Jesus, the Passover Lamb without Blemish
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 Cor 5: 7 Purge out the old leaven that you may be a new lump,
even as you are unleavened; for our Passover, Christ, also has
been sacrificed. John 1: 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to
him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin
of the world!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the type, the Passover lamb was examined for four days
before it was killed (Exo. 12:3-6). The Man-Savior, as the real
Passover Lamb (1 Cor. 5:7), was also examined for four days
before He was killed. He came to Bethany six days before the
Passover (John 12:1). The next day He came into Jerusalem and
went back to Bethany (John 12:12). The third day He came to
Jerusalem again and began to be examined by the leaders of the
Jews according to the Jewish law, and by Pilate, the Roman
governor, according to the Roman law until the Passover day
when He was crucified (Mark 14:12; John 18:28). This insidious
and ensnaring examination from many angles took exactly four
days. The Man-Savior passed this examination, proving that He
was fully qualified to be the Lamb required by God for the
accomplishment of His redemption so that God might pass over
the sinners, both the Jews and the Gentiles.
According to Exodus 12, each family was to take a lamb without
blemish for the Passover. We may say that the Lord Jesus was
the Passover Lamb appointed to die for the family of mankind.
In the Old Testament the lamb had to be examined to determine
if it was without blemish. In Luke 20 the chief priests,
scribes, elders, Pharisees, and Sadducees were examining the
real Passover Lamb. But they did not realize that the One they
were examining was the God-provided Lamb to die for them. This
Lamb had the highest standard of morality. In the words of
Exodus 12, He was without blemish; that is, He was altogether
perfect, without defect, without spot.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 397-399. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/9/02)
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