Esther is relevant to Passover as well as Purim

It's not the origin of Passover, that's Exodus 12.  But a number of passages in Scripture have added to what we know of Passover, other parts of the Torah, Joshua's Passover, the Passovers of Hezekiah and Josiah, Ezra 6, and prophetically Ezekiel 45:21.  And for us Christians the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, among other New Testament references.

But sometimes that time of year might be relevant even if the word isn't used.  The New Holiday ordained by the Book of Esther is in Adar (the 12th month not the last month) when Israel was fully delivered.  But what is often considered the core dramatic narrative of the Book of Esther actually takes place in the first month.  Many seek to attack Esther's Canonocity based on it seemingly not mentioning God directly, and lacking any direct quotations in the New Testament.  But I'm going to argue that Esther perhaps foreshadows the Passover of the Passion Week almost as much as Exodus 12 does.

We're told in chapter 3 specifically that the 13th day of the first month is the day the decree to kill all the Jews on the 13th of Adar was issued, and thus it's on that day chapters 3 and 4 take place.  And so that makes the 14th-16th days of the Month Esther's three day Fast, and the 17th the day Haman was hanged and Mordecai was honored.

It may have been on the 13th Judas approached the Priests to betray Jesus.  But more importantly since I'm a Thursday 14th of Nisan Crucifixion proponent.  That makes the three days of Fasting and Mourning here correlate to the day Jesus was Crucified (as well as Gethsemane), and the two full days he was dead and buried.  And then the 17th of Nisan, the true day of Deliverance in this narrative, is the day I place the Resurrection of Jesus, on the Third Day of Unleavened Bread.

One of the things that confuses people about Passover is that Rabbinic Judaism doesn't use the same terminology for the Nisan Holy Days as The Torah, or at least Leviticus 23.  Leviticus 23 calls the 14th Passover because that's the day the Passover is killed, but it is eaten after sunset when the 15th has started.  Rabbinic Judaism has Passover as the 7 day festival that is Unleavened Bread in Leviticus 23.

One of the more mysterious details of the Rabbinic Hebrew Calendar is that it has the 14th of Nisan as the Fast of the Firstborn.  Many theories are proposed for what it's origin is, one is that the 14th was the first day of Esther's Fast but you can't regularly Fast on the 15th and 16th since they are Feast Days.  I think it's interesting how often Fasts are anniversaries of deaths, and Jesus is the Firstborn of Creation.

Here is an article I found recently supporting a Thursday Crucifixion in 30 AD model.  But I disagree with them on the 70th Week of Daniel.  I also can't approve of their endorsement of the Shem Tob, it's a Rabbinic source.
When Were the True Dates of the Crucifixion and Resurrection?

The YouTube channel InspiringPhilosophy has a good video called Easter is not Pagan.  When dealing with the misinformation regarding Easter's Etymology, they mention how Esther is attacked on the same grounds.  I wonder if that isn't a Coincidence?

On the subject of Purim.  I've always had a hunch that maybe Purim has something to do with when Lazarus was resurrected in John 11.

BTW, I updated this older post of mine, to show that I support this year (2018) starting Nisan with the New Moon of March not the New Moon of April.