The Second Passover

The Second Passover

It is said that the more something is repeated the better it is remembered. The same holds true for Gods Holy Days. The more they’re repeated the better they are remembered. Or to be put another way; the more they are repeated the better they are understood. It is through the keeping of these days and times we come to a greater understanding of the incredible human potential.
This annual cycle begins every year in the spring with the Passover and culminates in the fall with the Last Great Day. The Passover was first established by God when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt. They were instructed to take some blood of a lamb and put it on their two door posts and on the lintel of their houses. And thus, the death angel could identify them and would Passover their homes. After which the next night they were led by Moses out of the bondage of slavery from the land of Egypt.
Centuries later Jesus Christ kept the Passover with His disciples establishing the bread and the wine as His body and His blood, shed for all. His sacrificial death enabled the forgiveness of sin for all mankind. By observing and keeping the Passover in the first month of each year we have our sins forgiven and are free from the bondage of sin.
But what if due to circumstances beyond their control a person was not able to take the Passover on its established date at its established time? Would that individual have to wait a whole year to take the Passover again? This very situation happened one year after the Israelites left Egypt. Therefore, God instituted the second Passover which could be taken by those who were not able to take the regular Passover and the only acceptable circumstances for doing so.