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There are many churches in the world that say they believe in God. However, only the Church of God celebrates the feast of the New Covenant Passover, which contains the promise of salvation. As the Bible says, “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge” (Hos 4:6), many people do not understand the Bible correctly and regard the Passover as something trivial and unnecessary. They think that the Kingdom of Heaven will be given to them automatically if they just believe in God. Through the words of the Bible, let us study about the meaning of the Passover to discern truth from falsehood. When Jesus came 2,000 years ago, the religious leaders of that time not only failed to follow God’s teachings but also led many people astray. “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.” At that time, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were the religious leaders. As spiritual leaders, they were supposed to lead people to Heaven, but instead they shut the gates of Heaven in people’s faces while they themselves did not enter. Jesus sternly rebuked them for blocking the way to Heaven. The end result for those who prevent people from entering Heaven is obvious; Jesus repeatedly warned them about this matter. You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?” Jesus also likened the Pharisees and the teachers of the law to whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In other words, the religious leaders appeared righteous outwardly, but inwardly they were full of hypocrisy and lawlessness (Mt 23:27–28). Those who block people from entering Heaven, using deception, will never escape the judgment of hell. The Bible vividly describes the scene where they are rejected at the gates of Heaven, although they wish to enter. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers [you who practice lawlessness, NASB]!’ Not everyone who calls out to God, “Lord, Lord,” can enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of God. Are those who shut the Kingdom of Heaven in men’s faces the ones who do the will of God? Not at all. Although they have prophesied in the name of the Lord, Jesus says that they are the lawless ones. Let us consider whether celebrating the Passover is God’s will or not. According to Jesus, only those who do the will of God can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, we need to be certain that the Passover is God’s will. Let us confirm the testimonies regarding the Passover in the New Testament. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” Jesus sent His beloved disciples, Peter and John, to make preparations for the Passover. When the hour came, Jesus sat down and said, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover.” It would have been enough for Him to say, “I have desired it,” but He said, “I have eagerly desired it.” Through this, we can see how eagerly and earnestly Jesus must have wanted to keep the Passover. In this way, the Passover was celebrated according to Jesus’ earnest will and