Comparing this with the first Passover to the burial of Jesus, the exodus, and the burial of Jesus are actually on the same day. Jesus was buried at the beginning of the fifteenth, same as when God passed over at night. The lamb was to be consumed before daybreak on the fifteenth, and the exodus started at daylight on the same day. A Biblical day begins at evening of the previous day. A complete Biblical day begins at sundown and ends at sundown. Therefore, the evening of the fourteenth day is actually the beginning of the fifteenth day being the first day of the “Feast of Unleavened Bread.” Exodus 12:8, and 18 defines this fact this way. “And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with *bitter herbs they shall eat it. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.” Keep in mind that Jesus desired to eat the Passover before He suffered which was actually the fourteenth. With that in mind, the fourteenth day is when the Passover was to be prepared, and that’s exactly what Jesus did in preparation of His death. Mark 15:42-43 describes the end, or finishing of this fourteenth day stating; “And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.” So the beginning of the fourteenth, was when Jesus and His disciples ate the last supper, and the last part of the fourteenth is when Joseph of Arimathaea went to Pilate, asking for the body of Jesus.
In addition, it does us well to address the *bitter herbs mentioned in Exodus 12:8. Note that “herbs” is italicized denoting the fact that it is an added word and the verse should be written “with *bitterness they shall eat it,” which describes an emotion rather than certain vegetation. It was an acknowledgment of the sobering situation of what was remembered as a bitter reality of their past, caused by leaving behind their environment, and literally everything they had ever lived and learned from the day they were born. I believe when we are truly saved we will not have any desire to go back into captivity. Nevertheless Israel experienced hardship after that, and desired the previous life more that the hope God offered. I am not saying that they didn’t eat *bitter herbs, I am endorsing the spiritual meaning in parable that sin is bitter, and Jesus died with the sins of those who believe in His sacrifice made in our stead when we deserved the punishment instead.
In relation to the actions of our Savior facing death, there is a prophecy in Psalm 69:21. “They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” This prophecy comes true in John 19:30 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” There is another aspect to this *bitterness mentioned in relation to the Old Testament dedication, and the blessing of the Levitical priesthood called consecration. Exodus 29:10-14 bears astonishing similarity to all things mentioned, keeping in mind that the bullock in the offerings during feast times actually is a representation of the attributes of the Word that became flesh. “And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.” The caul is actually the gallbladder that holds a liquid produced by the liver called bile that aids in digestion. So to eat with bitterness actually presents itself as the entity that assists the sustenance of the flesh. Accordingly, the bloodletting kills the flesh, and the caul containing the bile is to be destroyed by baptism of fire. We can put it together as we read what John the Baptist said in Matthew 3:11. “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:”
In addition, it does us well to address the *bitter herbs mentioned in Exodus 12:8. Note that “herbs” is italicized denoting the fact that it is an added word and the verse should be written “with *bitterness they shall eat it,” which describes an emotion rather than certain vegetation. It was an acknowledgment of the sobering situation of what was remembered as a bitter reality of their past, caused by leaving behind their environment, and literally everything they had ever lived and learned from the day they were born. I believe when we are truly saved we will not have any desire to go back into captivity. Nevertheless Israel experienced hardship after that, and desired the previous life more that the hope God offered. I am not saying that they didn’t eat *bitter herbs, I am endorsing the spiritual meaning in parable that sin is bitter, and Jesus died with the sins of those who believe in His sacrifice made in our stead when we deserved the punishment instead.
In relation to the actions of our Savior facing death, there is a prophecy in Psalm 69:21. “They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” This prophecy comes true in John 19:30 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” There is another aspect to this *bitterness mentioned in relation to the Old Testament dedication, and the blessing of the Levitical priesthood called consecration. Exodus 29:10-14 bears astonishing similarity to all things mentioned, keeping in mind that the bullock in the offerings during feast times actually is a representation of the attributes of the Word that became flesh. “And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.” The caul is actually the gallbladder that holds a liquid produced by the liver called bile that aids in digestion. So to eat with bitterness actually presents itself as the entity that assists the sustenance of the flesh. Accordingly, the bloodletting kills the flesh, and the caul containing the bile is to be destroyed by baptism of fire. We can put it together as we read what John the Baptist said in Matthew 3:11. “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:”
