The Lord's Passover

 The Jewish calendar started the year with the Lord's Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Passover celebration was followed by seven days of feasting, beginning on the fifteenth day. For seven days they ate only unleavened bread to commemorate what happened when they had to leave Egypt in haste. (Numbers 28:16,17) The Lord's Passover was the remembrance of how the Lord passed over the homes of the Hebrews, because they killed the lamb and put the blood on the doorposts of the house. When the Lord saw the blood of the lamb, He passed over that home, and the firstborn did not die like happened to all of the Egyptians. They ate unleavened bread, bread with no yeast, because they had to flee Egypt quickly, and they did not have time to use the yeast to make the bread rise. Both of these celebrations should be very important for us today.

Jesus is the Lord's Passover Lamb for us today. He shed His blood for us on Calvary, so we do not have to die in our sins, but God will give us life eternal. If we trust Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the blood is applied to our hearts, our sins are forgiven. This is only possible because the Lamb of God died for the sins of the world, and His blood is the only payment for our sin debt. Also, He had to be the Sinless Lamb, who was crucified, or His death would not have atoned for our sins. He would have deserved to die, just like us. However, because Jesus was the sinless Son of God, He could give His life for all of us. Since yeast or leaven symbolizes sin in the Bible, Jesus was our Unleavened Bread of Life. We eat the unleavened bread in the Lord's Supper to remember His body given for us, and we drink the juice to symbolize His blood shed for our sins. What a blessing! Therefore, we should thank Jesus every day  for being the Lord's Passover for us. 

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Tomorrow, I intend to read Numbers 30-32.