The Passover Lamb

1 Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. 3 “Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household. 4 ‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb. 5 ‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 ‘You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. 7 ‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Pick out on the 10th day sacrifice it on the 14th day.

Unblemished Male.

14th day at Twilight

Twilight between the evenings.

Sun at its brightest 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Take blood and put it on the two doorpost and the lintel of the house.

II. The Passover Lamb REMEMBERED.

The Passover Meal was instituted by God to be used a reminder. God knew that each passing generation was just one generation away from forgetting Him. Those who experienced the miracles and plagues leading up to the triumphal Exodus from Egypt would worship and praise God but even they would quickly turn from Him. How much more those who did not even experience or know of those events. So God in His infinite wisdom decreed the “Passover Meal” to be celebrated as a way to teach and pass along the remembrance of the need for the Passover Lamb.

deuteronomy 16:1-6.

Deuteronomy 16:1–6 NASB95

1 “Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 “You shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to establish His name. 3 “You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. 4 “For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory, and none of the flesh which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall remain overnight until morning. 5 “You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the Lord your God is giving you; 6 but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name, you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt.

III. The Passover Lamb FULFILLED.

mark 15:33-38.

Mark 15:33–38 NASB95

33 When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 35 When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” 36 Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Times

First Hour - Dawn

The first lamb is brought out and tied to the altar.

The priests prepare the altar

Third Hour - 9 AM

The firs lamb is sacrificed.

first hour of prayer

temple gates open

Sixth hour - Noon

The second lamb is brought out and tied to the altar at noon.

Noon is the second hour or prayer

Gift offering

Ninth Hour - 3:00 PM

The second lamb is sacrificed

Is the third hour of prayer; also called the hour of confession.

The Blood.

just as covering from the death angel in the old testament.

The need for Christ to be the sacrificed Lamb.

Sacrifices had to be done in the Temple that God chose.

40 years after Jesus the temple was destroyed and remains that way today.

CONCLUSION.

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