Israel either gathered the manna or they trampled it underfoot.

When we look around, we know that manna is a scripture idiom for Jesus our Lord and the Word of God.  What do we mean, when we say, they trampled it underfoot.  Does it mean, when we do not follow the commands, teachings, instructions, or follow the example of Jesus, our Lord; we are trampling Jesus underfoot by not doing these things?  Alternatively, by not taking the Bible seriously when the Bible explains many different things and not taking them seriously.  Is this also trampling the Word of God underfoot?  It all depends on how our understanding or should I say, what has been taught to us from others, for example, pastors, ministers, preachers, friends, or teachers.  Where do we get our understandings of the scriptures, from these individuals or from the scriptures?  Do we study the scriptures daily as the Bereans do to see if what we is told is correct or do we just take their word at it? 

One example is the Passover.  The original question was not Passover vs. Easter, but when to celebrate the Passover, on the 14^th or on Sunday.  The Apostle John and Polycarp (John disciple) taught the Easter church to celebrate the Passover on the 14^th and the Western church celebrated Passover on Sunday.  Later, the Western church called it Easter.  The Western church then forced the Eastern church to call it Easter and to celebrate it on Sunday or be killed.  The Western church went and killed thousands of those who celebrated the Passover on the 14^th that John taught them. I did a presentation of this subject in the I-700 class. If you are interested, it is located at

http://www.studycenter.com/school/slideshowdata/3011/570/slideshow/Slideshow.swf?cache_buster=0.000743002719245851

Blessings

Stephen