The ambiguity of the Passover date and its significance

Most people who claim to be Christians ignore studying scripture and, instead, rely on learning scripture from those who learn from others instead of from scripture.  These people look at scripture through a hellenistic mindset which often skews the meaning. 

Since Passover is next month, this is a good time to post about what Yahweh has shown me from studying scripture.

Just a quick review that when Yahweh commanded the Passover feast be kept, He said the lamb - a male in it's first year - could be taken from the sheep OR from the goats.  I find that this shows that Yeshua will die for the whole world: both the saved and unsaved.  This counters the false teaching of calvanism that claims Yeshua only died for those who would be redeemed.

Exodus 12
1  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2  This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3  Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4  And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5  Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

When studying, and thinking, for yourself there are many questions that come up that Yahweh will reveal the answers to as you study.  One thing that is extremely important to remember is that a day, according to Yahweh, starts at sunset and not midnight and not in the morning.  There are MANY erroneous teachings due to the hellinistic mindset that believes the day starts at midnight or in the morning.  There is also tremendous truth that Yahweh will reveal to you when you understand this.

When Yahweh instructed Moses on the Passover date, He stated that the Passover lamb will be kept until the fourteenth day then killed in the evening:

Exodus 12:6  And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

This is where the ambiguity comes in that is EXTREMELY important.  When you realize there are TWO evenings this could refer to, you can see how it points to Yeshua.  This verse could mean on the thirteenth day as evening (and the fourteenth day) approaches, the lamb is to be slain and the meal eaten as the fourteenth day starts that evening.  The instruction could also mean that the lamb is to be kept until the day of the fourteenth and sacrificed that evening and eaten as the fourteenth day ends and the fifteenth day starts.  Today there are still rabbinic Jews who celebrate one day and others that celebrate the other.  This ambiguity is also important so that preparation day for Passover will not fall on the Sabbath - although that is not the only reason.

Now to see how this ambiguity is extremely important and how it relates to Messiah Yeshua!  This is totally amazing!

Remember Yeshua never sinned.   He fulfilled the law perfectly (and NEVER changed ANY of it) so whatever He did was what Yahweh instructed.

Yeshua had His disciples go and prepare a Passover meal for them before He was crucified:

Luke 22
7  Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
8  And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
9  And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
10  And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
11  And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
12  And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
13  And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
14  And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
15  And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
16  For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18  For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19  And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20  Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Yet in John, it is clear Yeshua was crucified during the PREPARATION for the Passover and He died as the Passover lambs were being slaughtered.  The ambiguity in Yahweh's instructions allowed for Yeshua to have the Last Supper - Passover - with His disciples and still allowed for Him to be crucified / die as the Passover lambs were being slaughtered which was crucial since He is the lamb that took away the sins of the world.

John 1:29  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 19
14  And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15  But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16  Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17  And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: