Thread: Who Separated Passover from Easter?

Who Separated Passover from Easter?
My radical proposal for reconnecting these severed roots.
By Michael Brown
Published on March 29, 2018
https://stream.org/separated-passover-easter/

This year, as Christians celebrate Good Friday, Jews will be celebrating Passover. But most years, the two holidays are separated, sometimes by several weeks. How did we end up with two distinct holy seasons when, in the beginning, they were one?

It’s important to remember that 2000 years ago, Judaism and Christianity were not two different faiths. Instead, Jesus the Jewish Messiah came to His Jewish people with a message of salvation. That message was then preached to the whole world.

Christianity: A Jewish Movement

In the beginning, Christianity was an exclusively Jewish movement. The first disciples were all Jews, with names like Yaakov (James) and Yehuda (Judas) and Yochanan (John). In fact, the Lord’s name was Yeshua, not Jesus. He was a rabbi, not a reverend. As for His mother, her name was Miriam, not Mary.

And when did Yeshua die for our sins? It was in conjunction with the Passover. And He rose from the dead on Firstfruits, which took place on the first day after the Passover Sabbath. (In other words, on that Sunday.) And when did He send the Holy Spirit? It was at Pentecost, the Jewish feast of Weeks (Shavuot).

So, these momentous events — the Messiah’s death and resurrection and sending the Spirit — all happened in conjunction with the Jewish biblical calendar. ......

The Jewish and Gregorian calendar is not 100% perfect so whether someone celebrates Easter or Passover its probably the wrong date