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English (US)   The Holy Days: Passover, Part 4.  -  Categories: bulk podcast  -  @ 02:23:29 pm

Part 4: Jesus Christ Fulfills the Prophetic Old Testament Symbols of Passover.

From the beginning, God required offerings and sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins. Yet this was temporary because the blood of animal sacrifices could never sufficiently purge the sins of man. Only God, Himself, could purge our sins, once for all time, by sending His own Son to liv a sinless life as a man, in our image... sacrificed for us... the Just for the unjust... the Righteous for the transgressor... the Upright for the fallen.

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, Mine ears hast thou opened. Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come. In the volume of the Book it is written of Me. I delight to do Thy will, O My God. Yea, Thy law is within My heart. ~ Psalm 40:6 through 8.

But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? ~ Hebrews 9:11 through 15.

The penalty of sin is death. Jesus Christ, “the Lamb of God”, has caused death to “pass over” us because of His sacrifice for our sin, having died in our place on the cross.

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed for us. ~ 1 Corinthians 5:7.

The great sacrifice of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, our Passover, was of such a kind, that only through the power of God, by His Messiah, could the sins of mankind be atoned for, by the precious blood of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the perfect Lamb of God without spot or blemish... sacrificed for all through His death, even death on the cross... so all might be raised from death, having been freed from the power of sin which is death, by the resurrection of Christ Jesus, whereby He abolished sin and conquered death, forever. This is the New Covenant.

And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. ~ Hebrews 9:14 through 15.

God would save His people from His wrath and judgment by the blood of a sacrificial lamb.
In the Old Testament, God required the blood of a sacrificial lamb to spare His people from His wrath and the judgment He would pour out on Egypt. Likewise, by the New Covenant, we are spared from God’s wrath and judgment by the shed blood of Christ, our Passover.

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. ~ Exodus 12:12 through 13.

But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. ~ Romans 5:8 through 9.

I am He who is called the Lamb of God, the Lamb from Heaven without any spot or blemish, given as a ransom for many so that death will pass over you, and you shall liv forever. My blood is the blood shed for you to place upon your door, so you may be spared. No one goes to the Father unless they eat of the flesh of the Lamb, and drink His blood. Do this in remembrance of Me and My covenant with you, for I have already accomplished it and sealed it forevermore upon My rising. I am no longer the Lamb, but the Risen One, the Holy One of Israel, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. The Lamb was slain, My people redeemed in all the earth. I am risen forever and ever, clothed in glory and praise. So too will My people be clothed in glory, for they are cleansed and will be like the angels of Heaven in that Day.
Your Redeemer livs... death has passed over you. The Lamb was slain so you might liv. Eat and drink and give thanks in remembrance of Me, and I shall remember you and gather you up and hold you close to Me. Amen. ~ Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “I Am the Passover and Its Lamb... A New Covenant With Men”, Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

Through the precious blood of Christ, we will escape not only God’s “judgment or condemnation” for our sins, but we will also escape His impending “judgments”, (John 5:24), during the seven-year period of tribulation, to come, (Daniel 9:27), being taken up to Heaven for a short time*, while God’s judgments fall upon the whole earth, (Book of Revelation). *Please see the “Rapture or Gathering Up” Study at, trumpet call of god dot calm, for more information.

The Sacrificial Lamb must be a lamb without blemish, (sin).
In Exodus 12:5, God required that the sacrificial lamb be without spot or blemish. Likewise, we are told many times in the New Testament, that Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was without spot or blemish, meaning He was completely void of sin.

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. Ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats. ~ Exodus 12:5.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot. ~ 1 Peter 1:18 through 19.

For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:21.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your consciences from dead works to serve the living God? ~ Hebrews 9:14.

I gave them the Lamb, without blemish, for them to sacrifice for the cleansing of all men. ~ God speaking. [Excerpt from “Wisdom Given to Timothy Regarding Those Who Killed Jesus the Christ” , Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

I am He who is called the Lamb of God, the Lamb from Heaven without any spot or blemish, given as a ransom for many so that death will pass over you, and you shall liv forever. ~ Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “I Am the Passover and Its Lamb... A New Covenant With Men”, Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

[Jesus speaking.] Hear the Word of the Lord, the Risen One, your Redeemer: I had come to you as a man, clothed in the flesh of men, humble, My glory set aside, God become man, living as all have lived in the body, but not as man livs in the spirit... for I am clean, having no sin in My body nor in My spirit, having obeyed every command of the Father... blameless.
[God speaking.] Behold the Lamb of God! Without spot or blemish, sent to die for the sins of the world, bearing the full weight of transgression in His own body. My Son, You are, and will always be, the Risen Lamb of God, whereby You took the leaven of the world, having completely unleavened all men once for all time by Your blood, having been the perfect sacrifice for sin, acceptable to God, whereby men have been reconciled to the Father... they themselves becoming, once again, My sons and daughters, free to enter the Garden and My love from which they shall never again be separated... their new life lived in, and for, Christ Jesus, the Lord and Savior, in whom I am well pleased. ~ God and Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “Unleavened”, Volume Five, Letters from God and His Christ].

