Easter or Passover?

Nimrod was her husband,
   Who died and became Baal
He fertilized her from the sky
   And so she birthed a male.

Though Ishtar was a goddess
   Of fertility, love and war
She could not keep her son, Tammuz
   From being killed by a wild boar.

But she birthed the old traditions
   On the pig she took revenge
All would eat the ham at "Ishtar"
   And mourn forty days of "Lent".

Right now the words roll off our lips,
   "That's not what it means to me!"
Will this retort stand up in court
   Before the Judge of Eternity?

The eggs and little rabbits
   All have their history too
We try to change their meaning
   But we need to know the Truth.

To avoid the persecution
   That inevitably was Jews' fate
The Christians separated
   And chose this pagan date.

Passover changed to Easter
   A change that man did make
God does not change, but we do
   When something great's at stake.

A camouflage, it sure did work
   Their lives they did protect
But this assimilation
   Would have its own effect.

Instead of being set apart
   We've willingly embraced
The ways of those around us
   The stuff God says He hates!

We've wandered from the ancient path
   And label it as "grace"
Abandoning what was meant to keep
   Our eyes on just One Face.

God's Passover shows us perfectly
   The events of Jesus' death;
His Lamb freed us from our slavery
   And gained for us eternal rest.

We must resist our blindness,
   His Word wipes out excuse;
God established days to worship Him
   Appointed Times to not refuse.

If Passover is just for Jews
   Then nothing's worth this fuss,
But then we must ask the question,
   Is this Passover Lamb for us?