The Root: Pesach, Zikkaron, Chametz, Mo'ed
from Sergio DeSoto | The Counterintuitive Thinker Hosted by Sergio DeSoto
The institutional church kept the cross but lost the Exodus. It kept the resurrection but lost the harvest. It kept the bread and the cup but lost the Passover table they came from. In this episode, Sergio traces the Scriptural framework God built around the death and resurrection of Messiah, Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits, and examines how institutional Christianity preserved the event while stripping away the covenant grammar that gives it meaning. From the Quartodeciman controversy of the second century to the prepackaged communion cups on a modern Sunday morning, this essay asks a direct question: are we honoring the risen Messiah inside the frame Scripture gives, or inside the one an institution substituted? This is not a takedown of Easter. This is a recovery of truth over tradition. Topics covered: Passover as the redemptive frame for the cross. The mo'adim sequence: Pesach, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits. How the institutional church severed Messiah from His Hebraic world. The Quartodeciman controversy and Polycarp's apostolic claim. Zikkaron: why "remembrance" does not mean what you think it means. Communion: when the sign survives but the world behind it disappears. The consequences Sha'ul warned about in 1 Corinthians 11. How to honor this season according to Scripture. Scripture references: Exodus 12, Exodus 6:6, Leviticus 23, John 1:29, 1 Corinthians 5:6-7, 1 Corinthians 11:24-30, 1 Corinthians 15:20, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Psalm 16, Isaiah 53 To hear more, visit substack.sergiodesoto.com
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