Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the Lord’s temple.
 Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings, and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.
His officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle. the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.
The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem. This Passover was celebrated in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.
Passover had been neglected under the Kings, though Hezekiah revived it. Now the celebration forms the climax to Josiah's reforms. The nation remembers their deliverance from slavery in Egypt- within a few short years of second slavery, to Babylon.
Why?
For Israelites forgot the Passover- remember they were saved from slavery in Egypt, so soon they have second slavery to Babylon.
History uses to remind us what is good and wrong. When we proud and forsake the Lord, our savior, the same history will come upon us again.
Josiah did what he can do to honor the Lord and called all of the people and Levites to do their duty before the Lord.
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服事他的民以色列，透過服事人來愛主，服事神不是為自己做的。
服事前的預備，我們的心要先預備好，其次是預備祭物。
眾首領、祭司、利未人、利未人的族長也為眾人預備祭物。為其他人慷慨付出，預備祭物。服事神前，先愛人。若是人以自我為中心，無論如何的敬拜與奉獻都不蒙神悅納。
彼此服事，幫助、相愛的服事神。否則所做的只是做給人看的。
沒有守過逾越節，意思是沒有像約西亞王，祭司、利未人，以色列人如此品質與規模是如此之高與大。
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How?
Remember the word of the Lord and keep walking on the way of the Lord, Only Christ, grace, faith, and the bible are the kernel to be a Christian.