JESUS, OUR PASSOVER LAMB

Exodus 12:1-51

1. They were to eat the unleavened bread.
2. They were to eat the flesh of the sacrificed lamb.
3. The lamb’s blood was to be used to rub on the doorpost and lintel.

Significance

•   For the deliverance and salvation of the first born.
•   For the change of Pharaoh’s heart.
•   It stands for freedom from bondage.
•   It marks the beginning of the journey to the Promised Land: land flowing with milk and honey.
•   It marks the beginning of their encounter with favour on every side. It was after the Passover that the  Egyptians gave them gold and silver lavishly.
•   It signifies un-delayed and unhindered desire and expectation. After that night they left the Egyptian bondage for the Promised Land.
•   The bread got blistered as they roasted it in the fire. So also was Christ by the stripes and the beating.
•   As the blood of the lamb was poured out and also used to rub on the doorpost the same was Christ’ blood shed on the cross and on the altar of our hearts.
•   As the blood was for the salvation of their first-born so was Christ’ blood for the salvation of our souls.
•   The blood represents the exemption of the Israelites from the scourge of death and is a token (Exodus 12:13). Christ’ blood also exempt us from the sting of death and the victory of the grave. “Death is swallowed up in victory”. 1 Cor.15: 53-57
•   The blood of the sacrificial lamb that was shed transformed slaves into masters: they spoiled the Egyptians of their goods.
•   By the shed blood they came into a covenant of forward ever and backward never with God. They began an exodus from Egypt (bondage/slavery) to Canaan (freedom/fertility).
•   By the shed blood they entered into a covenant of obedience with God. They followed God’s instruction.
•  As the bread was broken so was Christ’ body for our redemption.
•   They were told not to break the bones of the lamb (Exodus 12: 46). In the same vein, Christ bones were not broken in fulfillment of scriptures. John 19:31-37; Num. 9:9-13.
•   The Psalmist prophesied it. He wrote of the anguish and the song of praise of the messiah before hand. Psalm 22:1-31. Who knows, that might have been the prayers of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane Matthew 26: 36-46.
•   Isaiah prophesied of Christ suffering and death even the outcome of the same. Isaiah 53:1:12.
•   Matthew clearly shows that Christ is truly our Passover Lamb. Matthew 26:17-68.
•   After the resurrection, Jesus revealed Himself to the disciples through the breaking of bread. Luke 24:1-48 (30-31,41-45); John 21:9-14.
•   He is coming back again to His own. Act 1:6-11.
•   John wrote of the testimony of Jesus Christ.1 John 1:1- 4.
•   Consider the kind of love God has shown towards us. We ought to reciprocate through genuine service of obedience and righteousness. 1 John 3:1-3.
•   God hate those who despise, forsake and kick against the Passover. Numbers 9:9-13