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Passover, Parousia and the Quartodeciman Community

Did Jewish followers of Yeshua expect Him to return at Passover? Since ancient times, Messianic expectation was attached to Passover. Two-thousand years ago, Rabbi Yehoshua of Jerusalem said, “In Nisan (month of Passover) they were redeemed and in Nisan they will be redeemed in the time to come“. Even in the modern Seder on Passover night a place is set for the prophet Elijah, in hopes that he will join the meal to announce the coming of Messiah. We now know this same expectation was held by early followers of Yeshua after the resurrection. Indeed, the commemoration of Passover (The Lord’s Supper) contains the ‘sign’ or memory of the coming of the Lord. “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” I Cor. 11: 26 Ancient sources give us insight into practices of the early Jewish believing community.   

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