Passover
And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?” then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. (Exodus 12:26 - 27)
As children of GOD, we are asked to follow his commandments and to heed to His word, just like any child does with their parents. That means that we are supposed to listen and sometimes change the way that we see things or behave based on what He has told us. The Lord is here to show us His love. One of the many ways that He does this, as the master of time and circumstances, is giving us His feasts so that we may have time to spend with Him (see GOD’s Time, part 1 and 2). The first of these holy convocations is that of Passover.
To explain what Passover is in the modern context would be to remove the false concepts around it. Firstly, it isn’t an old worn-out practice only celebrated by the Jewish people - it’s one of the holy feasts of Yahweh that are meant to be celebrated in perpetuity (Leviticus 23:14). Secondly, it has nothing to do with Easter. While the word has replaced Passover, its origins are far from what Yahweh made it. Easter is Anglo-Saxon in origin, a modernisation of the name of the goddess of spring. Bunnies were used as symbols of fertility, while eggs were considered pagan symbols of death and life. To summarize, Easter is a pagan holiday while Passover is a holy one.
As to what Passover is, Exodus 12:26 - 27 explains it quite well: it is a sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Isrealites in Egypt and spared our homes when He struck down the Egyptians”. It holds symbolic, historic and actual weight in terms of a celebration. It is meant to signify you passing over from death to life, from slavery to freedom, from the enemy to Yahweh. This was done by choosing a male sheep or goat that was without defect (Exodus 12:5) that would be eaten entirely after they are roasted over a fire (Exodus 12:7 - 10). The dinner would be done in a house where the blood would be put on the doors (Exodus 12:7).
While many modern christians will associate it as being the death of Christ and resurrection, it isn’t fully correct: Christ neither died nor came back to life during Passover. However, Yeshua did celebrate the feast in what is commonly called the Last Supper (Matthew 26:17–30, Mark 14:12–26, Luke 22:7–39 and John 13:1–17:26). It’s during that meal that Yeshua says to eat the bread for it is His body and to drink wine as it was a sign of the covenant (Matthew 26:26 - 29): this was because He is the lamb of God, sent to die for our sins (1 Corinthians 5:7).
If we are to be like Christ as Paul said (1 Corinthians 11:1), we must be willing to celebrate the feasts of the Lord just as He did. It’s something that we can live in our lives as we put our faith into practice and execution. Passover is the first of the many feast of the Lord, times in which we are called upon to spend time with the Holy One, therefore , why shouldn’t we?