{"id":1980,"date":"2008-12-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2008\/12\/bible-qa-for-april-28.html"},"modified":"2008-12-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T00:00:00","slug":"bible-qa-for-april-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2008\/12\/bible-qa-for-april-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Bible Q&amp;A for December 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>In the Old Testament, God says we must celebrate Passover. So why is it that Christians do not celebrate it?<\/b><br \/>\nChristians do not celebrate Passover because we are not under the Mosaic Covenant. See Galatians 3-4 on the issue of our being under the new covenant.<br \/>\n&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/68\/story_6879_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Witherington III<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Old Testament, God says we must celebrate Passover. So why is it that Christians do not celebrate it? Christians do not celebrate Passover because we are not under the Mosaic Covenant. 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