desire. At the Holy Supper of the Passover, Jesus made a covenant with His disciples as follows: And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” While celebrating the Passover, Jesus took bread and gave it to His disciples, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” Then He took the cup containing the Passover wine and gave it to them, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” God came to earth and established the Passover as a sacred law, decree, and regulation to save mankind through His precious flesh and blood. We can clearly confirm that the Passover is the will of God through the Gospel of Matthew. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ ” So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. Jesus said that He Himself would keep the Passover and directed the disciples to prepare for it. Everything Jesus did was an example for us (Jn 13:15). The four Gospels record Jesus’ ministry; they repeatedly depict the scene of Jesus celebrating the Passover with His disciples. It is to show us the will of God for us to keep the Passover, following His example. Through the Bible, we can see that celebrating the New Covenant Passover is Jesus’ will that is God’s will. Since only the one who does the will of God can enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who celebrate the Passover can enter Heaven. Then, how does the Passover open the gates to the Kingdom of Heaven? Let us see what blessing is contained in the Passover. Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.” Jesus said that unless we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, we have no life in us and that whoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood has eternal life. The Passover bread and wine has an important meaning; the bread symbolizes His flesh and the wine His blood. So, those who refuse to celebrate the Passover cannot have eternal life, even though they are physically alive on earth. Since Heaven is a place without death, only those who have eternal life can enter the Kingdom of Heaven (Rev 21:1–4). Therefore, the Passover, which grants the promise of eternal life, is the key that opens the gates of Heaven. Ever since the time of Moses—3,500 years ago, God has commanded His people to keep the Feast of the Passover. Then, why has God commanded that the Passover be observed with all its rules and regulations in both the Old and New Testament times? It is because without observing the Passover, no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.1 Co 11:23–26 The Apostle Paul passed on to the saints what he received from the Lord Jesus. In keeping with Jesus’ request, Paul taught them about the ceremony of the Passover and urged them to keep it until the coming of the Lord. Therefore, the Passover is not a teaching that can be neglected; it is a law of life that must be kept until the end of the age. Despite all the evidence, isn’t it quite surprising that no church celebrates the Passover today, except for the Church of God? In opposition to God, Satan has been devising