Easter and Passover
Posted by Dale O'Shields, Church of the Redeemer, Gaithersburg, MD on 29th Mar 2018
Good Friday
This week we're preparing ourselves for the remembrance of Good Friday and the Celebration of Easter Sunday. With this in mind, we will turn our attention to a very important part of the story of Jesus, His sacrificial death on the Cross.
Passover
Jesus' death was the fulfillment of the Old Testament event called the Passover. As God was getting ready to release His people from Egyptian slavery, He executed a final plague against the Egyptians. It was the death of the firstborns. In Exodus 12:1-13 we see God's instructions to the Israelites. On the night the death angel was to pass through the land of Egypt, God's people were told to take the blood of a sacrificed lamb and paint in on the doorframe of their houses. The promise was clear. God said, "When I see the blood, I will passover over you, and the death angel will not touch you."
Blood of Christ
The blood of the lamb had power! Jesus came as our Passover Lamb, and His blood has power today. It provides us the power of deliverance. When we put our faith in Jesus Christ, the power of His blood delivers us from our slavery to sin. Through Jesus' blood we have the power to walk out of our bondages into freedom!