Chapter 1 – The Passover Is The Day Of Judgment Against All The gods

Question 1

When we carefully study the words, “you shall have no other gods before me,” we come to understand that the first commandment refers to the observance of what?

Answer 1

The Passover

Question 2

By celebrating the Passover, what do we no longer worship?

Answer 2

We no longer worship other gods than God who brought us out of Egypt, the land of slavery.

Question 3

By celebrating the Passover, we no longer worship other gods than God brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. This is because of what reason?

Answer 3

This is because all other gods are destroyed when we keep the Passover, and unless we keep it we become unknowingly infiltrated by the other gods.

Question 4

Unless we keep the Passover we become unknowingly infiltrated by what?

Answer 4

other gods

Question 5

““On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.”
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Which verse states this?

Answer 5

Exodus 12:12

Question 6

“who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.”

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Answer 6

Numbers 33:4

Question 7

Some may think that the word, “I will bring judgment and all the gods,” Refers only to the time of the exodus. However it applies to which times?

Answer 7

It applies to all times

Question 8

When the Israelites didn’t keep the Passover, they worshipped other gods, building high places and Asherah poles, and there were many more mediums and spirits. However, when they kept the Passover again, being admonished by prophets sent by God, what did they do?

Answer 8

Destroyed all of their gods and idols, mediums and spiritists.

Question 9

In the time of King Hezekiah and king Josiah the whole land was filled with idols because the Passover and not been celebrated for a long time. When they kept the Passover again, what happened to their eyes and what did they do? What verses back this up?

Answer 9

Their eyes were opened and they could see all the idols and household gods and they destroy them.

2 Kings 23:21–24
2 Chronicles 30:1–5
2 Chronicles 31:1

Question 10

After keeping the Passover, what did the priest to do for the people?

Answer 10

The priests prayed for the people after they kept the Passover and their prayer reached heaven.

Question 11

Which verse shows that after keeping the Passover, the priests prayed for the people and their prayer reached heaven?

Answer 11

2 Chronicles 30:27

Question 12

“The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.”

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Answer 12

2 chronicles 30:27

Question 13

God had already appointed the Passover of the Exodus as which day of judgement?

Answer 13

The day of judgment against idols

Question 14

When Jeroboam, king of Israel, prohibited the people from celebrating the feast of god what did he create instead for them to worship?

Answer 14

To golden calves: one he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

Question 15

Jeroboam king of Israel said, “it is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your God, oh Israel, who brought you out of Egypt.” Which verse says this?

Answer 15

1 Kings 12:25–33

Question 16

“Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel. Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.” After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other. Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.”

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Answer 16

1 Kings 12:25–33

Question 17

These golden calves, idols and high places, made by King Jeroboam was in about what year?

Answer 17

975 BC

Question 18

King Jeroboam in about 975 BC made golden calves idols in high places to prohibit the people from celebrating God’s feasts. For how long were they worshipping these idols and until when?

Answer 18

For about 300 years until King Josiah

Question 19

When King Josiah read the book of the law which had been found in the temple he recognized the Passover and got rid of the idols, altars in high places. Which verses show this?

Answer 19

2 Kings 22:1–20

2 Kings 23:15–20

Question 20

“Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the Lord — the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.” Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.” Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter. She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made, my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’ Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’ ” So they took her answer back to the king.”

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Answer 20

2 Kings 22:1–20

Question 21

After keeping the Passover King Josiah completely destroyed the remaining idols and mediums. Which verses show this?

Answer 21

2 Kings 23:21–24

Question 22

“The king gave this order to all the people: “Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” Neither in the days of the judges who led Israel nor in the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah had any such Passover been observed. But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem. Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord.”

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Answer 22

2 Kings 23:21–24

Question 23

Even today, people put aside the day Jesus establish the new covenant and set up another day to celebrate it, just as who?

Answer 23

Just as king Jeroboam set up idols and appointed a feast on another day.

Question 24

Even today, people put aside the day Jesus establish the new covenant and set up another date to celebrate it, just as king Jeroboam set up idols and appointed a feast on another day. Concerning this, what did the prophet Ezekiel write?

Answer 24

Ezekiel 11:12

“And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.””
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Question 25

“And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.””

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Answer 25

Ezekiel 11:12

Question 26

In both past and present, when people do not keep God’s laws, they ultimately come to observe what?

Answer 26

Come to observe other rules – the ordinances of the Gentiles.

Question 27

Some insist that the Passover only applies to the natural Israelites, saying that it was abolished by the cross. In the old testament times, those who didn’t keep the Passover thought that it was necessary to celebrate the Passover only at the time of the Exodus, insisting on finding a better way to worship God, and they made idols and worshiped them. Even now, people come to think that way unless they understand the principle of what?

Answer 27

Redemption

Question 28

The Passover is available not only for the natural Israelites but is also a day of redemption for who?

Answer 28

For the spiritual Israelites throughout the world

Question 29

The Passover, through which the natural Israelites came out of Egypt and entertaining, has indeed been established for the spiritual Israelites rather than for the perishable physical ones. What was the Passover night called?

Answer 29

It was called “night of the Lord”

Question 30

“It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.”

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Answer 30

Exodus 12:42 KJV

Question 31

The Passover celebrated by Jesus and his disciples as the new command, the new covenant is shown in which verses?

Answer 31

Luke 22:20

Hebrews 9:15

Question 32

“In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

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Answer 32

Luke 22:20

Question 33

“For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”

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Answer 33

Hebrews 9:15

Question 34

The Passover was not abolished but rather blank by the cross?

Answer 34

Illuminated

Question 35

Some say that because the feasts were regarded as important in the Old Testament times, the Passover could be considered as the first commandment in those days, and insist that it was abolished by the cross in the New Testament times. However, the Passover must be the first commandment in the New Testament too, just as it was in the Old Testament. Why?

Answer 35

It is because the Old Testament is a shadow, and the New Testament is it’s reality.