Luke 22:7 Then came the first day of Unleavened Bread on which the PASSOVER LAMB had to be sacrificed…15 And He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”
DEVOTE:
The significance of the interplay of this historic Jewish Feast with the death of Jesus Christ cannot be overstated. The Israelites were instructed to slaughter a spotless lamb, sprinkle its blood on the doorposts of their homes, and eat its roasted flesh. In so doing, the angel of death would pass over their homes, and they would be safe, while every firstborn son in Egypt died. God’s action that first Passover night was the final stroke that shattered the chains of slavery, and ushered in the annual commemoration of what is known as the “Festival of Freedom”.
In John 1:29, John the baptiser describes Jesus as, "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”; 1 Corinthians 5:7 tells us that “Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed”, and Revelation 13:8 describes Jesus as the “Lamb who has been slain”.
Our sacrificed Saviour is the once-for-all fulfilment of the Passover Feast! As the Passover Lamb, Christ has freed us from the slavery of sin! The Last Supper is our “Festival of Freedom”! When we eat the bread of His broken body, and when we drink the wine of His sprinkled blood, let’s lift up high the cup of our salvation as a toast to our liberating Lamb!
PRAY:
Lord Jesus, thank you that I am saved from death because of your blood; thank you for not only taking away my sin, but for destroying sin’s enslaving power! When I commune with you in our Love Feast, I want to remember your “earnest desire” to become the Slain Saviour.
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