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8 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 10

The LIVING does not come from the NON- PASSOVER, is sacrificed for us; THEREFORE,
LIVING. YEHOVAH God Almighty created LET US KEEP THE FEAST"!
that law! The original true Church which
WHY, then, was it necessary that the YESHUA built kept annually the Passover, and
Messiah DIE for us -- that he SHED HIS the FEAST of Unleavened Bread -- NOT Easter.
BLOOD? Let’s understand. They understood the New Testament Passover is
YEHOVAH says: “All have sinned, and the MEMORIAL of the DEATH of the Messiah,
come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). observed on its anniversary, picturing FOR-
THAT INVOLVES YOU! Your TRANS- GIVENESS of our past sins and being
GRESSION OF YEHOVAH’S LAWS has CUT reconciled to YEHOVAH God.
YOU OFF from all contact with your Creator.
The penalty now hanging over you is DEATH -- Passover FIRST Step in YEHOVAH’s Plan
eternal death -- for the wages of sin is DEATH
(Romans 6:23). That ETERNAL DEATH The Bible clearly reveals that the
PENALTY MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE DEATH of Yeshua the Messiah is the very
YOU CAN HAVE ANY HOPE OF RE- FIRST EVENT, or STEP, in YEHOVAH’s
CEIVING ETERNAL LIFE! GREAT PLAN for man’s spiritual creation!
What is the only way YEHOVAH God The Passover, the FIRST of YE-
says that penalty can be removed? Notice HOVAH’s annual festivals, pictures that event.
Romans 5:8-10: “But God commendeth His Yeshua showed by example that it be observed
love toward us, in that, while we were yet YEAR BY YEAR, with NEW symbols so that
sinners, CHRIST DIED FOR US. Much more, we would never forget his sacrifice (John 2:13,
then, BEING NOW JUSTIFIED by His 2:23, John 11:55-57).
BLOOD, we shall be SAVED FROM WRATH The world -- because of its rebellion
(the death penalty) through Him. For if, when we against YEHOVAH God, its observance of
were enemies, we were RECONCILED TO counterfeit pagan holidays -- has LOST sight of
GOD BY THE DEATH of His Son, much more, the real meaning of the Messiah’s sacrifice. It
being reconciled, we SHALL BE SAVED BY has, instead, substituted Easter, supposedly in
HIS LIFE." honor of his resurrection -- an event the Bible
Do you see that we are FORGIVEN, nowhere commands us to celebrate. And the
JUSTIFIED OF PAST GUILT, reconciled to the world even has the resurrection on the wrong
Father, by the DEATH OF THE MESSIAH -- day of the week -- Sunday -- when it actually
but that we shall be SAVED, not by his death, occurred on the 1st day of the LUNAR week!
but by his LIFE? By his resurrection! YEHOVAH’s True Church -- the church
So the BLOOD of the Messiah does Yeshua built and promised to PRESERVE -- has
NOT FINALLY SAVE you! It only means that retained the precious knowledge of his truth
the Messiah has PAID IN FULL THE FOR YOU! Today, YEHOVAH God’s True
PENALTY OF YOUR PAST SINS for You! Church -- composed of truly converted, spirit-
The barrier that has stood between you and begotten children of YEHOVAH God -- is
YEHOVAH God has now been removed and FAITHFULLY OBSERVING ALL of YE-
you are now, by the Messiah’s sacrifice, allowed HOVAH’s festivals.
contact with YEHOVAH God -- reconciled to Yes, YEHOVAH’s scattered True
Him! Church has kept these Holy Days down through
In I Corinthians 5:7-8, YEHOVAH the centuries from the original twelve apostles
inspired the apostle Paul to lay down this UNTIL NOW!
commandment for the Church: “Christ, OUR Despite the Devil’s efforts to suppress

The Passover -- Yeshua’s Sacrifice Begins YEHOVAH’s Master Plan