Why if 1 Corinthians 5 verse 7 calls Jesus your Passover lamb does the majority of Christians celebrate Easter which is not in the Bible?

Answer 1

Most Christians do not celebrate Passover for 2 reasons: (1) It was given as a Jewish feast for Israelites; (2) Jesus is our Passover Lamb.

Since Christians believe that Jesus fulfilled the Passover celebration as the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8), there is no reason to keep the Passover. Instead, Christians are reminded of Christ's death and resurrection by taking the Lord's Supper (communion/eucharist; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) and commemorating Easter, the day of His resurrection from the dead.

ANOTHER ANSWER:

The answer is mainly because the majority of modern professing Christianity is the false Christianity that Jesus warns His servants to beware of... and to not be led astray by:

"Jesus told them, 'Don't let anyone mislead you. For many will come in My Name, saying, ''I am the Messiah.'' They will lead many astray.'" (Matt.24:4-5 NLT New Living Translation)

For instance, modern professing Christianity says, that the Passover is a "Jewish feast." But God's inspired Word says:

"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'Concerning the FEASTS of the LORD...'" (Lev.23:2 KJV)

They are decidedly NOT the "feasts of the Jews."

And God repeats: "THESE ARE THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, [He doe not say feasts of the Jews] even HOLY CONVOCATIONS [commanded assemblies], which ye shall proclaim in their seasons." (verse 4)

And God repeats AGAIN: "And Moses declared unto the children of Israel THE FEASTS OF THE LORD." (verse 44)

Not the "feasts of the Jews." A Satan-blinded and deceived false Christianity can't see the Truth in these Scriptures. And that's why they don't recognize Paul's "New Testament COMMANDMENT" in I Corinthians 5:7-8 for the Gentile churches to KEEP THE FEASTS OF THE LORD... as the LORD commands it to be done in the heart of His Word.

While modern professing Christianity is quick to point out that Gentiles aren't the "blood descendants of Abraham" and are therefore not bound by this irrevocable law of God to keep these feasts of the Jews -- they are also quick to forget [or ignore, as the case may be] that Abraham's LORD God was and is none other than Jesus Christ, the Almighty Creator God of the Old Testament [see John 1:1-3]:

"All things were MADE BY HIM [Jesus Christ; the WORD]; and without Him was not any thing made that was made."

In other words... Jesus Christ [the "LORD our God" of the Old Testament] MADE THE PASSOVER and all the other FEASTS OF THE LORD! They are not the "feasts of the Jews" -- they are the FEASTS OF JESUS CHRIST!

Modern professing Christianity is also quick to ignore [or is merely blinded to] the fact that God's servants are His servants by FAITH in the BLOOD OF CHRIST. That is, not through the physical bloodline of Abraham, but through the same FAITH that Abraham displayed to the LORD in his day:

"Know ye therefore that they which are OF FAITH, the same are THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM." (Gal.3:7)

Same verse; [NLT]: "The REAL children of Abraham, then, are ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR FAITH IN GOD."

And modern professing Christianity doesn't see [either willingly or through satanic blindness] that because of one's "Abraham-like" Faith in Jesus Christ, and one's subsequent "adoption through Faith" into Abraham's family as HIS CHILDREN... then they become ISRAELITES... and ARE BOUND by God's commandment in His written Word to keep the appointed "FEASTS OF THE LORD!"

"And now that YOU [Gentiles] BELONG TO CHRIST [Abraham's God, through Abraham-like Faith], YOU ARE THE TRUE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. You are HIS HEIRS, and not all the Promises God gave to him belong to you." (Gal.3:29 NLT)

And therefore, modern professing Christianity, in its Satan-induced ignorance of the Scriptures, doesn't know that God's church isn't a "Gentile" church... but that, according to God's Promise to Abraham, all the families of the earth - through Faith - are "adopted INTO" Abraham's family [through the BLOOD of Christ], and become HIS CHILDREN.

