Illustration from the 7 Jewish Feasts
Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and Ending, the First and the Last. God knows the end from the beginning, He alone traverses time (both past and future) into eternity. God cannot be boxed into time (like humans), He is greater than time – He has no beginning of days or the end of life, He is from everlasting to everlasting. He alone knows the exact day when the kingdoms of this world would end and a new heaven and earth will take their place.
About four thousand years ago, God instituted seven feasts or festivals for the Jewish nation. These feasts were dress rehearsals that taught, both historically and prophetically, the whole plan of God concerning the coming of the Messiah and the redemption of man.
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies” Lev 23:1-2 NIV
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The Passover feast, being a shadow of things to come, has been fulfilled in Christ. God gave his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to be our pure and spotless Lamb Sacrifice; he became our Passover Sacrifice. Because of His sacrifice, God is able to ‘pass over’ our sins in forgiveness and deliver us from bondage under Satan.
“Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us.” 1 Cor 5:7 NKJV
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, [19] but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect” 1Pt 1:18-19 NIV
Jesus was crucified on the day of preparation for the Passover (Good Friday), at the same time that the lambs were being slaughtered for the Passover meal that
Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and Ending, the First and the Last. God knows the end from the beginning, He alone traverses time (both past and future) into eternity. God cannot be boxed into time (like humans), He is greater than time – He has no beginning of days or the end of life, He is from everlasting to everlasting. He alone knows the exact day when the kingdoms of this world would end and a new heaven and earth will take their place.
About four thousand years ago, God instituted seven feasts or festivals for the Jewish nation. These feasts were dress rehearsals that taught, both historically and prophetically, the whole plan of God concerning the coming of the Messiah and the redemption of man.
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies” Lev 23:1-2 NIV
The …show more content…
The Passover feast, being a shadow of things to come, has been fulfilled in Christ. God gave his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to be our pure and spotless Lamb Sacrifice; he became our Passover Sacrifice. Because of His sacrifice, God is able to ‘pass over’ our sins in forgiveness and deliver us from bondage under Satan.
“Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us.” 1 Cor 5:7 NKJV
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, [19] but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect” 1Pt 1:18-19 NIV
Jesus was crucified on the day of preparation for the Passover (Good Friday), at the same time that the lambs were being slaughtered for the Passover meal that