1. The Lamb and the Passover
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. Exodus 12:1–6 (ESV)
7 . . . For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 1 Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)
Jesus was pure and never sinned:
22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 1 Peter 2:22 (ESV)
2. The Meal and the Passover
8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. Exodus 12:8–11 (ESV)
3. The Blood and the Passover
7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it . . . 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 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 no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:7; 12–13 (ESV)
We are all sinners: deserving of death:
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 (ESV)
23 For the wages of sin is death. . . Romans 6:23 (ESV)
Jesus’ death was at the right time . . . the Passover:
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father . . . John 13:1 (ESV)
Jesus recognized Himself to be the true fulfillment of the Passover:
26 . . . “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup . . . “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:26–28 (ESV)
Jesus challenged his followers to respond to His sacrifice:
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6:53 (ESV)