PASSOVER, AN ETERNAL PROMISE

It is Jesus's will, God's will, for us to keep the New Covenant Passover. Jesus says only the person who does the will of God can enter the kingdom of heaven. So, only those who celebrate the Passover can enter heaven. Then, how can the door to heaven be opened through the Passover? Let's see what blessing is contained in the Passover.

Jn 6:53~56 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever."

Jesus says that unless we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, we have no life in us and that whoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood has eternal life. He has put an important meaning in the Passover bread and wine. The bread symbolizes His flesh and the wine His blood. So those who do not celebrate the Passover cannot be said to have eternal life although they have life on this earth.

There is no death in heaven. So only those who are blessed with eternal life can enter the kingdom of heaven. The Passover which has the promise of eternal life, is the truth to open the door of heaven.

The Passover is a feast that God has commanded His people to keep since the time of Moses 3500 years ago. God has ordered them to celebrate the Passover in accordance with its regulations given in the Old and New Testamants respectively. It's because they can enter the kingdom of heaven only if they observe the Passover.

1 Co 11:23~26 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

The Apostle Paul told the early Christians that he received from God what he also passed on to them and then he explained the Passover ceremony to them and asked them to celebrate it. The command Paul received from Jesus was to keep the Passover. The Passover we observe now is the law of life we must keep.