all kinds of crafty schemes to abolish this truth of life (Da 7:25). From the second century (nearly 100 years after Jesus’ ascension) until now, Satan has hindered the truth of the Passover which is the key that opens the gates to the Kingdom of Heaven. After the Apostolic Age, the early Church was divided in two: the Eastern Church centered in Jerusalem and Asia Minor, and the Western Church centered in Rome. A controversy arose between the church in Rome, which had been celebrating Communion on Easter, and the Eastern Church that had been holding the Holy Supper on the Passover. The first controversy occurred around A.D. 155, between Polycarp, the bishop of the church in Smyrna, representing the East, and Anicetus, the bishop of the church in Rome, representing the West. The Western Church insisted on abolishing the Passover, which was celebrated on the 14th of Nisan (the first month in the sacred calendar), and replacing the Passover with the celebration of Communion on Easter. Polycarp, who was personally taught by the Apostle John (one of the Twelve), strongly opposed the idea of abolishing the Passover and instituting Easter. After failing to reach an agreement over the Passover (Pascha) in the first controversy, the Eastern and Western Churches clashed once again in A.D. 197. Victor, the bishop of the church in Rome, forced all the churches to follow the Dominical Rule—celebrating Communion on Easter, the Sunday following the Passover. Polycrates, the bishop of the church in Ephesus, and all the other Eastern Churches strongly rejected it, saying they should celebrate the Passover just as the apostles did. Due to Satan’s crafty schemes, the power of lawlessness gradually became stronger. At the Council of Nicaea, convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine in A.D. 325, it was decided that the Holy Communion should be celebrated on Easter. Even though the Passover and Easter are completely different, Satan cunningly abolished the Passover by connecting the two feasts to confuse people into thinking they were one and the same. After the Passover was abolished, the promise of eternal life was hidden for over 1,600 years and no one could enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Churches today do not observe the Passover but follow the doctrines that have been changed. According to the prophecies of the Bible, Jesus came to earth a second time and restored the New Covenant Passover; the gates to the Kingdom of Heaven, which were closed, have now been opened once again. The truth of the New Covenant can only be established by God. Jesus established the New Covenant on the night of the Passover, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood.” In the Old Testament book of Jeremiah written about 600 years before Chlrist, it was already prophesied that God would establish a new covenant. “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD Almighty is his name: Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,” declares the LORD, “will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me.” For