Publication date
4/1/06
Volume
27
Number
7
The WatchTower
"The Passover Must Be Killed"
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ALLEGHENY, 
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A., 
APRIL 
1, 
1906 
No.7 
"THE 
PASSOVER 
MUST 
BE 
KILLED" 
LUKE 
22:7. 
The 
term 
Passover 
amongst 
the 
Jews 
was 
frequently 
ap- 
erallyappreciated. 
(1 
Cor. 
5:7.) 
Our 
Lord 
is 
not 
the 
world's 
plied 
as 
the 
name 
of 
a 
festival 
week, 
otherwise 
called 
the 
Passover, 
but 
the 
Church'9 
Passover. 
All 
Israel 
prefigured 
or 
Feast 
of 
Passover, 
beginning 
on 
the 
fifteenth 
day 
of 
Nisan. 
represented 
the 
world 
of 
mankind, 
and 
the 
bondage 
of 
the 
But 
we 
must 
not 
confound 
this 
with 
the 
frequent 
references 
whole 
people 
represented 
all 
mankind 
under 
the 
bondage 
of 
to 
the 
Passover 
found 
in 
the 
Scriptures 
when 
the 
word 
feast 
sin 
and 
death, 
the 
great 
taskmaster 
in 
the 
type 
being 
Pharaoh, 
is 
not 
used, 
which 
generally 
referred 
to 
the 
Iamb 
that 
was 
in 
the 
antitype 
being 
Satan. 
Deliverance 
is 
desired 
for 
all, 
killed, 
the 
Passover. 
For 
instance, 
we 
read, 
"Then 
came 
the 
and 
the 
Lord's 
arrangement 
is 
ultimately 
to 
deliver 
all. 
The 
day 
of 
unleavened 
bread, 
when 
the 
Passover 
must 
be 
killed." 
Apostle 
so 
explains 
when 
he 
writes, 
"The 
creature 
itself 
also 
Again, 
our 
Lord 
sent 
disciples 
to 
inquire 
of 
a 
friend, 
"Where 
shall 
be 
delivered 
from 
the 
bondage 
of 
corruption 
into 
the 
is 
the 
guest-chamber, 
where 
I 
may 
eat 
the 
Passover 
with 
my 
glorious 
liberty 
of 
the 
sons 
of 
God." 
disciples'" 
Again 
we 
read, 
"And 
they 
made 
ready 
the 
Pass- 
But 
the 
Apostle 
divides 
the 
groaning 
ones 
into 
two 
classes, 
over. 
" 
When 
our 
Lord 
sat 
down 
with 
the 
disciples 
to 
eat 
of 
saying," 
The 
whole 
creation 
groaneth 
and 
travaileth 
in 
pain 
the 
Iamb 
he 
said, 
"With 
desire 
I 
desired 
to 
eat 
this 
Passover 
together 
until 
now 
"-" 
waiting 
for 
manifestation 
of 
the 
sons 
with 
you 
before 
I 
suffer. 
For 
I 
say 
unto 
you 
I 
will 
no 
more 
of 
God." 
(Rom. 
8 
:19, 
21, 
22.) 
His 
reference 
here 
is 
to 
eat 
thereof 
until 
it 
be 
fulfilled 
in 
the 
kingdom 
of 
God.' 
' 
- 
the 
world 
of 
mankind 
whose 
deliverance 
from 
the 
bondage 
Luke 
22 
:7, 
11, 
13, 
15, 
16. 
of 
Satan 
and 
the 
power 
of 
sin 
and 
death 
will 
only 
come 
While 
the 
.J 
ews 
still 
apparently 
think 
more 
of 
the 
Passover 
through 
the 
manifestation 
of 
the 
glorified 
church, 
the 
Christ 
week 
than 
of 
the 
Passover 
Iamb, 
we, 
on 
the 
contrary, 
and 
in 
in 
glory 
and 
power, 
as 
God's 
kingdom 
ruling 
the 
world. 
The 
harmony 
with 
the 
example 
of 
our 
Lord 
and 
the 
apostles, 
have 
Apostle 
also 
mentions 
the 
church 
of 
the 
first-born 
in 
her 
special 
respect 
for 
the 
Iamb, 
which 
typified 
the 
"Lamb 
of 
God 
present 
condition, 
saying, 
"But 
ourselves 
also, 
who 
have 
the 
which 
taketh 
away 
the 
sin 
of 
the 
world," 
ahd 
under 
whose 
first-fruits 
of 
the 
Spirit, 
do 
groan 
within 
ourselves, 
waiting 
hlood 
of 
sprinkling 
we 
who 
now 
believe-namely, 
the 
"Church 
for 
the 
adoption, 
to 
wit, 
the 
deliverance 
of 
our 
body." 
