Passover is so important that if one is unable because of uncleanness or travel to observe it on the 14 th of the first month, it is to be kept on the 14 th of the following month, Numbers 9:10-14 As Yahweh began to prepare His people Israel to be released from the bondage of Egypt , He told Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you , ” Exodus 12:2 . Deuteronomy 16: 1 reveals this month as Abib, the beginning of the year and first of the months in Yahweh's calendar . Abib in Hebrew means “ Green Ears” of barley . Abib comes in the spring when the warming sun brings vegetative life back to the earth in the northern hemisphere. Passover falls in this month , reminding us of the renewal of our life as portrayed by the time of our Savior's sacri f ice . Because the Passover season ushers in the holy times of Unleavened Bread , Satan continues his attempts to influence we...