Every year as many Christians are getting ready to celebrate Easter, Mark and I are busy planning the drive to our old fellowship in Manchester where we celebrate the Biblical feast of Passover. This year was no different, and by the grace of God we made the 800 mile round trip from Dorset with a few days stay with mum in Lincoln as an added bonus :)
We had a wonderful time staying with our amazing hosts Bob and Jenny who always make us feel at home and take such good care of us while we're there, going the extra mile when an evening had to be spent in urgent care to get some much needed antibiotics over the bank holiday! (Thanks Bob)
Our 5 day stay turned into 8 when we both came down with a chest infection after a busy few days going from meeting to meeting, catch up to catch up. We managed most of what we planned, fitting in 3 passover services in Clayton, Oswaldtwistle and Manchester, and taking opportunity to minister to people as The Lord led. It was a beautiful time, despite being in bed for the last 2 days extended stay!
But why were we not buying easter eggs and going to Maundy Thursday and Good Friday meetings??? Well.......
FROM EASTER TO PASSOVER
When Mark and I were baptised in 2001, The Lord wasted no time in showing us that many regular church practises were either not in the bible, or were pagan in their origins. Our new journey learning how to walk in faith was also a journey of renewing the mind to the ways of God, undoing preconceptions and wrong teachings that we would encounter along the way.
The little church we attended when we were new believers often had speakers from other fellowships come to bring a teaching on Sundays. One such speaker was a pastor from a Messianic fellowship in Manchester that had a vision to reach the Jewish people with the Gospel, and taught about the Hebrew roots of faith in Jesus. Their meetings were held on Saturdays, so we decided to go and learn, and still go to our little local church for the other weekly meetings.
What a blessing.
Some of the songs were in Hebrew with the blessings at communion given in Hebrew as well. It was here that we learned about the Biblical feasts of The Lord, like Passover and Tabernacles. We'd never heard of these before, and the "church celebrations" that we did know about, we were to learn that their roots were in paganism!
Thanks to the internet, there's a wealth of information and teachings available, and we spent hours reading, praying and talking to others as we discovered that despite the evidence and scriptures, many Christians chose to reject God's biblical feasts in preference to traditions.
Both Mark and I agreed that we wanted to go "all the way" with God, especially since the Bible was so clear that His feasts were put in place to teach us and prepare us to watch His universal plan unfold.
We made the switch from Christmas to Chanukah, from Easter to Passover, and gained feasts that we'd never heard of, like the feast of Trumpets, and Purim. It was strange at first, as most changes are, but I wouldn't go back.
There's lots of good information on the Sulam website....Teaching Articles, please have a look and discover for yourself the truth about the Biblical Feasts of The Lord compared to the traditional Pagan inspired celebrations of the church.
Maybe The Lord is leading you to make some changes in how you worship Him. God bless you as you seek to learn His will and have courage to follow.
Ruth xx
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