Mt 22:35~38["Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied : 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.]
As you see, loving God with all our hearts is the 1st commandment. Many people want to follow this. And, some people claim to follow this commandment, not keeping the Passover. However, in God's sight, thet are worshipping God in vain. Keeping the Passover is essential for our salvation. Loving God with all our hearts needs our deed. By keeping the Passover, you can observe the 1st commandment.
##Observing the 1st commandment through keeping the Passover
2Ki 23:23~25[But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem. Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest has discovered in the temple of the lord. Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did - with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.]
Just before keeping the Passover, King Josiah was worshipping idols, thinking that he is worshipping God with all his hearts. And, he also remembered the Ten Commandments.
Ex 20:1~3 [And God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.]
[You shall have no other gods before me]!! Even though King Josiah kept this in his mind, he was still following false gods. But, he came to destroy idols only after he kept the Passover.
Considering 2Ki 23:23~25 and Ex 20:1~3, we can say that keeping the Passover is observing the 1st commandment in God's sight.
## The Passover enables us to worship true God. What is God's will in the Passover?
Ex 12:11~12[This is how you are to it : with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord's Passover. On the same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every first born ~ ~ and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.] : This is God's promise!! But, some people say that God's promise about the Passover took effects only in those days. Do you think so? The bible teaches us that the Passover promise takes effects whenever we celebrate it.
2Ch 30:1, 10~12[Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah ~ inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. / The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulum, but the people scorned and ridiculed them.~~Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.]
King of Israel and his people did not want to celebrated the Passover, not believing the Passover promise. However, King of Judah and his people decided to keep the Passover, believing God's promisee. As a result, they received opposite ends (2Ki 18:9~12, 2Ki 19:30~37).
In this age, whoever celebrates the Passover of the New Covenant will be protected from diasters. Jesus has established the Passover of the New Covenant, promising that the Passover bread is his flesh and the Passover wine is his blood(Mt 26:17~28, Lk 22:7~20). Whoever keeps the Passover receives eternal life, and remains in God(Jn 6:54~58). Nowadays, only World Mission Society Church of God celebrates the Passover of the New Covenant according to the bible. In this age, Christ Ahnsahnghong has restored the Passover of the New Covenant, the seal of God!! Christ Ahnsahnghong is the 2nd Coming Jesus who opened the way to the kingdom of heaven.
You can learn more about Christ Ahnsahnghong in http://www.wmscog.org/ !!
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