Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. – Rom 5:9

Of the several feasts/festivals that the Jews were required to keep in the Old Testament, three are most important: the Passover, the Feast of Weeks (or Pentecost), and the Feast of Tabernacles. Of these three, the Passover is Chief.

The Passover is a dramatic re-enactment/commemoration of the great deliverance of the Israelites from the brutality and enslavement of their Egyptian former hosts. Their men and women were forced to hard labour and their newborn sons were ordered by the Pharaoh to be killed (Ex 1).

This grim picture forms the backdrop to the Passover. In a series of dramatic plagues, Moses – God’s prophet – warned the Egyptian Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. But since he stubbornly refused, even after 9 calamities, God unleashed the BIG ONE: the killing of EVERY firstborn son in the land of Egypt in one night (Exo 12:12).

Only those who obeyed the divine instruction of smearing the blood of a lamb on their doorposts were spared of this calamity.

“Now all these things” Paul says, “happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.” (1Co 10:11)

As the book of Hebrews points out, all of these are types and shadows of deeper spiritual realities. In the New Testament, John the Baptist calls Jesus “the lamb of God” and Paul refers to Jesus as “our Passover”, (Jn 1:29;1Co 5:7). The slavery in Egypt is typical of the bondage of sin that every human being shares in; and the Death Angel represents the certain and just judgment for sin that we all deserve.

When all analysis of the Passover has been done, it all boils to one thing: The BLOOD. The LORD says, “When I see the blood, I will Pass Over you”, (Ex 12:13)

If you haven’t done so lately, take a moment to ponder on the life-saving, judgment-shielding Blood of Christ.

AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN.

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