Both 
of 
the 
First-Born 
"-are 
passed 
over 
or 
spared 
in 
advance 
of 
classes 
have 
an 
experience 
of 
groaning, 
both 
classes 
have 
an 
the 
world. 
experience 
of 
waiting, 
but 
they 
wait 
for 
different 
things. 
The 
God's 
arrangements 
for 
the 
Jews 
were 
typical 
and 
full 
of 
latter, 
the 
church 
of 
the 
first·born, 
waits 
for 
her 
deliverance 
valuable 
lessons 
for 
us 
who 
belong 
to 
antitypical 
or 
Spiritual 
as 
the 
body 
of 
Christ 
through 
a 
share 
in 
the 
First 
Resur­ 
Israel. 
In 
the 
type 
the 
Lord 
provided 
for 
two 
great 
religious 
rection. 
According 
to 
the 
divine 
promise, 
the 
former, 
the 
occasions 
amongst 
his 
people, 
the 
one 
at 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
world, 
waits 
until 
the 
church 
class 
shall 
have 
been 
perfected, 
secular 
year 
and 
the 
other 
at 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
religious 
glorified, 
empowered, 
and 
shine 
forth 
as 
the 
sun 
in 
the 
king­ 
year. 
The 
religious 
year 
began 
in 
the 
spring, 
counting 
from 
dom 
of 
their 
Father 
for 
the 
blessing 
of 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
first 
new 
moon 
after 
the 
vernal 
equinox, 
approximately 
the 
earth, 
for 
the 
uplifting 
of 
all 
who 
desire 
divine 
favor 
on 
April 
1st, 
but 
varying 
because 
of 
the 
difference 
between 
lunar 
divine 
terms. 
and 
solar 
time. 
It 
was 
in 
connection 
with 
this, 
the 
beginning 
Look 
now 
at 
the 
type: 
notice 
that 
it 
is 
not 
all 
Israel 
that 
of 
their 
religious 
year, 
that 
the 
Lord 
appointed 
the 
Passover 
is 
in 
danger 
~om 
the 
destroying 
angel, 
but 
only 
the 
first-born. 
-the 
killing 
and 
eating 
of 
the 
Passover 
Iamb 
on 
the 
14th 
day, 
Only 
the 
first-born 
of 
the 
Egyptians 
were 
slain. 
Hence 
it 
to 
be 
followed 
by 
a 
Passover 
week 
of 
unleavened 
bread. 
The 
was 
only 
the 
first-born 
of 
the 
Israelites 
that 
were 
spared 
or 
civil 
year 
with 
the 
Jews 
began 
six 
months 
later, 
in 
the 
seventh 
passed 
over. 
These 
first-born 
ones, 
protected 
by 
the 
blood 
of 
month, 
approximately 
October 
1; 
and 
it 
was 
in 
connection 
with 
the 
Iamb, 
the 
Lord 
declared 
to 
be 
specially 
his; 
and, 
with 
a 
this 
civil 
year 
that 
the 
Atonement 
Day' 
sacrifices 
were 
ap- 
view 
to 
marking 
them 
out 
and 
keeping 
-them 
as 
a 
special, 
pointe,d, 
in 
connecti~n 
with 
the 
Fea~t 
of 
T!!,berp.acles 
or 
~ooths, 
peculiar 
people, 
an 
exchange 
was 
made 
whereby 
the 
first-b?rn 
m 
whIch 
the 
Israehtes 
called 
to 
mmd 
theIr 
Wllderness 
Journey 
of 
all 
the 
tribes 
were 
exchanged 
by 
the 
Lord 
for 
the 
one 
trIbe 
on 
leaving 
Egypt 
en 
route 
for 
Canaan. 
of 
Levi, 
which 
he 
accepted 
as 
specially 
his 
and 
which 
in 
the 
These 
two 
great 
religious 
eelebrations 
pictured 
the 
same 
type 
represents 
the 
household 
of 
faith. 
Out 
of 
this 
house­ 
lesson 
from 
different 
standpoints: 
the 
first 
emphasized 
more 
hold 
of 
faith, 
in 
turn, 
a 
priestly 
family 
was 
selected, 
which 
particularly 
the 
passing 
over 
of 
the 
first-born, 
who 
subsequent- 
typified 
Christ 
our 
High 
Priest 
and 
the 
church 
his 
body, 
the 
ly 
were 
represented 
in 
the 
tribe 
of 
Levi, 
at 
whose 
head 
stood 
under 
priesthood, 
the 
royal 
priesthood. 
So, 
then, 
those 
who 
the 
priesthood. 