"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are CHILDREN of God. So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like GOD'S VERY OWN CHILDREN [like Faithful, Obedient Abraham], ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY - calling Him 'Father, dear Father.' For His Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN." (Rom.8:14-16 NLT)

Yes, Satan-deceived modern professing Christianity believes that God's "New Testament church" is a "Gentile church." But it's not. The Gentile families and nations of the world haven't taken over God's Promises to Abraham -- they are being "adopted into" or "grafted into" Abraham's Faithful bloodline through Christ's blood:

"Did God's people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! His purpose was to make His Salvation available to the Gentiles, and then the Jews would be jealous and want it for themselves. Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the Jews turned down God's offer of Salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when the Jews finally accept it.

"I'm saying all of this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I lay great stress on this, for I want to find a way to make the Jews want what you Gentiles have, and in that way I might save some of them.

"For since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their children will also be holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too. But some of these branches from Abraham's tree, some of the Jews, HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF. And YOU GENTILES, who were branches from a wild olive tree, WERE GRAFTED IN [adopted].

"So now you also RECEIVE THE BLESSING GOD HAS PROMISES ABRAHAM AND HIS CHILDREN, sharing in God's Rich Nourishment of His Special Olive Tree.

"But you must be careful not to brag about being GRAFTED IN to replace the branches that were broken off. Remember, you are just a branch, not the root. 'Well,' you may say, 'those branches were broken off to make room for me.' Yes, but remember - those branches, the Jews, were broken off because THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE GOD, and you are there because YOU DO BELIEVE. Don't think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.

"For if God did not spare the branches He put there in the first place, He won't spare you either. Notice how God is both Kind and Severe. He is severe to those who disobeyed, but kind to you as you continue to Trust in His Kindness. But if you stop Trusting, you also will be cut off.

"And if the Jews turn from their unbelief, God will graft them back into the tree again. He has the Power to do it. For if God was willing to take you who were, by nature, branches from a wild olive tree and graft you into His own Good Tree - a very unusual thing to do - He will be far more eager to graft the Jews back into the tree where they belong.

"I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud and start bragging. Some of the Jews have hard hearts, but this will last only until the complete number of Gentiles comes to Christ. And so ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED. Do you remember what the prophets said about this?

"'A Deliverer will come from Jerusalem, and He will turn Israel from all ungodliness. And then I will keep My covenant with them and take away their sins.'

"Many of the Jews are now enemies of the Good News [the gospel of the coming Kingdom of God]. But this has been to your benefit, for God has given His Gifts to you Gentiles. Yet the Jews are still His chosen people because of His Promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For God's Gifts and His Call can never be withdrawn.

"Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the Jews refused His Mercy, God was Merciful to you instead. And now, in the same way, the Jews are the rebels, and God's Mercy has come to you. But someday they, too, will share in God's Mercy. For God has imprisoned all people in their own disobedience so HE COULD HAVE MERCY ON EVERYONE." (Rom.11:11-32 NLT)

Modern professing Christianity [that thinks it's deceived self to be "Gentile"] doesn't know that because of this adoption into Abraham's family... THEY ARE BOUND TO KEEP THE FEASTS OF THE LORD.

"...This is a PERMANENT LAW FOR YOU, and it must be kept BY ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS... these instructions regarding the annual FESTIVALS of the LORD[Jesus Christ] to the ISRAELITES." (Lev.23:41-44 NLT)

That's why the majority of modern professing Christianity "celebrates Easter, which is not in the Bible." It's because "deceived people don't know they are deceived" [led astray]. The "holidays" they "celebrate" are not found in the Bible, but in the customs and traditions of ancient false religions and pagan cultures.

"These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's Commandments with their own man-made teachings. For you ignore GOD'S SPECIFIC LAWS in order to hold on to you own traditions... You reject God's Laws in order to hold on to your own traditions." (Mark 7:7-9 NLT)

Where in the Bible does God command His servants to "celebrate His Son's resurrection" at all... at "Easter" [the pagan Babylonian goddess of fertility] or at any other time?

Answer: He doesn't. God commands His servants [the Faithful Children of Abraham] to "observe the LORD's DEATH" -- at the appointed time of the Passover. Look it up sometime. It's recorded in detail in God's inspired Word.

