Yet the New Testament does not treat Passover as a discarded framework. It leans into it, draws from it, and assumes its meaning continues to shape the life of believers.
Joseph Shulam I want to discuss some New Testament passages that are easier to understand, given their background in the Jewish world of the first century. The whole New Testament is only possible to understand with the backgrounds of the Greek and Jewish worlds from which Yeshua and the apostles came. Most Christians belong to movements that started in the 19th century, aiming primarily to restore the first-century church. Restoring the first-century church is necessary in