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Leviticus 23
 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

 2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. [/b] 

3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

4These are the feasts of the LORD[/b], even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.

Notice these are the feast of God and not the Jews which is commonly taught

CHANGE IN THE PASSOVER

While Jesus and His disciples were commemorating the Passover, Jesus gives His disciples a set of instructions.

Matthew 26:

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Jesus told His disciples to eat of the bread, for that represented His body, and He told them to drink of the cup, for that represented His blood.

Jesus tells them, His blood is of the new testament, and it is shed for the remission of sins. Jesus is speaking of the fact, that He will be crucified for the sins of man and we know that, it is only through the shedding of Jesus’s blood, that men can receive forgiveness for their sins. Hence Jesus became our sacrificial lamb.

We will find in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus told them to partake in this meal in remembrance of Him.


(Luke 22:19) And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Notice these are the feast of God and not the Jews which is commonly taught

Leviticus 23

Hmmm. I see nothing in that text that says in relation to any of those feasts "Speak to the sons of Egypt..." or "...Moab..." or "...Caanan..."

However, the FIRST one listed there - the Sabbath - it says elsewhere that it is a "...Sign between me and the sons of Israel for an everlasting covenant..."

Near the end of the list we have the Day of Atonement, in which the explaination elsewhere (chapter 16) says it is for the sins of the People of Israel.  

So how does that NOT apply to the entire list? They were given to Israel, not the gentiles.

IN fact, if you study it out you will find out that there are many requirements for a gentile who wants to celebrate Passover.

Ex 12.43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,

48 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

IOW, only gentiles who "sojourn" in the Jewish community can keep it and they have to undergo a type of conversion (circumcision).

Right.  And in those verses you find the text Paul was basing his statement about circumcision:

Gal 5.3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

Ex 12.49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you

IOW, you have to be circumcised to eat the Passover.  If you get circ'd you obligate yourself to the WHOLE LAW.

Are you advocating that?

Those verses are priorities for the gospel, for judgement and reward.

They have nothing to do with the feasts.

ETA:

It occurs to me that I am being somewhat lopsided in my statements here.

I am not saying that gentile christians cannot partake of the Passover.  Indeed I encourage them to do so and have led severaly LARGE seders in churches - one with more than 250 in attendance.

What I am saying is that it was NOT given to the gentiles. By the New Covenant gentiles can participate but there is no requirement for it. I DO take it as requred for gentiles who "soujourn" among the Jews (like myself)  but that is a different issue altogether.

Is it ok to do passover whenever?  I do not think so.  But in your replies #3 and 4 you talked also about communion.  It is true they are tied together and the current practice of communion is a pared-down seder. But in 1 Cor Paul seperates them by disallowing the meal which is at the center of the seder:

1 Cor 11.20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
21 For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

So Paul reduced it down to just matzah and wine.   In that way, and since it is not a full seder, it can be celebrated "...as often.." which church tradition has put at weekly.

Those verses are priorities for the gospel, for judgement and reward.

They have nothing to do with the feasts.

Dave the OT is the gospel
the OT speaks of Judgement and reward 

Now Jesus said to do this in remembrance of Him, the above shows that He is speaking in reference to observing the Passover.

 Again the Passover has a set time when it is to be observed , the 14th day of the month of Abib.

 This is the time that God appointed, for its observance.

 It should not be celebrated at the discretion of man.

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
Colossians 2:16

Notice that the previous verse tells us the reason

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
 Colossians 2:15

This means one thing...simply put....

The passover is fulfilled in Christ!

It was celebrated by those who did not have the fulness of God's Gospel

But we do

In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, Hebrews 1:1

The various ways included feasts, new moons, sabbaths, incense, etc etc all of which were signs, types and shadows pointing to Jesus. Basically God use these things to preach the Gospel in the Old Testament


but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

Everything God said before Jesus was actually about Jesus

Now Jesus is the only way God speaks to us

He does not speak to us through the same ways He spoke to the Patriarchs and the people of the Old Testament

He speaks to us through Jesus!


A voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him."
Luke 9:35

Moses was speaking of Jesus

Elijah was speaking of Jesus

The Law spoke of Jesus

The Prophets spoke of Jesus

But now God wants us to HEAR JESUS...LISTEN TO JESUS!

Now

We have the Blood of Jesus that covers us

We have passed from death to Life because of the Blood of Jesus

Our sins are forgiven and we have been accepted in the Beloved and made the Righteousness of God in Christ

The Feasts were types and shadows of the Truth that is only found in Christ

The feasts have been fulfilled in Jesus!

Jesus is our Passover

Jesus is our Jubilee

We are The Holy Temple

He is the Light in the Holy of Holies, the secret place within us where God abides

I will stop all her celebrations: her yearly festivals, her New Moons, her Sabbath days--all her appointed feasts.
Hosea 2:11


Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting--they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings. Isaiah 1:13