Christ Our Passover

“The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.”

(Exodus 12:13)

The Jews of the world have been keeping their annual Feast of the Passover for almost 3500 years, fulfilling the ancient prophecy:

“And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.”

(Exodus 12:24)

This was the beginning of the nation of Israel, when they left Egyptian slavery behind and started their journey to the Promised Land. The lamb had been slain, eaten and its blood placed on the door posts, and the Lord had spared all their firstborn sons when the Destroyer passed through the land of Egypt.

The feast was intended not only to memorialize the ancient deliverance, but also to point to the coming day when the “Lamb of God” would “take away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). The night before Christ was crucified, He told His disciples:

“With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

(Luke 22:15,16)

He fulfilled all that the Passover pointed to when He shed His blood on the Cross.

"Cleanse out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are, unleavened. For also Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed, therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth."

(1 Corinthians 5:7,8)

Now we look forward to an even greater supper when Christ returns, for the promise is this to all who believe:

“Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”

(Revelation 19:9)