Chuck Pierce describes Passover in the following way. In the early church, Passover was one of the most important times of the year. When Constantine “legalized” Christianity, Passover was forbidden. In Syria and Greek culture, Passover was not allowed to be incorporated into the worship service. Slowly, the power of His Blood was displaced as the central focus of our gatherings. This is our Redemptive Feast linked with crossing over and entering resurrection power through His Blood! God gave us this Feast to help us celebrate that we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb out of the hands of the enemy! It’s a joyful time to remember that Jesus died to set us free, so we can enter in to every promise!

Passover was important to Jesus! He told the disciples that He eagerly desired to celebrate Passover with them (Luke 22:15). I believe He still desires to meet with us at this Feast time. The apostle, Paul, writes, “Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast!” (I Corinthians 5:7-8)! Passover or Pesach is a time of leaping forth into FREEDOM! Passover commemorates the final plague on Egypt when the firstborn of the Egyptians died and the Israelites were spared by applying the blood on the door posts (Ex. 12:11, 21, 27, 43, 48). Passover was also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex. 23:15; Deut. 16:16) because only unleavened bread was eaten during the seven days immediately following Passover (Ex. 12:15-20; 13:6-8; Deut. 16:3-8). Unleavened bread reflected the fact that the people had no time to put leaven in their bread before their hasty departure from Egypt. The observances of Passover are found in Joshua 5:10-12 (the plains of Jericho near Gilgal), 2 Chronicles 30:1, 3, 13, 15 (during the reign of Hezekiah); and 2 Kings 23:21-23 (Josiah’s unique Passover). Every time we enter a reform season, the power of Passover becomes a key to our victory ahead.

Jesus was crucified during the Passover event. He and His disciples ate a Passover meal together on the eve of His death. During this meal Jesus said, “This is my body,” and “this cup is the new testament in my blood” (Luke 22:7, 19-20). The New Testament identifies Christ with the Passover sacrifice: “For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us”. The Word denotes the lamb that was slain at the feast (Mark 14:12-14; 1 Cor. 5:7). The use of wine (Luke 22:17, 20), of sauce with the bitter herbs (John 13:26), and the service of praise were introduced. Passover was a type of the great deliverance wrought by the Messiah for all His people from the doom of death on account of sin, and from the bondage of sin itself, a worse than Egyptian bondage (1 Cor. 5:7; John 1:29; 19:32-36; 1 Pet. 1:19; Gal. 4:4, 5).