PASSOVER

Friday evening, April 19, 2008, marks the beginning of Passover. Each year, since the blood of the ancient sacrificed lamb (Heb. Pesach) was put on the doorposts of the enslaved Jews in Egypt about 3,500 years ago, Jews around the world have celebrated the Passover under the full moon on the14th of Nissan (Hebrew calendar). The Lord commanded that Passover would be an everlasting ordinance to memorialize the deliverance of the Israelites whose homes were protected by the lamb’s blood. In the Egyptian homes, death was brought to the first born causing Pharaoh to let the Children of Israel go free and return to the Promised Land.

As believers in the Messiah Jesus, we now see how the ancient Passover lamb was a foreshadow of the coming Messiah who would himself become the Passover Lamb. He alone can bring deliverance from sin and eternal life to both Jews and Gentiles who believe in Him. The Apostle John said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!” (John 1:29). And Paul said, “For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthians 5:7). We have become “Passover People” whose sins have been passed over by the mercy and power of God, enabling us to pass over the sins of others and to pass over the trials and tribulations of our own lives.

Our Passover Lamb, Yeshua (Jesus), though once slain on a deadly cross, is alive and reigns in heaven and in our hearts. His Spirit causes us not only to look back and remember but also to look forward to the future, to the wedding feast of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9) where we will praise Him together, forever!

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