Jesus The Passover Lamb

Passover not only highlights God’s faithfulness, but it also points to His Son, who was the finalsin offering. For this reason, God commanded the Israelites to keep the Passoverfrom generation to generation. This time of year reminds us of the Lord’s faithfulness to His words.

Passover is noteworthy because it symbolizes the crucifixion of the Savior, the ultimate Passover Lamb who freed us from sin. Paul writes to the disciples, “The Christ, our Passover, has also been sacrificed.” He accomplished the sacrificial system’s requirements by laying down his life. All of the Pesach lambs pointed to Christ as the supremely pure Lamb. Our sins were put on Jesus in the same way that a Jewish person’s sins were placed on a faultless lamb as a sacrifice by the high priest – both instances involving the faultless dying for the sinful. Those who apply the blood of Jesus Christ to their temple’s “doorposts”…