The Passover Papers

Backdrop to the Passover Papers With out a doubt, the book Passover Papers, by Paul R. Finch, is a book of controversy. The controversy exists among the last adherents of the late World Wide Church of God leader, Herbert W. Armstrong. The World Wide Church of God was a religious organization that grew in leaps and bounds from the late19 50’s on into the early 70’s of the last century, due to radio broadcast, The World Tomorrow. But in the mid 70’s, it was apparent to many within the Church that many of Armstrong’s teachings were simply false. The Church began to splinter into various offshoots, some clinging to Armstrong’s teachings, others modifying some of his teachings, and the main branch itself repudiating just about all of his teachings. But of all of Mr. Armstrong’s doctrines, the one that has held so tenaciously by most all of these offshoot groups is Armstrong’s teaching of how the date of Passover should be calculated. Armstrong boldly believed that the Jewish people incredibly are wrong, and that he is right. He maintained that Passover should occur at the end of Nisan 13 of the Hebrew Calendar, rather than how the Jews keep it, at the end of Nisan 14. Armstrong’s arguments were so persuasive that many today still cling to his overall thesis. This was the beauty of Armstrong’s ability to produce shock doctrines that were so audacious as to boldly go where no man has gone before (except for the fact that many of his teachings were a complete rip-off of the Church of God, Seventh Day). Those who are unfamiliar with church leader Armstrong’s teachings could never even begin to appreciate the highly toxic venue of the Passover Papers. “Outsiders” would simply consider this book, at best, as an interesting good ole’ fashion Bible Study, and nothing more. But for those who have been indoctrinated into the teachings of Mr. Armstrong, this book is not entertainment at all, but represents no less than a life or death issue for their entire belief system. Simply stated, if the theses of this book are in anyway correct, then it definitely would be the last nail in the coffin of Herbert W. Armstrong’s doctrines. And that is not an over-statement by any means. Outsiders haven’t a clue as to how much the legacy of Armstrong’s teachings depends on this one last remaining issue that is considered beyond compromise among its latter day adherents. If the Nisan 13/14 Passover doctrine were to fall, then there is simply hardly any glue left to hold together the tat

First sentence: Passover is a word that is typically connected with Judaism. It is one of the primary Jewish Holy Day periods of the Jewish year. The roots of Passover go back to over three millennia --- to when Israel was miraculously delivered from enslavement in Egypt.

Year

2008

Language

English

Publisher

B-F Enterprises

Editions

4

Pages

340

ISBN

9780980073935

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