The Passover Lamb

The Passover Lamb

Exodus 12: 1 – 51

I. The Lamb Needed Exodus 11

Death was to come to all Exodus 11:5–6; 12:12–13

All have sinned Romans 3:23

The wages of sin is death Romans 6:23

You must be born again John 3:6–7

Note: firstborn will die All people are firstborn who have not been twice-born.

II. The Lamb Chosen Exodus 12:1–5

A. Chosen before it is slain. Selected on the tenth day, and slain “between the evenings” of the fourteenth and fifteenth days, the lamb was set aside for death. So Christ was the Lamb foreordained before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:20).

B. Spotless. The lamb was to be a male without blemish, a picture of the perfect Lamb of God in whom there was no spot or stain (1 Peter 1:19).

C. Tested. From the tenth to the fourteenth days, the people watched the lambs to make sure they were satisfactory; similarly, Christ was tested and watched during His earthly ministry, especially during the last week before He was crucified.

Note the progress: “a lamb” (v. 3), “the lamb” (v. 4), “your lamb” (v. 5). “a Savior” (Luke 2:11), “the Savior” (John 4:42), and “my Savior” (Luke 1:47).

III. The Lamb Slain Exodus 12:6–7 We are saved by His death Vs. Hebrews 9:22; Leviticus 17:11; *I Corinthians 1: 18-23 Christ was slain on the fourteenth day of the month Where is the lamb Vs. Genesis 22:7; John 1:29; Revelation 5:12

IV. The Lamb Eaten Exodus 12:8–20, 43–51 Yeast: picture of sin: it works silently; it corrupts; puffs up; removed by fire. lamb was to be roasted with fire. Birth into God’s Family. No leftovers; No strangers; No hired servant; No uncircumcised; Not out of the house.

V. The Lamb Trusted Exodus 12:21–42; *Exodus 12: 12 – 13 Saved by the blood-Assured by the Word Promise Fulfilled vs. Exodus 11: 1-3