Thus says the Everlasting who would be man, Emmanuel, born into the world, of a virgin, the chosen vessel by which the salvation of man comes, as a babe, growing, living as men, yet remaining unspotted from the world and sin, completely blameless... Amen. ~ Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “He is Risen!” , Volume Five, Letters from God and His Christ].

The Israelites would be responsible for killing the sacrificial lamb.
The Passover lamb was to be killed by “the congregation of Israel”. God stated this in His instructions regarding Passover in Exodus 12. Likewise, the nation of Israel was responsible for the crucifixion death of Jesus Christ.

And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month. And the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. ~ Exodus 12:6.

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death. ~ Matthew 27:1.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ~ Matthew 27:20.

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let Him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath He done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let Him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. See ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. ~ Matthew 27:22 through 25.

Those, who say the Jews condemned The Christ Jesus to death, speak rightly, for I, God Almighty, know all the works of men, and in that day did I harden their hearts to accomplish My purpose in the salvation of men. In the days of Abraham, even unto Moses, did I establish My people as the chosen to give sacrifice for the cleansing of sin... And so they only, and only they, did I chose to carry out My will, according to the New Testament I have set forth with all men in Christ Jesus. I gave them The Lamb, without blemish, for them to sacrifice for the cleansing of all men. No other nation would I allow to carry out My will in this, so all that written by the prophets of old would come to pass, and all that written of The Son of Man would be fulfilled in Christ Jesus. ~ God speaking. [Excerpt from “Wisdom Given to Timothy Regarding Those Who Killed Jesus the Christ”, Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

Nothing of the sacrificial lamb should remain until morning.
God commanded the Israelites, regarding the Passover meal, that none of it should remain until morning. Likewise, Jesus’ body was removed from the cross near evening, before the beginning of a high holy day, the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. ~ Exodus 12:10.

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away. ~ John 19:31.

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.” ~ Matthew 27:57 through 60.

We are to eat unleavened bread with the Passover meal.
In Exodus 12, God commanded the Israelites to eat unleavened bread with the Passover feast. Also, according to the New Covenant, we are to partake in the breaking of unleavened bread with our Passover meal. This signifies our acceptance of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice for our sins. For He was our perfect, sinless sacrifice, the “unleavened bread”, broken for us for the forgiveness of our sins, which is also signified in the eating of the unleavened bread, that we are now also unleavened, having obtained forgiveness of our sins through Him.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ~ Exodus 12:8.

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. And He sent Peter and John, saying, go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat. And they said unto Him, Where wilt Thou that we prepare? And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer... And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves... And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is My body which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. Likewise, also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you. ~ Luke 22:7 through 9, 15, 17, and 19 through 20.

I am that Bread of Life...This is the bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. ~ John 6:48 and 50.

I am the living bread which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall liv forever. And the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ~ John 6:51.

This is that bread which came down from Heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth of this bread shall liv forever. ~ John 6:58.

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. ~ 1 Corinthians 5:7.

The feast of the sacrificial lamb is called the Passover.
This feast was called the Passover because the Lord “passed over” Israel during the night of the fourteenth. Likewise is Christ appropriately called our “Passover”, because by His shed blood, God’s wrath will “pass over” us.

It is the Lord’s Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. ~ Exodus 12:11 through 13.

For even Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed for us. Therefore, let us keep the feast. ~
1 Corinthians 5:7 through 8.

My blood is the blood shed for you to place upon your door, so you may be spared... I am the Passover... for he, who believes in Me, has everlasting life. ~ Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “I Am the Passover and Its Lamb... A New Covenant With Men”, Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

My children, Jesus the Christ, Yesh ooah is His name, is your Passover! ~ God speaking. [Excerpt from “Keep the Passover, Even All Seven Holy Days Set Forth by the Father, and You Will Begin to Know and Understand the Glory of God and His Christ”, Volume Six, Letters from God and His Christ].

