{"id":78,"date":"2020-04-05T10:21:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/blogs\/?p=78"},"modified":"2020-08-25T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:13:03","slug":"passover-and-the-end-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/blogs\/2020\/04\/05\/passover-and-the-end-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Passover and the End Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"78\" class=\"elementor elementor-78\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cedb8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cedb8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bebb990\" data-id=\"bebb990\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08106f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08106f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Passover and the End Times<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b803f2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b803f2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd263f5\" data-id=\"cd263f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03e472e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03e472e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Biblical scholars are well aware of the fact that Jesus celebrated the Passover and that this event must shape our understanding of the Lord\u2019s Supper. But while these scholars stress the salvific significance of Passover they virtually ignore its important eschatological background. (For the uninitiated, eschatology refers to what will happen at the end of history.) So, what does Passover have to do with eschatology in <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips4'>Matthew 26:26-29<\/span>?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Passover evokes the story of the Exodus and God\u2019s delivery of the Jewish people from slavery. Passover also evokes the story of Mt. Sinai and the ratification of mosaic covenant that formally established Israel as a nation.&nbsp; Jesus\u2019 declaration that \u201cthis is my blood of the covenant\u201d clearly echoes the words of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips24'>Exodus 24:8<\/span>: \u201cThis is the blood of the covenant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">But the Passover celebration of Jesus\u2019 day was more than just a memorial of Israel\u2019s past redemption; it was also a celebration of Israel\u2019s future restoration. The celebration of Passover evoked the theme of the eschatological New Exodus.&nbsp; Biblical passages like <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips7'>Isaiah 11:15-16<\/span> and <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips3'>Ezekiel 20:33-38<\/span> reveal that Israel\u2019s prophets appropriated the language of the exodus to describe Israel\u2019s return from exile and inauguration the messianic era.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Similarly, in the rabbinic material, the Exodus is understood as a paradigm of Israel\u2019s future redemption. Many of these texts express the belief that the Messiah would appear during the night of the Passover.&nbsp; For example, in <em>Mekhilta Exodus<\/em> 12:42, we read, \u201cIn that night were they redeemed and in that night will they be redeemed in the future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">According to the New Testament, Jesus does inaugurate the New Covenant of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jeremiah+31&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremiah 31<\/a>, which brings about the forgiveness of sin.&nbsp; It is this event that sets in motion God\u2019s plan to redeem Israel! The Last Supper weaves together the Passover, the New Exodus, and the New Covenant to reveal Gods\u2019 amazing plan to redeem his chosen people and to bring great blessing to the world-at-large.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips3','<h6><span class=\"text Ezek-20-33\"><sup class=\"versenum\">33\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cAs I live,\u201d declares the Lord\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">God<\/span>, \u201csurely with a mighty hand and with an\u00a0outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be\u00a0king over you.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-20930\" class=\"text Ezek-20-34\"><sup class=\"versenum\">34\u00a0<\/sup>I will\u00a0bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with\u00a0wrath poured out;<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-20931\" class=\"text Ezek-20-35\"><sup class=\"versenum\">35\u00a0<\/sup>and I will bring you into the\u00a0wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-20932\" class=\"text Ezek-20-36\"><sup class=\"versenum\">36\u00a0<\/sup>As I\u00a0entered into judgment with your fathers in the\u00a0wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,\u201d declares the Lord\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">God<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-20933\" class=\"text Ezek-20-37\"><sup class=\"versenum\">37\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI will make you\u00a0pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-20934\" class=\"text Ezek-20-38\"><sup class=\"versenum\">38\u00a0<\/sup>and I will purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>.<br\/>- <\/span>NASB<\/h6>'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips4','<h6><span class=\"text Matt-26-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>While they were eating, Jesus took\u00a0<i>some<\/i> bread, and after a blessing, He broke\u00a0<i>it<\/i>\u00a0and gave\u00a0<i>it<\/i>\u00a0to the disciples, and said,\u00a0<span class=\"woj\">\u201cTake, eat; this is My body.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-24082\" class=\"text Matt-26-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave\u00a0<i>it<\/i>\u00a0to them, saying,\u00a0<span class=\"woj\">\u201cDrink from it, all of you;<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-24083\" class=\"text Matt-26-28\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28\u00a0<\/sup>for\u00a0this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for\u00a0many for forgiveness of sins.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-24084\" class=\"text Matt-26-29\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup>But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father\u2019s kingdom.\u201d<br\/>- NASB<\/span><\/span><\/h6>'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips7','<h6><span id=\"en-NASB-17900\" class=\"text Isa-11-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15\u00a0<\/sup>And the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> will utterly destroy<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-15\">The tongue of the Sea of Egypt;<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-15\">And He will wave His hand over the River<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-15\">With His scorching wind;<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-15\">And He will strike it into seven streams<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-15\">And make\u00a0<i>men<\/i> walk over dry-shod.<\/span><br\/><span id=\"en-NASB-17901\" class=\"text Isa-11-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>And there will be a\u00a0highway from Assyria<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-16\">For the\u00a0remnant of His people who will be left,<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-16\">Just as there was for Israel<\/span><br\/><span class=\"text Isa-11-16\">In\u00a0the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.<br\/>- NASB<\/span><\/h6>'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips24','<h6>So\u00a0Moses took the blood and sprinkled\u00a0<i>it<\/i>\u00a0on the people, and said, \u201cBehold\u00a0the blood of the covenant, which the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0has\u00a0<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: \\'Helvetica Neue\\', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NASB-2186a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NASB-2186a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+24%3A8&amp;version=NASB#fen-NASB-2186a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>made with you\u00a0<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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