The Old Covenant Passover: Former Shadow or Supplemental New Covenant Feast? #1

Over the next few days I plan on covering a topic peripheral to the idea of covenant types and fulfillments. There has been a discussion on Truth Talk Live recently, regarding the importance of New Testament Christians attending or participating in a Passover Seder. This post will serve mainly as an introduction to the series.

The questioned asked to begin the conversation was this,

“Why Should Christians Care About an Old Testament Feast?” In order to clarify my objections to the subsequent comments, I need to dissect the meaning of the terms in the sentence. "Christians" of course refers to those believers in Christ today. "Old Testament feast" generally refers to any feast commanded by God in the Mosaic Covenant and ritually celebrated by the nation of Israel, but specifically (in the conversation that ensued) refers to the Passover Seder.

The Truth Talk Live blog is actually a function of the radio Christian talk show that broadcasts from 5 PM to 6 PM Monday through Friday on WTRU (AM 830 in the Triad, NC area), and near the beginning of the show, Pastor David McGee (brother in Christ and guest on the show on April 16th, 2008) intimated that our understanding of Christ's work could be deeper by attending the Passover Seder they practice at their church.

As I will maintain for the duration of this series, the bible does not specifically deny for New Covenant Christians, the practice of the Old Testament format for the Passover meal, but the reasons for its continuation that were offered on the blog comment strand corresponding to the show, were biblically deficient in this author's opinion, and the following posts in this series will discuss those reasons for its continuation and my reasons for not continuing the practice as it was stipulated in the Old Covenant.