Although 
the 
type 
seems 
to 
carry 
forward 
perceive 
the 
matter 
clearly 
see 
that 
the 
Passover 
has 
to 
do 
and 
to 
picture 
the 
deliverance 
of 
all 
Israel 
through 
this 
priest. 
only 
with 
the 
household 
of 
faith. 
It 
is 
in 
full 
accord 
with 
Iy 
tribe, 
to 
which 
Moses 
belonged, 
yet 
specifically, 
particu- 
this 
that 
the 
Lord's 
Supper, 
which 
antitypes 
the 
eating 
of 
larly, 
in 
detail, 
it 
dealt 
merely 
with 
the 
deliverance, 
the 
bless· 
the 
Iamb, 
is 
not 
offered 
to 
the 
world, 
but 
is 
strictly 
and 
ex­ 
ing, 
of 
the 
priestly 
tribe, 
the 
first-born. 
The 
other 
type, 
in 
clusively 
an 
institution 
for 
the 
household 
of 
faith. 
the 
seventh 
month, 
more 
particularly 
pictures 
the 
atonement 
"LET 
'OS 
KEEP 
THE 
PEAST" 
for 
the 
sins 
of 
the 
whole 
world, 
the 
forgiveness 
and 
recon· 
ciliation 
of 
all 
mankind 
who 
desire 
to 
be 
reconciled 
to 
God: 
Seeing 
in 
the 
type 
the 
slain 
Iamb, 
its 
blood 
sprinkled 
upon 
nevertheless, 
in 
connection 
with 
this 
Atonement 
Day 
sacrifice 
the 
posts 
and 
lintels 
of 
the 
home 
and 
its 
flesh 
eaten 
with 
the 
special 
favor 
of 
God 
to 
the 
church 
is 
also 
represented 
~ 
bitter 
herbs, 
we 
apply 
this 
in 
the 
antitype 
and 
see 
Christ 
the 
preceding 
the 
blessing 
coming 
upon 
the 
world 
reconciliation 
anti 
typical 
Lamb, 
see 
that 
his 
blood 
sprinkled 
upon 
our 
hearts 
for 
the 
church's 
sins 
being 
represented 
in 
th~ 
first 
sacrifice 
cleanses 
them 
from 
a 
consciousness 
of 
evil 
and 
gives 
us 
an 
of 
the 
Day 
of 
Atonement, 
"'hile 
the 
sacrifice 
for 
the 
sins 
of 
assurance 
of 
our 
being 
PASSED 
OVER, 
of 
our 
being 
spared, 
of 
the 
world 
in 
general 
was 
represented 
in 
the 
second 
offering. 
our 
being 
gra~ted. 
life. 
through 
.his 
blood. 
This 
sprinkling 
"CHRIST 
O'OB 
PASSOVEB" 
represents 
our 
JustIficatIon 
by 
faIth; 
and 
the 
subsequent 
eat- 
ing 
of 
the 
Iamb 
with 
bitter 
herbs 
ia 
represented 
in 
the 
anti­ 
T~ere 
is 
a 
force 
and 
meaning 
in 
the 
Apostle's 
expression, 
type 
by 
our 
consecration, 
our 
partaking 
of 
Christ, 
our 
partiei· 
, 
'ChrIst 
our 
Passover 
is 
sacrmced 
for 
us," 
which 
is 
not 
gen- 
pation 
with 
him 
in 
his 
sufferings 
and 
self-denials-also 
repre- 
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OUR NEW HYMN BOOK WITH MUSIC Three hundred and thirty-three of the choicest hymns selected from every quarter, with some of the grandest tunes, VoL. XXVII ALLEGHENY, PA., APRIL 1, 1906 cloth bound, 35c. by mail, by freight or express collect, 25¢.— now ready. The same cost price in any quantity. No. 7 “THE PASSOVER MUST BE KILLED” LUKE 22:7. The term Passover amongst the Jews was frequently applied as the name of a festival week, otherwise called the Feast of Passover, beginning on the fifteenth day of Nisan. But we must not confound this with the frequent references to the Passover found in the Scriptures when the word feast is not used. which generally referred to the lamb that was killed, the Passover. For instance, we read, ‘‘Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be Killed.’’ Again, our Lord sent disciples to inquire of a friend, ‘‘ Where is the guest-chamber, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’’? Again we read, ‘‘And they made ready the Passover.’? When our Lord sat down with the disciples to eat of the lamb he said, ‘‘ With desire I desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I say unto you I will no more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’’— Luke 22:7, 11, 13, 15, 16. While the Jews still apparently think more of the Passover week than of the Passover lamb, we, on the contrary, and in harmony with the example of our Lord and the apostles, have special respect for the lamb, which typified the ‘‘Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world,’’? and under whose blood of sprinkling we who now believe—namely, the ‘‘ Church of the First-Born’’—are passed over or spared in advance of the world. God’s arrangements for the Jews were typical and full of valuable lessons for us who belong to antitypical or Spiritual Tsrael. In the type the Lord provided for two great religious occasions amongst his people, the one at the beginning of the secular year and the other at the beginning of the religious year. The religious year began in the spring, counting from the first new moon after the vernal equinox, approximately April Ist, but varying because of the difference between lunar and solar time. It was in connection with this, the beginning of their religious year, that the Lord appointed the Passover ~the killing and eating of the Passover lamb on the 14th day, to be followed by a Passover week of unleavened bread. The civil year with the Jews began six months later, in the seventh month, approximately October 1; and it was in connection with this civil year that the Atonement Day sacrifices were appointed, in connection with the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths, in