Jesus, our Passover Lamb - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my mind and heart in Luke 22:1,

"Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching…"

Here is how Luke begins his account of the betrayal, arrest,
crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It all happened at the
time of the celebration of the Passover.

We read about the Passover in Exodus 12. There the Lord told Moses and
Aaron to commemorate it as a festival for all generations to come.
Enslaved in Egypt, the Lord told the Jews he was going to destroy
those who enslaved them and set them free. However, the Jews needed to
take some of the blood of an animal to be sacrificed and apply it to
their door frames. That way when the destroying angel came to strike
down the Egyptians, he would "pass over" the Lord's people and not put
them to death.

The account of the Passover, inaugurated on the night before the Jews
were delivered from Egypt, is rich with symbolism and helps explain
what God was going to do to redeem mankind from his own justice. Jesus
Christ, the sacrifice who paid the penalty for all our sins would come
and take our punishment upon himself. Enslaved to the eternal death
our sins bring from God's justice, freedom is now available for all
who have applied, in a figurative sense, Jesus Christ's blood on
themselves by embracing him in faith.

As with the Passover celebrated by the Jews in Egypt, all mankind must
"apply" the blood of the Lord's sacrifice to their own lives in order
to be freed from his justice, otherwise face God's wrath. "They have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Revelation 7:14. "To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins
by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his
God and Father —to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen."
Revelation 1:5-6.

Clearly, the timing of the Lord's passion with the Passover was
predetermined and arranged by God. How fitting that Jesus' betrayal,
arrest, crucifixion and resurrection came at the time of the Passover.
Paul observes, "Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." 1
Corinthians 5:7.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com