those who have God’s law written on their hearts, God declared that He would be their God and they would be His people. This means that only those who keep the law of the New Covenant Passover can be God’s people. God also promised to forgive all their wickedness and sins. Just as God has definitely appointed the sun to shine by day and the moon and stars to shine by night, the promise of the New Covenant can never be changed. When the gates of Heaven are opened through the New Covenant Passover, God will check to see whether or not we have His holy flesh and blood. Just as the members of a family can be verified through a DNA test, so those who keep the Passover will be verified as God’s children and will pass through the gates of Heaven. However, those who reject the Passover will never be acknowledged as God’s children, because they do not have God’s flesh and blood in them. Today, there are numerous churches in the word, but many Christians do not understand God’s will, nor do they know how God grants eternal life. Two thousand years ago, many claimed to believe in God while rejecting Jesus and His teachings; it is the same now. It is truly unfortunate that so many people who claim to believe in Jesus do not celebrate the Passover, which contains God’s profound will. To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we need to find and attend the church with the truth of the New Covenant which God Himself established. Brothers and sisters in Zion! By understanding the grace of God contained in the Passover, let us boldly preach the New Covenant Passover—the truth of life—to all who have yet to realize it.
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फरिसीहरू त्यस बेलाका धार्मिक नेताहरू थिए । तर तिनीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई स्वर्ग-राज्यतर्फ डोऱ्याउनुको सट्टा उल्टै स्वर्ग-राज्यका ढोकाहरू बन्द गर्दै आफू पनि स्वर्ग नपस्ने र पस्न चाहनेहरूलाई पनि पस्न नदिने भएकाले येशूज्यूले तिनीहरूलाई कडा तरिकाले हप्काउनुभयो । मानिसहरूलाई स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्नबाट वञ्चित गराउने ती अगुवाहरूको परिणामबारे बाइबलमा स्पष्टसँग लेखिएको छ । येशूज्यूले तिनीहरूलाई बारम्बार चेताउनी दिनुभएको थियो । “… सर्पहरू, साँभे सर्पका बच्चा हो, तिमीहरू नरकको दण्डदेखि कसरी उम्कनेछौ ?”मत्ती २३:३२-३३ येशूज्यूले शास्त्रीहरू र फरिसीहरूलाई ‘चून लगाइएका चिहान’सँग दृष्टान्त गर्नुभयो । किनकि बाहिरपट्टि सुन्दर देखिए तापनि भित्रपट्टि भने मरेका मान्छेका हाडहरू र सबै अशुद्धताले भरिएको ‘चून लगाइएका चिहान’जस्तै, तिनीहरू बाहिरपट्टि धर्मी देखिए तापनि भित्रपट्टि भने कपट र दुष्टताले भरिएका थिए (मत्ती २३:२७-२८) । तिनीहरूले धेरै मानिसहरूलाई स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्न नसक्ने गरी बहकाएकाले तिनीहरू नरकको दण्डदेखि कदापि उम्कन सक्नेछैनन् । तिनीहरूले जतिसुकै स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्न खोजे तापनि प्रवेश निषेध गरिने त्यो दृश्य बाइबलमा देखाइएको छ । “मलाई ‘प्रभु, प्रभु’ भन्ने सबै स्वर्गको राज्यमा प्रवेश गर्नेछैनन् । स्वर्गमा हुनुहुने मेरा पिताको इच्छा पालन गर्ने मानिस मात्र परमेश्वरको राज्यमा प्रवेश गर्नेछ । त्यो दिन धेरैले मलाई भन्नेछन्, ‘प्रभु, प्रभु, के हामीले तपाईंको नाउँमा अगमवाणी बोलेनौं ? तपाईंको नाउँमा भूतहरू धपाएनौं । र तपाईंको नाउँमा अनेक शक्तिशाली काम गरेनौं र ?’ अनि म तिनीहरूलाई सफासँग भन्नेछु, ‘मैले तिमीहरूलाई कहिल्यै चिनेको छैनँ । ए अधर्म काम गर्नेहरू हो, मबाट दूर होओ’ ।”मत्ती ७:२१-२३ परमेश्वरलाई “प्रभु, प्रभु” भनेर पुकार्दैमा जो कोही स्वर्गको राज्यमा प्रवेश गर्न सक्नेछैनन् । तर परमेश्वरको इच्छा पालन गर्नेहरू मात्र स्वर्ग प्रवेश गर्नेछन् । के मानिसहरूका सामुन्ने स्वर्गको राज्यका ढोकाहरू बन्द गर्ने र पस्न चाहनेहरूलाई पनि पस्न नदिनेहरू परमेश्वरको इच्छा पालन गर्नेहरू हुन् ? कदापि होइनन् । तिनीहरूले प्रभुको नाउँमा अगमवाणी बोले तापनि येशूज्यूले तिनीहरूलाई ‘अधर्म काम गर्नेहरू’ भन्नुहुनेछ । त्यसोभए अहिले हामीले मानिरहेको निस्तार-चाडचाहिँ परमेश्वरको इच्छा हो कि होइन होला ? येशूज्यूले, परमश्वरको इच्छा पालन गर्ने मानिस मात्र स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्नेछ भन्नुभएकोले निस्तार-चाड मान्नु परमेश्वरको इच्छा हो कि होइन भन्ने कुरा हामीले निश्चित गर्नुपर्छ । नयाँ करार बाइबलमा निस्तार-चाडसम्बन्धी कस्तो गवाही छ, हेरौं । अखमिरी रोटीको चाडको दिन आयो, जुन दिन निस्तार-चाडको थुमा बलि चढाउनुपर्थ्यो । उहाँले पत्रुस र यूहन्नालाई यसो भनेर पठाउनभुयो, “गएर हाम्रा निम्ति निस्तार-चाडको भोज तयार गर ।” … तिनीहरू गए र उहाँले भन्नुभएझैँ भेट्टाए, र तिनीहरूले निस्तार-चाडको तयारी गरे । अनि जब बेला भयो, तब उहाँ प्रेरितहरूसँग भोजन गर्न बस्नुभयो । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई भन्नुभयो, “मैले दु:ख भोग्न अघि नै यो निस्तार-चाडको भोजन तिमीहरूसँग खाने ठूलो इच्छा गरेको थिएँ ।”लूक २२:७-१५ येशूज्यूले आफ्ना प्रिय चेला रहेका पत्रुस र यूहन्नालाई पठाउनुभएर निस्तार-चाडको तयारी गर्न लगाउनुभयो । जब निस्तार-चाडको बेला भयो, तब येशूज्यूले बस्नुभएर “यो निस्तार-चाडको भोजन तिमीहरूसँग खाने ठूलो इच्छा गरेको थिएँ” भन्नुभयो । उहाँले “इच्छा गरेको थिएँ” मात्र भन्न पनि सक्नुहुन्थ्यो तर उहाँले “ठूलो इच्छा गरेको थिएँ” भन्नुभयो । यो वचनलाई हेर्दा, निस्तार-चाड मान्न येशूज्यू कति व्याकुल हुनुहुन्थ्यो भन्ने कुरा देख्न सकिन्छ । यसरी येशूज्यूको ठूलो र गहिरो इच्छाअनुसार निस्तार-चाड मनाइयो । निस्तार-चाडको पवित्र भोजमा येशूज्यूले आफ्ना चेलाहरूसित बाँध्नुभएको करार यस प्रकार छ : अनि उहाँले रोटी लिनुभयो र धन्यवाद चढाउनुभएपछि त्यो भाँच्नुभयो र तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्दै दिनुभयो, “तिमीहरूका निम्ति दिइएको यो मेरो शरीर हो । मेरो सम्झनामा यो गर्ने गर ।” यसै गरी खाइसक्नुभएपछि उहाँले कचौरा लिनुभयो र भन्नुभयो, “यो कचौरा तिमीहरूका निम्ति बगाइएको मेरो रगतमा स्थापित गरिने नयाँ करार हो ।”लूक २२:१९-२० येशूज्यूले निस्तार-चाडको रोटी लिनुहुँदै “तिमीहरूका निम्ति दिइएको यो मेरो शरीर हो । मेरो सम्झनामा यो गर्ने गर” भन्नुभयो । अनि निस्तार-चाडको दाखमद्य भएको कचौरा लिनुहुँदै “यो कचौरा तिमीहरूका निम्ति बगाइएको मेरो रगतमा स्थापित गरिने नयाँ करार हो” भन्नुभयो । परमेश्वरले यो पृथ्वीमा आउनुभएर मानव-जातिलाई बचाउन आफ्नो अनमोल देह र रगतद्वारा स्थापना गर्नुभएको पवित्र नियम, विधि र व्यवस्था नै निस्तार-चाड हो । निस्तार-चाड नै परमेश्वरको इच्छा हो भन्ने कुरालाई हामी मत्तीको पुस्तकद्वारा पनि निश्चित गर्न सक्छौं । अब अखमिरी रोटीको चाडको पहिलो दिन चेलाहरूले येशूकहाँ आएर भने, “तपाईंको निम्ति निस्तार-चाडको भोज खाने प्रबन्ध हामी कहाँ गरौं ?” उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “सहरमा एक जना मानिसकहाँ जाओ, र तिनलाई भन, ‘गुरुज्यू भन्नुहुन्छ, मेरो बेला नजिक आएको छ । म आफ्ना चेलाहरूसँग तिम्रो घरमा निस्तार-चाड मान्नेछु’ ।” तब येशूको आदेशअनुसार चेलाहरूले गरे र तिनीहरूले निस्तार-चाडको प्रबन्ध मिलाए ।