which the Israelites called to mind their wilderness journey on leaving Egypt en route for Canaan. These two great religious celebrations pictured the same lesson from different standpoints: the first emphasized more particularly the passing over of the first-born, who subsequently were represented in the tribe of Levi, at whose head stood the priesthood. Although the type seems to carry forward and to picture the deliverance of all Israel through this priestly tribe, to which Moses belonged, yet specifically, particularly, in detail, it dealt merely with the deliverance, the blessing, of the priestly tribe, the first-born. The other type, in the seventh month, more particularly pictures the atonement for the sins of the whole world, the forgiveness and reconciliation of all mankind who desire to be reconciled to God: nevertheless, in connection with this Atonement Day sacrifice, the special favor of God to the church is also represented as preceding the blessing coming upon the world, reconciliation for the church’s sins being represented in the first sacrifice of the Day of Atonement, while the sacrifice for the sins of the world in general was represented in the second offering. ‘CHRIST OUR PASSOVER’’ There is a force and meaning in the Apostle’s expression, ‘*Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us,’’ which is not gen erally appreciated. (1 Cor. 5:7.) Our Lord is not the world’s Passover, but the Church’s Passover. All Israel prefigured or represented the world of mankind, and the bondage of the whole people represented all mankind under the bondage of sin and death, the great taskmaster in the type being Pharaoh, in the antitype being Satan. Deliverance is desired for all, and the Lord’s arrangement is ultimately to deliver all. The Apostle so explains when he writes, ‘‘The creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.’’ But the Apostle divides the groaning ones into two classes, saying, ‘‘The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now’’—‘‘ waiting for manifestation of the sons of God.’’? (Rom. 8:19, 21, 22.) His reference here is to the world of mankind whose deliverance from the bondage of Satan and the power of sin and death will only come through the manifestation of the glorified church, the Christ in glory and power, as God’s kingdom ruling the world. ‘The Apostle also mentions the church of the first-born in her present condition, saying, ‘‘But ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, do groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the deliverance of our body.’’ Both classes have an experience of groaning, both classes have an experience of waiting, but they wait for different things. The latter, the church of the first-born, waits for her deliverance as the body of Christ through a share in the First Resurrection. According to the divine promise, the former, the world, waits until the church class shall have been perfected, glorified, empowered, and shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father for the blessing of all the families of the earth, for the uplifting of all who desire divine favor on divine terms. Look now at the type: notice that it is not all Israel that is in danger from the destroying angel, but only the first-born. Only the first-born of the Egyptians were slain. Hence it was only the first-born of the Israelites that were spared or passed over. These first-born ones, protected by the blood of the Jamb, the Lord declared to be specially his; and, with a view to marking them out and keeping them as a special, peculiar people, an exchange was made whereby the first-born of all the tribes were exchanged by the Lord for the one tribe of Levi, which he accepted as specially his and which in the type represents the household of faith. Out of this household of faith, in turn, a priestly family was selected, which typified Christ our High Priest and the church his body, the under priesthood, the royal priesthood. So, then, those who perceive the matter clearly see that the Passover has to do only with the household of faith. It is in full accord with this that the Lord’s Supper, which antitypes the eating of the lamb, is not offered to the world, but is strictly and exelusively an institution for the household of faith. ‘‘LET US KEEP THE FEAST’’ Seeing in the type the slain lamb, its blood sprinkled upon the posts and lintels of the home and its flesh eaten with bitter herbs, we apply this in the antitype and see Christ the antitypical Lamb, see that his blood sprinkled upon our hearts cleanses them from a consciousness of evil and gives us an assurance of our being PASSED OvER, of our being spared, of our being granted life through his blood. This sprinkling represents our justification by faith; and the subsequent eating of the lamb with bitter herbs is represented in the antitype by our consecration, our partaking of Christ, our partieipation with him in his sufferings and self-denials-—also repre [3749]

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