THE PASSOVER LAMB

Exodus 12:13 NKJV

13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

EX 12.13

The Feast of Passover is the clearest picture of the Cross in the Old Testament. God commanded it. Israel celebrated it. Jesus fulfilled it. Notice the eight great parallels between the Passover Lamb and Christ, the Lamb of God:

1.THE LAMB MUST BE CHOSEN.

Exodus 12:3–4 NKJV

3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb.

EX 12.

John 1:29 NKJV

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

2. THE LAMB MUST BE WITHOUT BLEMISH.

Exodus 12:5–6 NKJV

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

Exodus 12:6 NKJV

6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

Romans 3:23 NKJV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Luke 11:53–54 NKJV

53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, 54 lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.

LUKE 11.

3. THE LAMB MUST BE WITHOUT BLEMISH.

Exodus 12:5 NKJV

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

2 COR

2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

THE LAMB MUST BE TESTED

Exodus 12:6 NKJV

6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

EX 12

Romans 3:23 NKJV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Luke 11:53–54 NKJV

53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, 54 lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.

LUKE 11.

4. THE LAMB MUST BE SLAIN AT TWILIGHT.

Exodus 12:6 NKJV

6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

MATT 27.

Matthew 27:45 NKJV

45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

5.THE BONES OF THE LAMB MUST NOT BE BROKEN

Exodus 12:46 NKJV

46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.

Psalm 34:20 NKJV

20 He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.

-366.THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB MUST BE APPLIED.

John 19:32–36 NKJV

32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. 36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”

6.THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB MUST BE APPLIED.

6.THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB MUST BE APPLIED.

EX 12.

Exodus 12:7 NKJV

7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

John 1:12 NKJV

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

7. THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WAS THE ONLY PROTECTION FROM DEATH AND JUDGMENT.

EX

Exodus 12:13 NKJV

13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

1 John 5:12–13 NKJV

12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

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John 14:16 NKJV

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

John 14:6 NKJV

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

JOHN 14

8. ONCE THE LAMB WAS SACRIFICED, THE ISRAELITES ATE THE LAMB THAT HAD BEEN OFFERED.

8. ONCE THE LAMB WAS SACRIFICED, THE ISRAELITES ATE THE LAMB THAT HAD BEEN OFFERED.

Exodus 12:8 NKJV

8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

EX 12.

1 Peter 2:1–2 NKJV

1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

Hebrews 10:25 NKJV

25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Psalm 1:1–2 NKJV

1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

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