Jesus our Passover Lamb
Hi folks🙌💞
Guess what🙃?
Yesterday marked the end of Passover 2020🎊😍🎉😃😍😊.
Passover🤔?
Wondering what it is?
Ha, don't worry, just stay with me, I won't scold you, I will just help you repent too😄🤗
But before that, let's do a study about👇:
This event was instituted by God in Egypt on the eve of the exodus, to be celebrated on the 14th-21st days of the first month of every year.
And per the Jewish calendar (which was ordained by God; Exodus 12:2), the first month, Nisan, usually falls in March-April on the Gregorian calendar
So this year, the 14th to 21st day in the month of Nisan, fell on 8th-16th of April🎉
The Passover feast was to commemorate how the Lord distinguished between the Israelites and the Egyptians and spared their firstborns during the last of the 10 plagues the Egyptians suffered.
And it was to be a lasting ordinance to be celebrated year after year, generation after generation.
On the first day of the week long celebration, the Israelites were to take a sheep or goat without blemish and slaughter it at twilight, smearing the top and sides of their doorframes with the blood.
They were to eat in haste the meat of the animal roasted, with bitter herbs and bread without yeast (for further study see Exodus chapters 11 &12)
In fact, the essence of today's study is to let you know that this event foreshadowed the sacrifice of Jesus.
This is what John the Baptist saw when He called Jesus the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’ (John 1:29).
This is what Paul testifies to when he says ‘For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed’ (1 Corinthians 5:7b).
..The synopsis (the first 3 books of the gospel) spells out that Jesus died during the week long celebration of the Passover, whereas John stated that He died just before the commencement of the event...
Either ways, Jesus' death was related to the Passover Feast
Whether Matthew, Mark or Luke didn't get their timing right or John didn't, the fact is that Jesus' death was related to the Passover Festival, though I am more inclined to go by John's, not only because he was part of the inner circle of Christ so he was more likely to give an accurate timing, but because the Passover week was more like the Sabbath; the Jews were not to engage in any form of work except to cook, Exodus 12:10, hence they was no way these 'pious' Pharisees or Jews would have desecrated the Passover to hold a trial and crucifixion during such a time.
This fact is even corroborated when they wanted to break Jesus legs to hasten His death because that day was the day of preparations and the next day was a special Sabbath- John 19:31
If Jesus' death during such a time wasn't of essence then Jesus would have died any day any month?
But why during Passover?
Now, let's get to the crux of the matter
THE REASONS WHY JESUS MADE THE PERFECT PASSOVER LAMB
1. According to Exodus 12, The animal chosen for sacrifice must not be with blemish
Jesus:
📝 When the chief priest and the congregation of the Sanhedrin interrogated Him, He was being inspected for any doctrinal spot or blemish that would disqualify Him as the Lamb of God.
They found none.
Pontius Pilate also testified to this after his session with Jesus that he finds no fault with Him - John 19:6, meaning Jesus was without blemish, hence suitable to be our Passover Lamb
2. The Passover lamb is to be slaughtered at twilight
📝Twilight is simply the time of day between daylight and darkness, whether that's after sunset, or before sunrise.
And Jesus died around the ninth hour which was twilight (Matt 27:45-50)
3. No bone of the Passover lamb must be broken- Exodus 12:46
📝No bone of Jesus' was broken (John 19:33)
4. During the first passover, the blood of the Passover lamb was smeared on the top and sides of their doorframes so that at the sight of that, the angel of death will pass over them
📝Where there was blood on the door-frames of a house, it indicated that death had already taken place in that household, so the angel of death should bypass them.
Now remember, the angel of death will only move on after striking the firstborn son of a household or after seeing the blood of the Passover lamb on your doorframes.
So, it was a night of blood shedding, either the blood of firstborns or the Passover lambs.
Jesus died for us so that the angel of death will not strike us, but pass over us.
His is the blood that saves us from death, eternal death
Jesus as the firstborn of many brothers (Romans 8:29) chose to die for us, so that His blood can be smeared on the doorframes of our lives before the angel of death arrives.
He died so that we will not die but live, To me, Jesus as our Passover Lamb is the best illustration of this statement🙌.
Our Passover lamb who loved us and gave Himself for us.
And as it is said in the Book of Exodus chapter 12: 22b, "None of you should go out of the door of your house until morning...
None of you should leave the safe arms of God, that is the only place you will be safe.
Leave Him and the angel of death will strike you.
He has provided the lamb already, He is the Lamb.
So be satisfied, for any other lamb will be full of blemishes.
Guess what🙃?
Yesterday marked the end of Passover 2020🎊😍🎉😃😍😊.
