Each spring those living in the Northern Hemisphere look forward with eager anticipation to the warming sun and the coming growing season.
To sincere Bible students, spring brings to mind much more, however. Spring means the month of Abib (meaning "green ears"), heralding the beginning of the new year, Ex. 12:2. Life starts anew with the warming sun and longer days.
Barley, which has been planted in the fall, repsonds quickly. It will be one of the first cereal crops to be harvested. Wheat will follow some seven weeks later.
True Bible-believers cannot help seeing the correlation between the earth's coming to life after a dormant winter and the rejuvenation of our spiritual growth which we renew each spring at Passover.

Egyptians, and it was the final plague whereby Pharaoh let Israel go. Passover occured in the midst of the Egyptians, which is a type of the world. All other convocations took place outside of Egypt.
The lambs were killed; the blood was sprinkled upon the doorposts and lintels of the houses; and the flesh was eaten with unleavened bread and shared among the family of believers.
Passover is still observed by Jews around the world. However, they do not slay a lamb, for there is neither a temple nor an altar upon which this can be done. Because they rejected Yahshua's sacrifice, the Jews have no sacrifice, no blood atonement, and

no real Passover. There are the unleavened cakes, the herbs, the drink, but the Passover lamb is not present.
The Jews also practice reclining on couches, the white gown (kittel) and the four cups of wine which they have added– all arethe 'commandments of men.' The Passover was taught to the patriarchs long before the Messiah's day, and can be seen after Adam and his progeny were barred from Eden. Notice Genesis 4:3,
And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Yahweh.
The Hebrew reads, 'at the end of days.'
Thus, Cain and Abel were counting days and Cain brought an offering of his crops, the fruit of the ground. Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock.
It has been pointed out that Cain brought of the Tabernacles offering and his offering was rejected. Abel brought an offering of the flock (Passover lamb) and his was accepted. They both apparently brought their offering at the same time.
Abel's was the proper offering; he came through the blood of the lamb. Cain brought of the labors of his hands, the fruit of the land, which was the wrong offering at the wrong time.
The lesson is, we cannot approach Yahweh through our own works, our own ideas. We come through the atoning work of the Redeemer of Israel, the Lamb of Yahweh which takes away the sins of the world, John 1:29. Abel brought a sacrifice of a lamb, and Hebrews 9:22 tells us, 'without the shedding of blood there is no remission' of sins. Cain, by his own reasoning, brought the works of his hands, and it was rejected.
Jude 11 indicates that Cain's religion is man's natural religion, which Yahweh condemns, while Abel brought the firstlings, and the fattest ones, too (margin).
Passover is mentioned in Leviticus 23 along with the seven annual festivals. It is to be kept annually, at the beginning of the year (Ex. 12:2), which is in the spring, usually March or April. Deuteronomy 16:1 commands us to keep the month of Abib, meaning 'green ears' (of grain).
The Messiah kept all of Yahweh's laws perfectly, which included the Passover and all other annual Sabbaths. We read in Matthew 26:17- 19, Mark 14:12-18 and Luke 22:8-15 that Yahshua desired to keep 'the Passover at your house with My disciples.'
Matthew 26:26-29 shows that He did indeed keep the Passover with unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine. He said He would drink of the fruit of the vine new with the disciples in the Father's Kingdom. He Himself was offered as the 'Passover Lamb.'

Beware of Imitations
There is no Biblical precedent for taking the fruit of the vine and the unleavened bread at any other time than the time of the Passover. Those who partake of the so-called 'eucharist,' 'mass,' or 'L-rd's Supper' are not abiding within Scripture.
Some even take what they call 'the L-rd's Supper' in the morning before or after breakfast! The only Passover memorial authorized in Scripture is to be taken after sunset as the 14th of Abib begins. To take this 'memorial supper' every three months, monthly, every Sunday or daily is unbiblical and not sanctioned by Yahweh, thus doing violence to the Scriptures. We are told in the Bible to partake of these emblems at the time of Passover, in the spring of the year, which is when our Savior gave us the example – 'the same night in which he was betrayed.'
There is a passage which is supposed justification for partaking of 'the cup and the bread' at one's inclination. The portion reads as follows:
… this do as oft as you drink it in remembrance of Me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you do show the Master's death until He comes, I Corinthians 11:25b, 26.
Other translations read differently, instead of 'oft' and 'often,' whenever is used. In no way does it mean to partake of it whenever we please! If we are told, 'Be sure to serve turkey whenever you observe Thanksgiving,' are we free to observe the Thanksgiving holiday monthly, weekly or daily? Passover is observed at a specific time of year, as stipulated in the law (Ex. 12, Lev. 23 and Deut. 16).
In the New Covenant era we do not sacrifice a lamb when we partake of Passover. Paul shows in I Corinthians 5:6-7 that the Messiah is considered the Passover Lamb for us.
In the original Passover observance there was no mention of drinking of wine in the law of Yahweh. The morsel of unleavened bread signifies Yahshua's body. The partaking of the cup signifies His blood. Nowhere in the Bible is the cup said to contain wine. The Savior called it 'the fruit of the vine,' thus it could not have been water. It was the gehnema (Strong's #1081) meaning product of the grape that could be drunk, the squeezed-out juice.

Paul Observed Passover
Passover from early Bible times looked forward to the greater Passover Lamb, our Savior who was to die for the sins of the world. We are to remember His death by observing the Passover. Then follow with the seven days of Unleavened Bread.
Notice that Paul kept the Passover. He was of the tribe of Benjamin, a Pharisee. He was the Apostle to the Gentiles, and he taught them to observe what are erroneously called the 'Feasts of the Jews.'
Corinth was a metropolitan community, quite Hellenistic, and a crossroads of trade and commerce. If Passover and Unleavened Bread were done away, why did Paul write to the Corinthians,
Purge out therefore the old leaven that you may be a new lump as you are unleavened. For even the Messiah our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast…, I Corinthians 5:7-8?
Why would Paul write to the Corinthian brethren about Yahshua being the Passover Lamb if these days were done away at Yahshua's death and not necessary for Gentiles? Why did he further say, 'Let us keep the feast!'?
Obviously these feast days were still obligatory some 25 years after the death and resurrection of the Savior. And the record is preserved in the Bible for you and me to follow in our days as well.
We know that the Savior told the disciples, 'This do in remembrance of Me,' Luke 22:19. He also promised He would partake of the Passover anew in the Father's Kingdom, Matthew 26:29. Leviticus 23:14 says this is a statute forever, throughout all generations.
We show our love for the Savior when we keep His commandments, John 14:21.

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