21st
January 2012
PURE DOCTRINE:
The Significance of Jesus in the Ministry
The Old Testament Passover New Testament Lord’s
Supper
Biblical date: 29th Abib, 2075
This weekend
with more biblical proof we will refute the
notion that the barley season is a main factor
that helps determine the date of the Lord’s
Supper. Then we will move on to address other
misconceptions about the date of the Lord’s
Supper. From the inception of the Passover it
is evident that the Passover was observed in
the wilderness for many years; forty years.
During this forty year period the Israelites
journeyed with the hope of one day reaching
that land of Canaan, flowing with milk and honey.
When the Israelites went through the wilderness
they had no time to cultivate barley or any
other plant since they did not settle but continued
on their journey. Then would it be right to
say that the Israelites did not keep the ordinance
of the Passover for forty long years? Joshua
5: 6-12 enlightens us on how they managed on
their journey. It reads “For the children
of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,
till all the people that were men of war, which
came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they
obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom
the LORD sware that he would not shew them the
land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers
that he would give us, a land that floweth with
milk and honey. And their children, whom he
raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised:
for they were uncircumcised, because they had
not circumcised them by the way. And it came
to pass, when they had done circumcising all
the people, that they abode in their places
in the camp, till they were whole. And the LORD
said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away
the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore
the name of the place is called Gilgal unto
this day. And the children of Israel encamped
in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth
day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
And they did eat of the old corn of the land
on the morrow after the passover, unleavened
cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they
had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither
had the children of Israel manna anymore; but
they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan
that year.”
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