Jesus Chose Passover Not Yom Kippur

Some people wonder why Jesus didn't die on Yom Kippur.
After all — that was the day for serious, willful sin.
It's a fair question.
And the answer changes 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
When we only see the cross as forgiveness of personal sins, we end up with two problems:
We misunderstand what we were saved 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮.
And we misunderstand what we were saved 𝘧𝘰𝘳.
Jesus died on 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 — the feast of 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Not just pardon. Not just the record cleared.
𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. → Restoration to an identity. → A people led out and called forward.
That's what Passover was. That's what the cross is.
Watch our latest conversation to see how understanding Passover reframes the whole gospel.