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The Passover is the core truth of the [[New Covenant|new covenant]] which God established to save all humanity. On the evening of the 14th day of the first month by the sacred calendar, [[Jesus Christ]] established the new covenant by keeping the Passover with His disciples with bread and wine representing His flesh and blood. Just as in the times of the Old Testament, when the Israelites were freed from Egypt by keeping the Passover and entered the land of Canaan, in the times of the New Testament, God's people are given eternal life and freed from the sinful world by keeping the [[New Covenant Passover|Passover of the new covenant]], and enter the [[Heaven|kingdom of heaven]].  

The Passover mentioned in the book of [[Exodus]] is as follows in each language.

The history of the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt after keeping the Passover was a prophecy that Jesus Christ would establish [[New Covenant Passover|the Passover of the new covenant]] and free people from this sinful world. Jesus Christ sent Peter and John to prepare for the Passover on the 14th day of the first month by the sacred calendar when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22%3A7-8&version=NIV|title=Luke 22:7–8|quote=}}</ref> That evening, Jesus Christ washed His disciples’ feet in Mark’s upper room<ref name="세족식" /> and celebrated the Passover together. Jesus Christ proclaimed the new covenant, saying that the Passover bread is His flesh and that the Passover wine is His blood, which was poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.<ref name="마태복음 유월절" />  

The Israelites’ 40-year long journey in the desert showed what would happen in the New Testament times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+10%3A1-11&version=NIV|title=1 Corinthians 10:1–11|quote=}}</ref> The history of the Israelites keeping the Passover and being liberated from Egypt and entering Canaan after forty years in the desert was a prophecy that God’s people of the New Testament would keep the Passover, be set free from the sinful world, and enter the [[Heaven|kingdom of heaven]], the spiritual Canaan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+3%3A15-19&version=NIV|title=Hebrews 3:15-19|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+4%3A6-11&version=NIV|title=Hebrews 4:6–11|quote=}}</ref> <br>There is no record of the Israelites keeping the Passover after they kept it a second time in the Desert of Sinai, until just before they entered Canaan. In the same way, in the New Testament times, the Passover was not celebrated for nearly 1,600 years after the Council of Nicaea was held in AD 325. The fact that the Israelites celebrated the Passover just before entering Canaan was a prophecy showing that the new covenant Passover, which had not been kept for a long time, would be restored just before God’s people enter heaven, the heavenly Canaan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+25%3A6-9&version=NIV|title=Isaiah 25:6–9|quote=}}</ref> Just as the Israelites entered Canaan only after keeping the Passover, people can enter the kingdom of heaven, the spiritual Canaan, only after keep the new covenant.

The [[The First Commandment|first]] of the [[Ten Commandments]], “You shall have no other gods before Me,” contains two commands: “Do not to serve other gods,” and “Serve only God.” The Passover is a special truth that enables us to destroy other gods and worship only God; because the Passover was established as the day to punish all other gods since the time of the Exodus.<ref name="애굽 유월절" /> If all the other gods are judged on the Passover, it means only God remains. If we realize the Passover and celebrate it, we can worship only God, not other gods. For example, God destroyed the gods of Egypt on the night of the Passover in the time of Moses. In the time of Hezekiah and of Josiah, too, the Israelites were able to serve only God by removing idols after keeping the Passover. Even in the New Testament times, we can fully keep the first commandment if we keep the Passover of the new covenant.

*[[New Covenant Passover]]

*[[Day of Firstfruits]]