Christ, Our Passover Lamb!

                      

Paschal Lamb, by God appointed,

All our sins were on Thee laid;

By almighty love anointed,

Thou hast full atonement made.

All Thy people are forgiven

Through the virtue of Thy blood;

Opened is the gate of Heaven,

Peace is made for us with God.

From The Little Flock hymnbook

    When the children of Isreal were under bondage to the Egyptians in the land of Egypt, God told Moses that He was going to deliver the children of Isreal out of Egypt, and bring them into the promised land of Canaan. God hardened the heart of Pharoah, who was the King of Egypt at that time. Even after God smote the Egyptians with many terrible plagues, Pharoah would still not let the children of Isreal leave Egypt. Then, in Exodus chapter 12, we have the story of what God was going to do to the Egyptians next, so they would indeed let the children of Isreal go.

     Each family of the children of Isreal were told to offer up a lamb, without blemish, as a sacrifice to the Lord God on a certain night. Because on that one certain night, God was going to pass through the land of Egypt and kill the firstborn son of every Egyptian household. But the children of Isreal were told that after they killed the sacrificial lamb, they were to smear the blood from the lamb on the sides and the top of the doorframes of their homes, and when God passed through that night to execute judgement on the people of Egypt, He would pass over every home where He saw the blood, and they would be kept safe.

 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 
Exodus 12:13,14.

     The paschal (or, passover) lamb that had to be sacrificed when the first Passover was initiated, was an illustration of the TRUE Passover Lamb that was going to come in the future! As we read above, the blood of a lamb, had to be shed, and applied to the door posts of the homes, for the family within to be spared from death.

      

     The paschal (or, passover) lamb that had to be sacrificed when the first Passover was initiated, was an illustration of the TRUE Passover Lamb that was going to come in the future! As scripture says, the blood of a lamb, had to be shed, and then applied to the door posts of the homes, for the family within to be spared from death. The death of Jesus was foretold in Isaiah chapter 53.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all... He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 

Isaiah 53:5-6,11.

     How this applies to us today is that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). This is speaking of eternal death in Hell. And, just as the children of Isreal, we can do nothing of ourselves to save us from this death. But God showed His love for us by sending His Son, Jesus, to shed His blood and die for us (Romans 5:8)!

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission (forgiveness). Hebrews 9:22.

     As the Passover lamb was sacrificed, and it's blood displayed on the door posts of the homes, Jesus, our Passover Lamb, was sacrificed, and His shed blood pays the sin debt that we could never pay on our own!

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Peter 1:18,19.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29.

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace. Ephesians 2:13,14.

                                             

     How can we apply the blood of our Passover Lamb to our lives today? By acknowledging to God that you are a guilty sinner in need of a Savior. That you want to turn (repent) from the life you have been living, and trust in the shed blood of Jesus as being the only way to cleanse you of your sin.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:9,13.

For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.

1 Corinthians 5:7.

                               

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