Jesus fulfilled many of the legacies/doctrines of the Old Testament. It is often said that Jesus was hidden in the Old Testament but made clear in the New Testament.
Jesus clearly stated that He was present in Old Testament Scripture, He said in John 5:39, “You [Jewish people] diligently study the Scriptures…. These are the Scriptures that testify about me.”
So, it should be no surprise that the Passover of the Old Testament is fulfilled, by Jesus, in the New Testament.
Understand the importance of the Passover to the Jewish people. God sent His ‘Angel of Death’ to destroy all the ‘First Born’ in Egypt, in order to gain the Israelites their freedom from slavery.
Each Jewish household was to mark their door frame with lamb’s blood, and the Angel of Death would passover that house. They would be saved by the ‘Blood of the Lamb’.
God instructed the Jews to eternally commemorate this passover, with the annual ‘Passover Feast/Ceremony’. The Jewish people were to choose an ‘unblemished lamb’ for the ceremony. And, after three days they would slaughter the lamb, making sure that none of the lamb’s bones were broken.
Jesus’ fulfillment; Jesus entered Jerusalem, for the Feast of the Passover. Crowds went wild, they chose Him, proclaiming Him as the Messiah. And, of course, Jesus was perfect and without blemish.
Three days later, Jesus was slaughtered, sacrificed. And He was crucified at the very hour when the Jews were slaughtering their Passover lambs. It was ordered that His bones be broken to hasten His death. However, He has already died and so not a bone in His body was broken.
Thus the fulfillment of the Old Testament Passover. We are now saved from an eternal death and slavery from sin, by the new sacrifice, the sacrifice of the true ‘Lamb of God’, Jesus Christ.
Saved by the ‘Blood of the Lamb’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus clearly stated that He was present in Old Testament Scripture, He said in John 5:39, “You [Jewish people] diligently study the Scriptures…. These are the Scriptures that testify about me.”
So, it should be no surprise that the Passover of the Old Testament is fulfilled, by Jesus, in the New Testament.
Understand the importance of the Passover to the Jewish people. God sent His ‘Angel of Death’ to destroy all the ‘First Born’ in Egypt, in order to gain the Israelites their freedom from slavery.
Each Jewish household was to mark their door frame with lamb’s blood, and the Angel of Death would passover that house. They would be saved by the ‘Blood of the Lamb’.
God instructed the Jews to eternally commemorate this passover, with the annual ‘Passover Feast/Ceremony’. The Jewish people were to choose an ‘unblemished lamb’ for the ceremony. And, after three days they would slaughter the lamb, making sure that none of the lamb’s bones were broken.
Jesus’ fulfillment; Jesus entered Jerusalem, for the Feast of the Passover. Crowds went wild, they chose Him, proclaiming Him as the Messiah. And, of course, Jesus was perfect and without blemish.
Three days later, Jesus was slaughtered, sacrificed. And He was crucified at the very hour when the Jews were slaughtering their Passover lambs. It was ordered that His bones be broken to hasten His death. However, He has already died and so not a bone in His body was broken.
Thus the fulfillment of the Old Testament Passover. We are now saved from an eternal death and slavery from sin, by the new sacrifice, the sacrifice of the true ‘Lamb of God’, Jesus Christ.
Saved by the ‘Blood of the Lamb’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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