JESUS AND PASSOVER.
In this article, I wish to reflect on this crucial moment in history. Its impact marked a before and after in the trajectory of humanity. This event unfolds in the context of one of the festivals that God commanded His people to celebrate. It is the story of Passover, narrated in the gospels, which includes a series of events related to this...
THE PASSOVER EVE WHICH EVERYTHING IS REVEALED.
With the arrival of dusk today, April 22, 2024, we begin the 14th day of Nisan according to the biblical calendar. If we were in the third year of Jesus' ministry, we would be immersed in excitement and expectation, as tomorrow we would need to bring our lamb to the temple to be sacrificed on this Passover day (Pesach, in Hebrew). Everything must...
GENERALITIES ABOUT PASSOVER DINNER TODAY.
The Passover dinner is an important moed (biblical festival) gifted by God to the descendants of Abraham. This festival was given during the Israelite slavery in Egypt so that anyone who obeyed the steps given by God that night could protect their firstborn from death. After that event, Pharaoh, who was one of the affected, let the children of...
JOIN TO CELEBRATE DON’T STAY.
Passover was established by God as a moed (in Hebrew, 'an appointed time' by God of festivity in His calendar). The context of this festival is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 7 and onwards. In this story, God sent Moses to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelites go free from slavery, but he refused. God sent nine plagues to convince him, but...
TOTAL REFORMATION UNDER THE GUIDE OF GOD.
The Reformation is recognized as one of the most important historical events of the modern era, praised in many fields, not only religious but also political and academic. And indeed, they are not wrong. For many, in a positive sense, they view this period as an event permitted by God Himself to liberate “the church” from the clutches of the...
ASSASSINS OF REASON.
Throughout the evolution of human thought and its constant quest to understand the world, we have gone through periods of change in how we think and perceive reality. From the Renaissance to modern challenges, we have witnessed influences in philosophy, theology, and the entire Western culture. However, this journey has also confronted us with...
YOU CAN’T DO EVERYTHING.
In ancient times, there were numerous individuals who, in one way or another, made significant contributions to the development of science and the modernization of society up to the present day. Although not all of them were Christians, they all lived within the frameworks of thought created by Christianity. Many of these scientists made...
THE DIASPORAS -6 Part
THE FATE OF THE ANUSIM As we have seen, the Arab period of Al-Andalus was very prosperous for Muslims, Christians, and Jews. However, several factors worked against Christianity at that time, including Catholic celibacy. Both imams and rabbis led normal lives and could procreate, whereas Christian priests had to live monastic lives and could not...
THE DIASPORAS -5 Part
JUDAISM IN SEPHARAD After the death of Muhammad, there were military conflicts among those who, as brothers, listened to the teachings of the "prophet," as some considered themselves more "his followers" than others, a characteristic that has defined this sect to this day. There were two well-defined groups: Sunnis (who base their authority on...
THE DIASPORAS -4 Part
THE BEGINNING OF THE SEPHARDIM We are now going to discuss the Sephardim not because they are less important than the Ashkenazim, but because they are less complicated yet more significant. This latter point, largely unknown today due to the majority extermination by the Nazi Holocaust, which has silenced them in our contemporary history. To...