मत्ती २६:१७-१९ यो वचनमा पनि येशूज्यू स्वयम्ले निस्तार-चाड मान्नेछु भन्नुहुँदै चेलाहरूलाई निस्तार-चाडको तयारी गर्न लगाउनुभएको दृश्य देख्न सकिन्छ । येशू ख्रीष्टले गर्नुभएका सम्पूर्ण कार्यहरू हाम्रा लागि उदाहरण हुन् (यूह १३:१५) । येशूज्यूको सेवा-कार्यको विषयमा लेखिएको सुसमाचारका ४ वटा पुस्तकहरूमा, येशूज्यूले चेलाहरूसँगै निस्तार-चाड मान्नुभएको दृश्य बारम्बार देखिन्छ । कारण हामीले पनि येशूज्यूको उदाहरणलाई पछ्याउँदै निस्तार-चाड मानेको परमेश्वर चाहनुहुन्छ । यसकारण हामीले नयाँ करार निस्तार-चाड मान्नु येशूज्यूको इच्छा अर्थात् परमेश्वरको इच्छा हो । परमेश्वरको इच्छा पालन गर्नेहरू मात्र स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्न सक्ने भएकाले निस्तार-चाड मान्नेहरू मात्र स्वर्ग प्रवेश गर्न सक्नेछन् । त्यसोभए कसरी निस्तार-चाडद्वारा स्वर्ग-राज्यको ढोका उघारिन्छ होला ? निस्तार-चाडमा कस्तो आशिष् समावेश छ भन्नेबारे बुझौं । येशूले तिनीहरूलाई भन्नुभयो, “साँच्चै, म तिमीहरूलाई भन्दछु, तिमीहरूले मानिसको पुत्रको देह खाएनौ, र उसको रगत पिएनौ भने, तिमीहरूमा जीवन हुँदैन । मेरो देह खाने र मेरो रगत पिउनेसित अनन्त जीवन छ, र अन्त्यको दिनमा म त्यसलाई जीवित पार्नेछु । किनभने मेरो देह साँच्चै खानेकुरो हो, र मेरो रगत साँच्चै पिउने कुरो हो । मेरो देह खाने, र मेरो रगत पिउनेचाहिँ ममा रहन्छ, र म त्यसमा रहन्छु । जसरी जीवित पिताले मलाई पठाउनुभयो, र म पिताको कारणले जिउँछु, त्यसै गरी मलाई खाने पनि मेरो कारणले जिउनेछ । स्वर्गबाट आएको यो रोटी त्यस्तो होइन, जो पिता-पुर्खाहरूले खाए तापनि मरेर गए । यो रोटी खानेचाहिँ सधैँभरि जिउनेछ ।”यूह ६:५३-५८ येशूज्यूको देह नखाने र रगत नपिउनेसित जीवन हुँदैन, तर उहाँको देह खाने र रगत पिउनेसित अनन्त जीवन छ भनेर येशूज्यूले भन्नुभयो । निस्तार-चाडको रोटी र दाखमद्यमा महत्त्वपूर्ण अर्थ राखिएको छ; रोटीले येशूज्यूको देहलाई र दाखमद्यले येशूज्यूको रगतलाई सङ्केत गर्दछ । यसकारण निस्तार-चाड नमान्ने मानिसहरू यो पृथ्वीमा क्षणिक जीवन त जिउँछन्, तर स्वर्ग-राज्यमा अनन्तकाल भने जिउन सक्दैनन् । स्वर्ग भनेको फेरिचाहिँ मृत्यु नहुने ठाउँ हो (प्रका २१:१-४) । त्यसैले अनन्त जीवन पाएका मानिसहरू मात्र त्यहाँ प्रवेश गर्न सक्नेछन् । तसर्थ अनन्त जीवनको आशिष्को प्रतिज्ञा गरिएको निस्तार-चाड नै स्वर्ग-राज्यको ढोका उघार्ने सत्यता हो । ३,५०० वर्षअघि मोशाका समयदेखि नै परमेश्वरले निस्तार-चाड मान्न लगाउनुभएको छ । पुरानो करारको समयमा पुरानो करारको विधिबमोजिम, र नयाँ करारको समयमा नयाँ करारकै विधिबमोजिम परमेश्वरले आफ्ना प्रजाहरूलाई निस्तार-चाड मान्न आज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ । किनभने निस्तार-चाड मानेमा मात्र स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्न सकिन्छ । किनकि प्रभुबाट मैले जे पाएँ, सो तिमीहरूलाई सुम्पी पनि दिएँ, अर्थात् जुन रात उहाँ पक्राउ पर्नुभयो, त्यो रात प्रभु येशूले रोटी लिनुभयो, र धन्यवाद दिनुभएपछि उहाँले त्यो भाँच्नुभयो, र भन्नुभयो, “यो तिमीहरूका निम्ति मेरो शरीर हो । यो मेरो सम्झनाको निम्ति गर ।” त्यसै गरी खाएपछि उहाँले कचौरा लिएर यसो भन्नुभयो, “यो कचौरा मेरो रगतमा भएको नयाँ करार हो । जहिले-जहिले तिमीहरू यो पिउँछौ, मेरो सम्झनामा यो अक्सर गर ।” किनभने जहिले-जहिले तिमीहरू यो रोटी खान्छौ र यस कचौराबाट पिउँछौ, उहाँ नआउञ्जेल तिमीहरू प्रभुका मृत्युको घोषणा गर्दछौ ।