How to Celebrate the Memorial of the Death of Jesus Christ ? When, Where And How ? (Part 4)

3 min readSep 24, 2020

How to celebrate the memorial of the death of Jesus Christ?

“Keep doing this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19)

How to proceed?

Based on the pattern left by Christ, the celebration must be organized by one person, an elder, a pastor, a priest of the Christian congregation. If the celebration takes place in a family setting, it is the head of the Christian family who must celebrate it. If there is no man, but only Christian women, the sister in Christ who will organize the celebration should be chosen from among the older women (Titus 2:3). She will have to cover her head (1 Corinthians 11: 2–6).

The one who will organize the celebration, will decide the Bible teaching in this circumstance based on the story of the Gospels, perhaps by reading them by commenting on them. A prayer addressed to Jehovah God will be pronounced. After which, praises may be sung to Jehovah God and in homage to his Son Jesus Christ.

Regarding the bread, the cereal is not mentioned, however, it must be made without yeast (How to prepare the unleavened bread (video)). With regard to wine, in some countries it is possible that faithful Christians can not obtain it. In this exceptional case, the elders will decide how to replace it in the most appropriate way based on the Bible (John 19:34). Jesus Christ has shown that in certain exceptional situations, exceptional decisions can be made and that the mercy of God will apply in this circumstance (Matthew 12: 1–8).

There is no Biblical indication of the precise duration of the celebration. Therefore, it is the one who will organize this event that will show good judgment, just as Christ has ended this special meeting. The only important biblical point about the timing of this event is that the memorial of the death of Jesus Christ must be celebrated “between the two evenings” of Nisan 14th. After sunset from Nisan 13 to Nisan 14, and before sunrise. It was at this moment that Jesus Christ made this celebration. John 13:30 informs us that when Judas Iscariot left, shortly before the celebration, “it was night”.

Jehovah God had set this law regarding the celebration of Passover: “The sacrifice of the festival of the Passover should not be kept overnight until the morning” (Exodus 34:25). Why ? The death of the Passover lamb was to take place “between the two evenings”. The death of Christ, the Lamb of God, has been decreed by “judgment”, also “between the two evenings”, before morning, “Then the high priest ripped his outer garments, saying: “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See! Now you have heard the blasphemy. What is your opinion?” They answered: “He deserves to die. (…) And immediately a rooster crowed. 75 And Peter called to mind what Jesus had said, namely: “Before a rooster crows, you will disown me three times”” (Matthew 26:65–75). So the death of the Passover lamb has been followed by the death of “the Lamb of God”, Jesus Christ, “in the name of the law”, “between the two evenings” (Psalms 94:20 “it is framing trouble in the name of the law”; John 1:29–36; Colossians 2:17 Hebrews 10: 1). May God bless the faithful Christians of the whole world through His Son Jesus Christ, amen.

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