This Thursday is the 15th of Nisan on the Levitical calendar. It is the first day of Passover.
This Sunday is the day after the Sabbath following the beginning of Passover . It is the Feast of First Fruits.
The Christ was sacrificed as our Passover Lamb for our sins.
He rose from the grave in order to be our First Fruits offering to Abba.
Easter and Passover have aligned this year and the previous two years
i.e. they have aligned for three years in a row.
Passover and First Fruits are what was celebrated by Christians until 325 AD when at the Council at Nice,
the Corporate Church separated Easter and Passover for what they hoped would be forever.
Since the Council of Nice, they only align every 19 years
The Metonic cycle of 19 years has twelve years of 12 months and seven years of 13 months
I think the L-rd is reminding the Jews that the Mashiach has come and His Name is Y'shua.
I think the L-rd is sending a message to the "Replacement" Christians that His brothers are the Jews.
Matthew 23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say,
`Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" [Psalm 118:26]
Barukh haba b'Shem Adonai
Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord
Y'shua HaMashiach
chuck <truth@YeshuaHaMashiach>
Hi Chuck. I hardly think this was the motive, and I'm not sure why you would say so. If the "corporate Church" wanted to eternally seperate Easter and Passover, #1, why would they still fall so close together? Why not make Easter several months apart?
#2, as you note, the calendars do more perfectly align from time to time. As the author of the calendar, the Church was surely not ignorant of these things.
I think you'll find, and don't tell Steven, that the feast was set based upon a solar rather than a lunar event due to the relative imprecision in observing the lunar events.
SD