१ कोर ११:२३-२६ प्रेरित पावलले आफूले प्रभु येशूबाट जे पाए, सो सुरुको मण्डलीका सन्तहरूलाई सुम्पी पनि दिए । येशूज्यूको अनुरोधलाई शिरोपर गर्दै तिनले सन्तहरूलाई निस्तार-चाडको धर्मविधिबारे बताइदिए, र प्रभु नआउञ्जेल यसलाई अक्सर मान्न आग्रह गरे । वास्तवमा पावलले येशूज्यूबाट पाएको कुरा भनेकै निस्तार-चाड मान्नू भन्ने शिक्षा थियो । अहिले हामीले मानिरहेको निस्तार-चाडचाहिँ नमाने पनि हुने चाड होइनकि जसरी पनि मान्नुपर्ने जीवनको व्यवस्था हो । यी सबैको बाबजुद, हिजोआज परमेश्वरको मण्डलीमा बाहेक अन्य कुनै मण्डलीमा निस्तार-चाड मनाइँदैन । साँच्चै अचम्म छैन र ? परमेश्वरको विरोध गर्ने शैतानले जीवनको सत्यता हटाउन अनेक धूर्त षड्यन्त्र रचिरहेको छ (दान ७:२५) । विशेष गरी दोस्रो शताब्दी(येशूज्यू स्वर्ग उचालिनुभएको १०० वर्षपछि)देखि अहिलेसम्म त्यसले, स्वर्गको ढोकालाई उघार्ने निस्तार-चाडको सत्यतालाई विरोध गरिरहेको छ । प्रेरितहरूको युगपछि, सुरुको मण्डली दुई समूहमा विभाजन भयो : यरूशलेम र एसिया माइनरमा केन्द्रित पूर्वी मण्डली, र रोममा केन्द्रित पश्चिमी मण्डली । त्यस बेला निस्तार-चाडको दिनमा नभएर पुनरुत्थानको चाडको दिनमा पवित्र भोज मान्दैआएको रोमको मण्डली, अनि निस्तार-चाडकै दिनमा पवित्र भोज मान्दैआएको पूर्वी मण्डलीबीच चर्को विवाद उत्पन्न भयो । ई.सं. १५५तिर, पूर्वी मण्डलीमध्ये स्मुर्ना मण्डलीका बिशप पोलिकार्प, र पश्चिमी मण्डलीको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने रोमको मण्डलीका बिशप एनिसिटसबीच पहिलो वादविवाद भयो । १२ जना चेलामध्येको एक, प्रेरित यूहन्नाबाट सीधै शिक्षा पाएका पोलिकार्प “निस्तार-चाड निशान महिना(पवित्र पात्रोअनुसार पहिलो महिना)को चौधौँ दिनमा मान्ने नियम हटाइनुपर्छ, र त्यसको सट्टा इस्टरमा पवित्र भोज गरिनुपर्छ” भन्ने पश्चिमी मण्डलीहरूको एकतर्फी जिद्दीमा कदापि सहमत भएनन् । निस्तार-चाडको विषयमा उठेको पहिलो वादविवाद सहमतिमा आउन सकेन, र ई.सं. १९७तिर उही कुरालाई लिएर पूर्वी मण्डली र पश्चिमी मण्डलीबीच फेरि अर्को विवाद भयो । तब रोमको मण्डलीका बिशप भिक्टरले निस्तार-चाडको पवित्र भोजचाहिँ वसन्त विषुवको पूर्णिमापछि आउने पहिलो आइतबार अर्थात् इस्टरमा गरिनुपर्छ भन्ने डोमिनिकको नियमलाई पछ्याउन सबै मण्डलीहरूलाई कर गरे । तर एफिसस मण्डलीका बिशप पोलिक्रेट्स लगायत अन्य सबै पूर्वी मण्डलीहरूले निस्तार-चाडचाहिँ प्रेरितहरूले मनाएका रीतिअनुसार नै मनाइनुपर्छ भन्दै पश्चिमी मण्डलीहरूको जिद्दीमा असहमति जनाए । तर शैतानको धूर्त षड्यन्त्रभित्र विधर्मको शक्ति झन्-झन् प्रबल हुँदैगयो, र ई.सं. ३२५मा रोमका सम्राट कन्स्टेन्टाइनद्वारा गठित निकेयाको सम्मलेनमा अन्तत: निस्तार-चाडको पवित्र भोज इस्टरको दिनमा गरिनुपर्छ भन्ने निष्कर्षमा सम्मेलन टुङ्गियो । यसरी निस्तार-चाड पूर्णत: हटाइयो । वास्तवमा निस्तार-चाड र इस्टर बिलकुल फरक चाड हो । तर शैतानले निकै धूर्ततापूर्वक यी दुई चाडलाई समायोजन गरिदिएर निस्तार-चाडलाई हटाएरै छाड्यो । निस्तार-चाड हटाइएपछि अनन्त जीवनको प्रतिज्ञा १,६०० वर्षभन्दा लामो समयसम्म गुप्तमा रह्यो, र कोही पनि स्वर्ग-राज्यमा प्रवेश गर्न सकेनन् । त्यसैले वर्तमान संसारका अधिकांश मण्डलीहरू निस्तार-चाड मान्दैनन् र उल्टै परिवर्तन गरिएका सिद्धान्तहरूलाई पछ्याइरहेका छन् । तर बाइबलको अगमवाणीअनुसार यो पृथ्वीमा दोस्रो पल्ट आउनुभएका येशूज्यूले नयाँ करार निस्तार-चाडको सत्यतालाई पुनर्स्थापना गरिदिनुभई, बन्द भएको स्वर्ग प्रवेश गर्ने ढोका पुनः उघारिदिनुभयो । नयाँ करारचाहिँ परमेश्वरले मात्र स्थापना गर्न सक्नुहुने सत्यता हो । येशूज्यूले