Only those, who were ceremonially “clean” and “circumcised”, were allowed to partake of the Passover. Strangers were not allowed to eat of the Passover.
In the Passover of the Old Testament, God commanded that His people be “ceremonially clean” and also be circumcised. He also told the Israelites that no stranger may partake of the Passover. Likewise, today, we are not to take the observation of the Feast lightly. We are to observe the Passover, of the New Covenant, with reverence and joy and thankfulness for Christ and His great sacrifice. This spiritual cleanliness intimates the “clean” of the Old Testament Passover. We must be spiritually “clean”, truly being “circumcised” in our hearts, to partake of the Passover of the New Covenant. To observe the Passover, unworthily, is sin.

And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. ~ Exodus 12:48.

But he is a Jew, which is one outwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God. ~ Romans 2:29.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. ~ 2 Corinthians 7:1.

Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. ~ James 4:8.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ~ 1 John 1:9.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. ~ 1 Corinthians 5:8.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. ~ 1 Corinthians 11:7.

Passover shall be unto God’s people a memorial.
God tells the Israelites, even from the very first Passover, that they would keep this day as a memorial forever. In the same manner, we are to observe Passover, with the new symbols instituted by Christ, as a memorial for Christ’s crucifixion. He was crucified on Passover and has become our Passover. Therefore, we, as believers, memorialize Him by observing Passover. He tells us to do this in remembrance of Him.

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. ~ Exodus 12:1-14.

And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. ~ Luke 22:19.

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread. And when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. This do in remembrance of Me. After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in My blood. This do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. ~
1 Corinthians 11:23 through 27.

So, My children of Zion, celebrate Passover, but not as in the days of Moses, for even I, Christ the Lord, did keep this Sabbath before My death... and by My death and resurrection as the Lamb, did I become the new Passover, sacrificed for all. Celebrate Passover as a remembrance and as a thanksgiving of you and I united. For in the past, you were separated from Me...now we are together again, forever in the Kingdom prepared by the Father. ~ Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “I Am the Passover and Its Lamb... A New Covenant With Men”, Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

I am He who is called the Lamb of God, the Lamb from Heaven without any spot or blemish, given as a ransom for many so that death will pass over you, and you shall liv forever. My blood is the blood shed for you to place upon your door, so you may be spared. No one goes to the Father unless they eat of the flesh of the Lamb, and drink His blood. Do this in remembrance of Me and My covenant with you, for I have already accomplished it and sealed it forevermore upon My rising. I am no longer the Lamb, but the Risen One, the Holy One of Israel, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. The Lamb was slain, My people redeemed in all the earth. I am risen forever and ever, clothed in glory and praise. So too will My people be clothed in glory, for they are cleansed and will be like the angels of Heaven in that Day.
Your Redeemer livs...death has passed over you. The Lamb was slain so you might liv. Eat and drink and give thanks in remembrance of Me, and I shall remember you and gather you up and hold you close to Me. Amen. ~ Jesus speaking. [Excerpt from “I Am the Passover and Its Lamb... A New Covenant With Men”, Volume One, Letters from God and His Christ].

Through faith, we keep Passover.
Through faith, Moses kept Passover, believing that God would indeed deliver him and the Israelites from Egypt. Likewise, should Christ’s church observe the Passover with faith in God and faith in Christ, fully accepting and acknowledging Jesus’ sacrifice for us, until He comes again.

Through faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest He that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. ~ Hebrews 11:28.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He come. ~ 1 Corinthians 11:26.

Jesus Christ Is The “Lamb Of God”.

Jesus Christ, our Passover, is the Lamb of God. He is the Lamb, without blemish or sin, slain for our sakes so we may have eternal life with Him. Through Jesus Christ’s own shed blood, He reconciled us to our Father in Heaven, allowing us once again be the children of God....Thank you, Jesus!

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. ~ John 1:29.

And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne. And when He had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. ~ Revelation 5:6 through 8.

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in Heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever. ~ Revelation 5:12 through 13.

Behold the Lamb of God! Without spot or blemish, sent to die for the sins of the world, bearing the full weight of transgression in His own body. My Son, You are, and will always be, the Risen Lamb of God, whereby You took the leaven of the world, having completely unleavened all men once for all time by Your blood, having been the perfect sacrifice for sin, acceptable to God, whereby men have been reconciled to the Father... they themselves becoming, once again, My sons and daughters, free to enter the Garden and My love from which they shall never again be separated... their new life lived in, and for, Christ Jesus, the Lord and Savior, in whom I am well pleased. ~ God speaking. [Excerpt from “Unleavened”, Volume Five, Letters from God and His Christ].

End of Part 4.

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