How did the church develop so many doctrines that are contrary to what is clearly written in the Holy Scriptures? Should we accept these things that are in obvious violation with the clear truth which is written in the Word? God says NO, Jesus says NO, and therefore, Pastor Fisher says NO as well. Listen to an informal bible study conducted by Pastor Fisher in a local church as he digs in to some of these distortions and illustrates from the Word and the Vine’s Expository Dictionary that the true feast that was celebrated by the Apostolic Church was known as “Passover” which is in accordance with the teaching of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 5:12 and is also the correct translation of Acts 12:4 penned by Dr. Luke.
For more information on this crucial teaching go to our “Weekly Sermons” tab and search by topic from our free archives and also read from the “Articles” tab an article by Rena Fisher, Pastor Fisher’s wife, on the truth about “Easter”.
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Exodus 12:1 – 14 (NASB)
Exo 12:1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Exo 12:2 “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.
Exo 12:3 “Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household.
Exo 12:4 ‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.
Exo 12:5 ‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
Exo 12:6 ‘And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.
Exo 12:7 ‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
Exo 12:8 ‘And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Exo 12:9 ‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.
Exo 12:10 ‘And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire.
Exo 12:11 ‘Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste– it is the LORD’S Passover.
Exo 12:12 ‘For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments– I am the LORD.
Exo 12:13 ‘And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exo 12:14 ‘Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Acts 12:1 – 4 (KJV)
Acts 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
Acts 12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Acts 12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after (Pascha which is correctly translated ‘Passover’) Easter to bring him forth to the people.
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