निस्तार-चाडमा “यो कचौरा मेरो रगतमा स्थापित गरिने नयाँ करार हो” भन्नुहुँदै नयाँ करार स्थापना गर्नुभयो । तर त्यसरी नयाँ करार स्थापना गरिने कुरालाई परमेश्वरले येशूज्यूको समयभन्दा करीब ६०० वर्षअघि नै, पुरानो करारको यर्मियाको पुस्तकमा पहिल्यै अगमवाणी गर्नुभएको थियो । परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “ती दिन आउनेछन्, जब इस्राएलको घरानासँग र यहदूाको घरानासँग म एउटा नयाँ करार स्थापना गर्नेछु ।” … परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “ती दिनपछि म इस्राएलको घरानासँग यो करार बाँध्नेछु, तिनीहरूका मनमा मेरो व्यवस्था राखिदिनेछु, र तिनीहरूका हृदयमा त्यो लेखिदिनेछु, र म तिनीहरूका परमेश्वर हुनेछु, र तिनीहरू मेरा प्रजा हुनेछन् । ‘परमप्रभुलाई चिन’ भनेर अब उसो कुनै मानिसले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई वा आफ्ना दाजुभाइलाई सिकाउनेछैन । किनकि सानादेखि लिएर ठूलासम्म तिनीहरू सबैले मलाई चिन्नेछन्,” परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ । “किनकि तिनीहरूका अपराधहरू म क्षमा गर्नेछु, र म तिनीहरूका पाप फेरि कहिल्यै सम्झनेछैनँ ।” परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ : जसले दिन उज्यालो पार्नलाई सूर्य नियुक्त गर्नुहुन्छ, र राती प्रकाश दिनलाई चन्द्रमा र ताराहरूलाई आज्ञा गर्नुहुन्छ, जसले छालहरू गर्जाउनलाई समुद्र चलाउनुहुन्छ– उहाँको नाउँ सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु हो । “यी विधिहरू मेरो दृष्टिबाट लुप्त भए भने मात्र इस्राएलको वंश मेरो सामु एक जाति हुनदेखि खतम हुनेछ,” परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ ।यर ३१:३१-३६ परमेश्वरले “म हृदयमा मेरो व्यवस्था भएकाहरूका परमेश्वर हुनेछु, र तिनीहरू मेरा प्रजा हुनेछन्” भन्नुभयो । अर्थात् नयाँ करार निस्तार-चाड मान्नेहरू मात्र परमेश्वरका प्रजा हुनेछन् भन्ने वचन हो । साथै परमेश्वरले, म यिनीहरूका पाप र अपराध सबै क्षमा गर्नेछु भनेर प्रतिज्ञा पनि गर्नुभयो । जसरी परमेश्वरले दिनमा प्रकाश दिनलाई सूर्य, अनि रातमा प्रकाश दिनलाई चन्द्रमा र ताराहरूलाई सुव्यवस्थित नियममा राख्नुभएको छ, त्यसरी नै यो नयाँ करारको प्रतिज्ञा सदा अपरिवर्तनीय रहनेछ भन्नुभएको छ । नयाँ करार निस्तार-चाडद्वारा स्वर्ग-राज्यको ढोका उघारिँदा, हामीमा परमेश्वरको रगत छ कि छैन भनेर परमेश्वरले जाँच गर्नुहुनेछ । DNA रगत जाँचद्वारा परिवारको सदस्यलाई पुष्टि गर्न सकिएजस्तै, निस्तार-चाड मानेकाहरू परमेश्वरका सन्तान भनेर पुष्टि हुनेछन् र स्वर्ग-राज्यको ढोकाबाट भित्र प्रवेश गर्नेछन् । तर निस्तार-चाड नमान्नेहरूमा परमेश्वरको देह र रगत नहुने भएकोले तिनीहरू परमेश्वरबाट अस्वीकृत हुनेछन् । वर्तमान संसारमा असंख्य मण्डलीहरू भए तापनि अधिकांश ख्रीष्टियानहरूलाई परमेश्वरको इच्छा, र परमेश्वरले केद्वारा जीवन दिनुहुन्छ भन्ने कुरा नै थाहा छैन । २,००० वर्षअघि परमेश्वरलाई विश्वास गर्छौं भन्ने धेरै मानिसहरूले येशूज्यूलाई र उहाँको शिक्षालाई इन्कार गरेका थिए । त्योजस्तै यो युगमा पनि येशूज्यूलाई विश्वास गर्छौं भन्ने धेरै मानिसहरू येशूज्यूको पवित्र इच्छा समाविष्ट निस्तार-चाड मान्दैनन् । यो साँच्चै दुःखलाग्दो कुरा हो ! परमेश्वर स्वयम्ले स्थापना गर्नुभएको नयाँ करारको सत्यता भएको मण्डलीको खोजी गरेर त्यो मण्डलीमा गएमा स्वर्ग-राज्य प्रवेश गर्न सकिन्छ । परमेश्वरले निस्तार-चाडद्वारा प्रदान गर्नुभएको अनुग्रहलाई मनन गर्दै, जीवनको सत्यता रहेको नयाँ करार निस्तार-चाडको बारेमा अझैसम्म अनभिज्ञ भएका मानिसहरूमाझ यो सत्यता जोडका साथ सुनाउने सियोनका परिवार हामी सबै जना हुन सकौं ।