamb of God, sacrificed for their sins and for our salvation from Satan's slavery. And as once the blood of a slain lamb spared the houses of Israel from judgment, so is it the blood of Jesus Christ also for us protection and salvation.

The blood on the lintel represents our heart, ie our soul and spirit, while the blood on the doorpost sanctifies and cleanses everything inside the house from all impurity. (1 Pet 1:19). The removal of all leaven represents the removal of everything that is contrary to the knowledge of Jesus Christ (ego, pride, arrogance, etc.) while the hyssop dipped in blood shows that we need to be cleansed again and again with the blood of Jesus.

Christians remember that on that night of Passover, Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples. He distributed unleavened bread and wine to them as a sign that his body would be broken and his blood shed. Since then, Jesus has also been the "Passover Lamb" of God for us, who was "slain" for the forgiveness of our sins.

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