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"The WORLD TOMORROW"
A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
Proclaims to the World the
GOOD NEWS OF THE WORLD TOMORROW
BOX 111, Pasadena, California
Publishing:
The PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of UNDERSTANDING
Passover, 1959
(April 22, 1959)
(This letter was probably written on,
or after April 24, 1959, so will use
that date for filing. E.R.)
Dear Friend:
Since you were unable to take the Passover on the 14th of the
first month, I am writing this letter to inform you of a God-given
alternate date for taking the Passover.
Any person, who, through circumstances beyond his control, is
unable to take the Passover on the 14th of Nisan may take the
Passover one month--exactly 30 days--later, on the 14th of Iyar,
the second month.
God instructs us that "If any man of you or of your posterity
shall be...in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover
unto the Lord. The fourteenth day of the second month at even they
shall keep it..." (Numbers 9:10-11). Because of the very important
spiritual significance of the Passover, God has provided that those
unable to take it on the first date should take it on the second.
The Passover is the first annual feast of God, the first step
annually unfolding His great plan of salvation. To miss the
Passover means missing much of the real significance of God's plan,
and the other feast days would not be as meaningful as they should.
If you did not observe the Days of Unleavened Bread after the first
Passover, then you should observe seven days of unleavened bread
after taking the second, or alternate, Passover. This shows the
process of putting sin out of our lives. The first and last days
of this period of unleavened bread following the second Passover
would NOT be Sabbaths, however.
If you were unable to take the Passover on the 14th of the
first month, but still wish to, then you may take it on May 21,
just after sundown. The 14th of Iyar falls on Friday, the 22nd of
May. However, since God reckons days from sundown to sundown, this
places the beginning of the 14th at precisely sundown at the end of
the 13th of Iyar, or Thursday, May 21.
Follow the instructions contained in the letter showing how
to take the Passover in your own home. Remember, the proper time
to take it--the Bible authorized time is just after sundown
Thursday, May 21.