Be Still, and Know

The Lord institutes the Passover, with the passover lamb, in Exodus 12. In this 'beginning of months', that is the month of Abib ( נִיסָן ), a lamb is to be chosen to be sacrificed. Meticulous details go into this selection, and below are 4 key aspects of that lamb. THE LAMB 1. The lamb chosen for sacrifice, needs to be without blemish . That is, it should not be hurt, it should not be sick, it must be spotless.  Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. 2. The chosen lamb must be killed among the entire congregation of Israel, at twilight. Exodus 12:6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. 3. Of course when a lamb is getting killed, there is going to be blood shed . The blood that is shed must be put on the door posts and lintels. This serves as the token, for the Lord to pass over that house. That house is thus safe from destruction....

Do this in remembrance of me, He said. We do it too, we remember His death every time we worship Him. But how often have you praised God for His resurrection? The resurrection of Christ is as important as His death. It is beyond natural for a man to die and be raised from the dead. But He did it, He is risen. Matthew 28:5 But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen , as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. By rising up from the dead, He in fact proved 4 things: 1. Proves the Scriptures The rising up of the Lord on the third day is something predicted or prophesied in the old testaments, and mentioned specifically by Jesus Himself on several occasions. By resurrecting, He proved that the scriptures have been right all along! Matthew 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chi...