J_Edwards,

I guess I'm basically saying what you are, there is no requriement for any observances under the old covenant. While they may be observed, I do not believe that in not observing the Passover a believing Jew is in sin.

In my wonderings, I have met a few Jewish believers (one refered to himself a 'whole' or 'complete' Jew) who would agree that the observance of the Passover is not 'required'. They also believed that anyone who 'require' keeping the Passover was in the sin of legalism. This is because they no longer saw themselves as being Jews under the Law, but rather a new creation in Christ and thus freed from the Law by the new covenant.

As to non-believing Jews, well that's another argument, for they are not a new creation; and yet they cannot currently keep the Law, and to violate even a the smallest part of the Law is to be guilty of violating the whole Law. How can they be required to keep any part of it?

Blessing in Christ,
Matthew

P.S. - Yes, I've been on here before as Diaconeo, several years ago when I was stationed in Spain. It's been a while since my last post, and so I had to create a new account.

"Those who go down to the Sea in Ships
Who do Business on great Waters;
They have seen the Works of the LORD,
And His Wonders in the Deep."
-Ps. 107:23-24