Eaten in Haste, Ready to Depart (v.11)
Here is true repentance in the believer pictured — leaving behind the old life, and entering into the new.
” … I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds” Acts 26:20 (Acts 3:19).
The Firstborn Judged (v.12)
“He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation … For God was pleased…through him to reconcile to himself all things…by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross Col. 1:15–20 (Romans 8:29; Revelation 1:5).
The Enemy Plundered (v.35–36)
“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a pubic spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross” Colossians 2:15
Jesus, the Lamb of God
1. In the Garden of Eden, after Adam and Eve sinned and realized they were naked, God killed an animal in order to clothe them. Gen. 3:21.
God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his covenant son. When Isaac asked his father about the lamb for the sacrifice, Abraham replied, “God will provide for Himself a lamb.” Gen. 22:8.
The Passover lamb was all that stood between the Hebrews and the angel of death. Without the lamb, there would have been no redemption from slavery.
2. The sacrificial lambs were kept in special grazing fields. Jesus was born in the shadow of the watchtower overlooking those grazing fields.
3. The Passover lamb was to be a one-year old male. Jesus was the firstborn Son of God.
4. The Passover lamb was to be without blemish. Jesus was examined and found without blemish.
5. The Passover lamb was set aside for four days, beginning on the 10th of Nisan. Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey on the 10th of Nisan. When a king came in peace, he rode on a donkey. He was hailed as the “Prince of Peace.” He entered Jerusalem with the sacrificial lambs. He was on public display in the temple for four days. He was with man 4000 years from Adam in approx 4000 BC to Ad 30.
6. The penalty was imposed on the Passover lamb the moment the lamb was chosen. Jesus took on human flesh for one purpose–to carry the penalty of our sin.
7. The Passover lamb was sacrificed at 3:00 p.m. Jesus died in the seventh hour, 3:00 p.m. (Mark 15:33–37)
8. The Passover lamb’s bones were not broken. Jesus’ bones were not broken.
9. The Passover lamb entered Jerusalem with a sign hanging around its’ neck with the name of its’ owner inscribed on it. Jesus’ died with a sign hung over him. The Hebrew initials for “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews” was YHWH–the Hebrew name for God. (During this time messages were customarily written with just the first letter of each word.)
10. The blood of the Passover lamb applied to the door saved the Israelites’ firstborn. The blood of Jesus saves us.
11. The body of the Passover lamb must be eaten the same night. Jesus was crucified, suffered, and died in the same night.
12. No work was to be done on Passover–it was a holy convocation unto the Lord. By placing the blood of the lamb on the doorframes, the Hebrews were acknowledging that their effort alone was not sufficient to save their sons. The blood of Jesus saves us from our sins, not our own work.
It was at the beginning of the Passover meal that Jesus washed His disciples’ feet. John 13:1–17 He took on the role of a servant and demonstrated to them the humility of the cross.
