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*this very week”[/b] “What about the throngs of Jews who were choosing their Passover Lamb in Messiah Yeshua as He walked the road into Jerusalem years ago *this very week*? “ For those that do not understand, *this very week* is in reference to what the Jews believe to be the true Biblical day of the Jew passover; which they believe to be this week (Sat. 19th). The Jew passover is all most a month later than the Christian passover/Easter this year. Which one is correct? Well, Christians, your day for the passover, this year, was incorrect. But, the Jews, the ones you consider as being “God’s chosen people”, those that you consider as being beyond faultless, well, they don’t have the correct day either. In fact, these Jews, even at the time of Christ, didn’t have the correct day! The true Biblical passover, this year, would have been from 12:00 PM April 1, 2008 to 12:00PM April 2, 2008.The proof of this is found in God’s breathed word. Two of God’s breathed scriptures to keep in mind are, …that it is impossible for God to lie, Hebrews 6:18; and,…God is not a God of confusion, 1 Co 14:33;It is beyond question that Jesus the Christ, our Lord and Savior, went to the cross sinless. For that very reason we can prove that the Jews, at the time of Christ, and, of the present day, have been led to believe a lie and are definitely NOT God’s chosen people. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.Our Lord and Savior came to Jerusalem, knowing that the scriptures, prophesying his crucifixion, would be fulfilled in the next 24 hours. What did Jesus the Christ do? It goes with out saying that He kept His perfect law (Psalm 19:7-11). This perfect law just happens to include His laws concerning the celebration of passover given to the Israelites at the Exodus. The Israelites Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, ate the Biblical passover one day before the Jews celebrated their passover!Luke 22:7-16 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. cf. Mt 26:18-21;John 18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. cf. Mark 15:1-6Just from these few passages it is very clear that the Jews, at the time of Jesus the Christ and the Jews known today as “God’s chosen people”, do NOT have God’s perfect law. Psalm 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:Where does the discrepancy come from? Why were they one day apart?Abib is the Israelites first month of the new year. (Ex 12:2)Nisan is the Jews first month of the new year. (Es 3:7)Abib is solar. Nisan is lunar.Abib is from God. Nisan is from Babylon.The first of Abib and the first of Nisan can never be on the same day. The closest they could ever be would be one day apart and that would happen only when the new moon immediately followed the vernal equinox. In such a case, the first of Abib would be the next day (the day after the new moon). The furthest apart they could be would be thirty days. Most Bible students and commentaries erroneously claim that Abib and Nisan are just two different names for the exact same month. This is totally incongruous. The fact that they are different explains why Jesus the Christ had the passover on a different day than did the Jews. Some say that Jesus the Christ ate the passover early. This would have been a violation of our God’s Perfect Law, which we know He did not desecrate. He ate it earlier than the Jews because He ate it on the 14th of Abib, which is based on the solar calendar and the Jews ate it on the 14th of Nisan which is based on the lunar calendar.How to calculate the 1st of Abib.The first of Abib falls on the vernal equinox.How to calculate the 1st of NisanThe 1st of Nisan falls on the 1st day after the first sliver of the new moon after the vernal equinox.But that isn’t it in its entirety….and don’t forget 1 Co 14:33 while you read.The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar year, with each month beginning on the new moon. Rosh Chodesh, the first of the month, begins when the first sliver of moon becomes visible after the dark of the moon. The problem with strictly lunar calendars is that there are approximately 12.4 lunar months in every solar year, so a 12-month lunar calendar loses about 11 days every year and a 13-month lunar gains about 19 days every year. The months on such a calendar "drift" relative to the solar year. On a 12 month calendar, the month of Nissan, which is supposed to occur in the Spring, occurs 11 days earlier each year, eventually occurring in the Winter, the Fall, the Summer, and then the Spring again. To compensate for this drift, an extra month was occasionally added: a second month of Adar. The month of Nissan would occur 11 days earlier for two or three years, and then would jump forward 29 or 30 days, balancing out the drift. In the fourth century, Hillel II established a fixed calendar based on mathematical and astronomical calculations. This calendar, still in use, standardized the length of months and the addition of months over the course of a 19 year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar years. Adar II is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years of the cycle. The new year that began Monday, September 25, 1995 (Jewish calendar year 5756) was the 18th year of the cycle. Jewish year 5758 (beginning October 2, 1997) was be the first year of the next cycle. In addition, Yom Kippur should not fall adjacent to a Shabbat, because this would cause difficulties in coordinating the fast with the Shabbat, and Hoshanah Rabba should not fall on Shabbat because it would interfere with the holiday's observances. A day is added to the month of Heshvan or subtracted from the month of Kislev of the previous year to prevent these things from happening. Numbering of Jewish YearsThe year number on the Jewish calendar represents the number of years since creation, as calculated by adding up the ages of people in the Bible back to the time of creation. The "first month" of the Jewish calendar is the month of Nissan, in the spring, when Passover occurs. However, the Jewish New Year is in Tishri, the seventh month, and that is when the year number is increased. The Jewish calendar has different starting points for different purposes. Months of the Jewish YearMonth Length Gregorian EquivalentNissan 30 days March-AprilIyar 29 days April-MaySivan 30 days May-JuneTammuz 29 days June-JulyAv 30 days July-AugustElul 29 days August-SeptemberTishri 30 days September-OctoberHeshvan 29 or 30 days October-NovemberKislev 30 or 29 days November-DecemberTevet 29 days December-JanuaryShevat 30 days January-FebruaryAdar 29 or 30 days February-MarchAdar II 29 days March-AprilIn leap years, Adar has 30 days. In non-leap years, Adar has 29 days. The length of Heshvan and Kislev are determined by complex calculations involving the time of day of the full moon of the following year's Tishri and the day of the week that Tishri would occur in the following year. Note that the number of days between Nissan and Tishri is always the same. Because of this, the time from the first major festival (Passover in Nissan) to the last major festival (Sukkot in Tishri) is always the same.The above proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Jews at the time of Jesus the Christ didn’t not have God’s perfect law. For you to continuecalling an antichrist, God’s chosen people is blasphemy."This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible. It is, of course, a fallacious impression. Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser "Judaism and the Christian Predicament" (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967) p. 59:Gary