In some ways we can think of it kinda like the Fourth of July in this country.

The special moment of Christ’s sacrifice was meant to be remembered and kept with these very specific instructions; a memorial proclaiming the Lord‘s death the very same night He was betrayed.

As we know in the Old Testament, the people of Israel had to keep the Passover exactly on the 14th day of the first month. The timing was critical and wasn’t something they could delay or choose for themselves another day.

The timing was critical. It wasn’t something they could delay or choose for another day. That pattern is followed in the New Testament, and when Paul is inspired to write “as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup” that didn’t mean that it was intended to be done multiple times per year, rather that special occasion would take place on the anniversary  of the night Christ was taken.