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The Lamb of God
Easter is not just about a break from school, a set of random traditions, or chocolate bunnies and dressing up for grandma.
Easter is the single most important event in human history, and the most profound revelation of God’s love and intentions for humanity ever revealed, because it is the central event when the “super” natural took on a fully natural form to rescue us from our sin. Easter celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus, the Passover lamb of God.
One way you might take some time to appreciate the depth of God’s wisdom this Easter is by studying this angle on the Easter story: Jesus was crucified on the Day of Preparation for the Passover as indicated in all four gospels (Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14).
Easter is the single most important event in human history, and the most profound revelation of God’s love and intentions for humanity ever revealed, because it is the central event when the “super” natural took on a fully natural form to rescue us from our sin. Easter celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus, the Passover lamb of God.
One way you might take some time to appreciate the depth of God’s wisdom this Easter is by studying this angle on the Easter story: Jesus was crucified on the Day of Preparation for the Passover as indicated in all four gospels (Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14).
The original Passover event was thousands of years earlier when Moses was going toe-to-toe with Pharoah to get him to release the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt. The final round-house kick to Pharoah’s head was when God revealed He was going to kill every first-born in every house in Egypt. You can read all about it in Exodus 11 and 12.
Basically, the angel of death was going to pass through Egypt and exact a price for sin - every house had to pay, and the price was blood. God instructed the Israelites to find “spotless” lambs, slaughter them and smear their blood on the doorframe of their houses. These doors were “passed over” by the angel of death. But every house that did not have blood smeared on it would lose their first-born child. In other words, every Hebrew house paid for their sins with the blood of a lamb, and every Egyptian house paid for their sins with the blood of their first-born son.
This event was remembered every year for thousands of years in the celebration of Passover. Then, Jesus, the Lamb of God, was arrested, tried and killed on the day of preparation for the Passover feast. This is not a coincidence.
Jesus, died on the very day that the nation of Israel was in Jerusalem ceremonially smearing blood on the doorposts of their houses. Thousands of lambs would have been slaughtered that very same day; imagine! But all those lambs were just lambs. Jesus was more than that, He was the “super” natural Passover lamb of God. His death would not need to be repeated again and again but was once and for all. The consequences of sin were erased when Jesus, the Lamb and the Son of God died on the cross. Three days later He rose from the grave victorious over sin and death.
We need to look higher than nature. To experience eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord we need to see with supernatural eyes. Believe in the finished work of the “super” natural Lamb of God this Easter.
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Basically, the angel of death was going to pass through Egypt and exact a price for sin - every house had to pay, and the price was blood. God instructed the Israelites to find “spotless” lambs, slaughter them and smear their blood on the doorframe of their houses. These doors were “passed over” by the angel of death. But every house that did not have blood smeared on it would lose their first-born child. In other words, every Hebrew house paid for their sins with the blood of a lamb, and every Egyptian house paid for their sins with the blood of their first-born son.
This event was remembered every year for thousands of years in the celebration of Passover. Then, Jesus, the Lamb of God, was arrested, tried and killed on the day of preparation for the Passover feast. This is not a coincidence.
Jesus, died on the very day that the nation of Israel was in Jerusalem ceremonially smearing blood on the doorposts of their houses. Thousands of lambs would have been slaughtered that very same day; imagine! But all those lambs were just lambs. Jesus was more than that, He was the “super” natural Passover lamb of God. His death would not need to be repeated again and again but was once and for all. The consequences of sin were erased when Jesus, the Lamb and the Son of God died on the cross. Three days later He rose from the grave victorious over sin and death.
We need to look higher than nature. To experience eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord we need to see with supernatural eyes. Believe in the finished work of the “super” natural Lamb of God this Easter.
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