As fascinating as it was reading about each of the ten plagues that God unleashed on Egypt, it was Exodus 12 and the explanation of the Paschal Lamb that really caught me. The paschal lamb as a symbol for Christ is obviously as old as the hills, but digging deeper into this sacred symbolism reveals an amazing depth to the comparison. In Scripture, the Jews are so instructed: "On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses" (Exodus 12:3). "And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening" (Exodus 12:6). The "month" spoken of in Scripture is the Hebrew month of Nisan, which coincides with our March-April period. And as my commentary states, "[Christ] came to Jerusalem on the 10th day of Nisan, on Sunday. He gave himself to his disciples on the evening of the 14th." The comparison continues when the Hebrew people are instructed to take the blood of the sacrificed lamb "and put it upon both the side-posts, and on the upper door-posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it" (Exodus 12:7). The blood of the lamb shall be their salvation, as the Blood of Christ is ours. So much more could be said about this fascinating association of the paschal lamb and Jesus Christ, but I just wanted to at least make mention of it here.
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