It's so detailed, that Jesus Christ Himself made sure that His servants knew that the observance of the Passover is changed from the "slaughter of lambs"... to the "REMEMBRANCE" of Himself with the symbols of the "Bread and Wine."

"...'I have looked forward to this hour with deep longing, anxious to eat THIS PASSOVER MEAL WITH YOU before My suffering begins.'" (Luke 22:15 NLT)

"...'DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.'" (verse 19)

Modern professing Christianity doesn't "believe" what the Bible says... because so few people among the hundreds of professing Christian denominations have read the Book... or studied it. They believe instead what their deceived ministers have TOLD them what the Bible says.

The only thing you can count on regarding this world's false professing Christian religions is that "if God's Word commands something be done... you can pretty much guarantee that few people will do it."

And I Corinthians 5:7-8 is no exception: "...SO LET US CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL...".

"No, LORD Jesus," modern professing Christians say, "we will not. It's Jewish."

"We will do Easter."

Answer 2

First of all, the word Easter is found in The Bible (Acts 12:4) -- in the King James version. But, it's one of the few translational errors in the KJV (other versions say Passover). The word Easter is a pagan word and Christians should really call it Resurrection Day (or Resurrection Sunday) -- as some do.

But, to the main point of the question, the Jewish Passover commemorates the time when God sent a plague on Egypt (Exodus 11), where all of the first born would die for those who did not put the blood of a lamb on their door posts. That blood saved them. That is a type (representative) of the blood of Jesus Christ, who would shed his blood to save everyone (Jew and gentile), and became the Lamb of God. That is why he was called the Passover Lamb.

Answer 3

A broad outline for your reading pleasures - A note here, the King James Version erroneously translates the Greek term 'pascha' as Easter instead of Passover (Acts 12:4) in an obvious human error:

First, the Sabbaths of the Lord - both the weekly and the 7 annual High Holy Days - are God's given to all mankind and not any one tribe, peoples or nation, first to the 12 tribes of Israel via Moses in Exodus and Leviticus (repeated elsewhere in the Bible), and passed along to the Church of God Jesus established on Pentecost Sunday, June 17, 31 AD to present:

Leviticus 19:30New King James Version (NKJV)30 You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.


Second, the 7 High Holy Days point to steps in God's Plan for the salvation of all mankind. It begins with the Passover - first with the Israelites putting the 'blood of life' on the door lintels to insure death passed over them in the land of Egypt - metaphorically the land of sin. Jesus would embody the perfect blood sacrifice for all mankind becoming our Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7 noted). The Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul, told the Corinthians to keep this Passover (see verse 8) Christ commanded us to remember Him by the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread where He arose and went to the Father as the 'wave sheaf' offering for mankind found acceptable by the Father. By Jesus' death we are justified to God and by His resurrection we can have eternal salvation:

1 Corinthians 5:6-8New King James Version (NKJV)6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Last point, historically, Jesus, the Apostles and disciples, and the Apostolic Church Era of the 1st century AD until about the 4th century, had many like Polycrates (circa 130-196 AD - Christian bishop from Ephesus), who followed the same calendar that the Jewish communities followed (their choice was to follow this and not the pagan calendars or some sort of time keeping system). This bishop butted heads with the Roman (Pope) Bishop Victor who desired incorporating Easter for celebration to become 'less Jewish.' This was known as the 'Quartodecimanism movement which recognized Passover on the 14th of Nisan and not to replace it with the manmade and pagan-like Easter movement.

This 'anti-Jewish' desire spread and built many followers including Roman Emperor Constantine, circa 321-337 AD ruling that the 'new Christianity' should not follow anything the Jews recognized (especially the Sabbaths, hence the change to Sunday). And so Easter replaced Passover for the majority of the Christian world and Sunday replaced God's weekly Sabbath.

Additionally, the Resurrection of Jesus can be biblically proven to have occurred on the Saturday Sabbath, just before sunset and was seen in the early morning hours just before dawn on Sunday, having already been risen (He was crucified on Passover day Wednesday and buried before sunset):

Matthew 28:1-6New King James Version (NKJV)
He Is Risen

28 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door,[ and sat on it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.5 But the angel answered and said to the women, Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.