Passover🤔?
Wondering what it is?
Then you are probably like me who used to skip these ordinances and celebrations in the Bible when I came across them, until recently I repented🙃😅, this is because every word, every event, every stroke in the Bible has a meaning, and if you don't pay attention, you will miss them.
Ha, don't worry, just stay with me, I won't scold you, I will just help you repent too😄🤗
But before that, let's do a study about👇:
This event was instituted by God in Egypt on the eve of the exodus, to be celebrated on the 14th-21st days of the first month of every year.
And per the Jewish calendar (which was ordained by God; Exodus 12:2), the first month, Nisan, usually falls in March-April on the Gregorian calendar
So this year, the 14th to 21st day in the month of Nisan, fell on 8th-16th of April🎉
The Passover feast was to commemorate how the Lord distinguished between the Israelites and the Egyptians and spared their firstborns during the last of the 10 plagues the Egyptians suffered.
And it was to be a lasting ordinance to be celebrated year after year, generation after generation.
On the first day of the week long celebration, the Israelites were to take a sheep or goat without blemish and slaughter it at twilight, smearing the top and sides of their doorframes with the blood.
They were to eat in haste the meat of the animal roasted, with bitter herbs and bread without yeast (for further study see Exodus chapters 11 &12)
In fact, the essence of today's study is to let you know that this event foreshadowed the sacrifice of Jesus.
This is what John the Baptist saw when He called Jesus the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’ (John 1:29).
This is what Paul testifies to when he says ‘For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed’ (1 Corinthians 5:7b).
..The synopsis (the first 3 books of the gospel) spells out that Jesus died during the week long celebration of the Passover, whereas John stated that He died just before the commencement of the event...
Either ways, Jesus' death was related to the Passover Feast
Whether Matthew, Mark or Luke didn't get their timing right or John didn't, the fact is that Jesus' death was related to the Passover Festival, though I am more inclined to go by John's, not only because he was part of the inner circle of Christ so he was more likely to give an accurate timing, but because the Passover week was more like the Sabbath; the Jews were not to engage in any form of work except to cook, Exodus 12:10, hence they was no way these 'pious' Pharisees or Jews would have desecrated the Passover to hold a trial and crucifixion during such a time.
This fact is even corroborated when they wanted to break Jesus legs to hasten His death because that day was the day of preparations and the next day was a special Sabbath- John 19:31
If Jesus' death during such a time wasn't of essence then Jesus would have died any day any month?
But why during Passover?
Now, let's get to the crux of the matter
THE REASONS WHY JESUS MADE THE PERFECT PASSOVER LAMB
1. According to Exodus 12, The animal chosen for sacrifice must not be with blemish
Jesus:
📝 When the chief priest and the congregation of the Sanhedrin interrogated Him, He was being inspected for any doctrinal spot or blemish that would disqualify Him as the Lamb of God.
They found none.
Pontius Pilate also testified to this after his session with Jesus that he finds no fault with Him - John 19:6, meaning Jesus was without blemish, hence suitable to be our Passover Lamb
2. The Passover lamb is to be slaughtered at twilight
📝Twilight is simply the time of day between daylight and darkness, whether that's after sunset, or before sunrise.
And Jesus died around the ninth hour which was twilight (Matt 27:45-50)
3. No bone of the Passover lamb must be broken- Exodus 12:46
📝No bone of Jesus' was broken (John 19:33)
4. During the first passover, the blood of the Passover lamb was smeared on the top and sides of their doorframes so that at the sight of that, the angel of death will pass over them
📝Where there was blood on the door-frames of a house, it indicated that death had already taken place in that household, so the angel of death should bypass them.
Now remember, the angel of death will only move on after striking the firstborn son of a household or after seeing the blood of the Passover lamb on your doorframes.
So, it was a night of blood shedding, either the blood of firstborns or the Passover lambs.
Jesus died for us so that the angel of death will not strike us, but pass over us.
His is the blood that saves us from death, eternal death
Jesus as the firstborn of many brothers (Romans 8:29) chose to die for us, so that His blood can be smeared on the doorframes of our lives before the angel of death arrives.
He died so that we will not die but live, To me, Jesus as our Passover Lamb is the best illustration of this statement🙌.
Our Passover lamb who loved us and gave Himself for us.
And as it is said in the Book of Exodus chapter 12: 22b, "None of you should go out of the door of your house until morning...
None of you should leave the safe arms of God, that is the only place you will be safe.
Leave Him and the angel of death will strike you.
He has provided the lamb already, He is the Lamb.
So be satisfied, for any other lamb will be full of blemishes.
- The End-
Wonderful insight into God's Word. I repent too😅. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
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