The Passover

Exodus 12:1-14

Theme: Christ

Key vs: v.17

51 verses; 1493 words

Grade: 8.3

v.1 “The LORD spake…”

v.2 “This month…shall be the first month…”

The month was originally known as the seventh month:

Genesis 8:4 “And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”

It will now be known as the first month Abib:

Exodus 13:4 “This day came ye out in the month Abib.”

These are the DESCRIPTIONS of the Passover Lamb:

I. The Proven Lamb. v.3

“a lamb”

The Lamb was tested.

Hebrews 4:15 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

The Lamb was triumphant.

1 Peter 2:22 “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:”

The Lamb was testified.

There was not a priest in all Israel that would testify to Christ being perfect and without blemish.

God used a gentile politician to declare this four times in the Bible.

(Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:4, 6)

II. The Perfect Lamb. v.4

“the lamb”

The lamb was prophesied.

1 Peter 1:20 “Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,”

The lamb is preeminent.

Colossians 1:18 “And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”

The Lamb was presented.

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

III. The Personal Lamb. v.5

“Your lamb”

1 Corinthians 5:7 “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”

There is no need of anymore sacrifices in the temple.

He is our Passover!

There is no need for anymore services in the temple.

He is our Provider!

There is no need for anymore servants in the temple.

He is our Priest!

Conclusion:

Do you walk with Christ?

Ephesians 5:2 “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”

Is Jesus your Lamb?