It is important to understand the specifics of this Passover sacrifice because the Lord gave it to us to make atonement
for our souls:
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Leviticus 17:11
"11 For the life of the flesh is in
the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for
your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."
The Lord also told us in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible)
that He would send to us a Prophet like Moses and that we should listen to Him. He gave us specifics for this
Prophet too:
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Deuteronomy 18:15-22
“15 The Lord thy God will raise
up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me;
unto him ye shall hearken;
16 According to all that thou
desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let
me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great
fire any more, that I die not.
17 And the Lord said unto me,
They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a
Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his
mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name,
I will require it of him.
20 But the prophet, which shall
presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or
that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21 And if thou say in thine
heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
22 When a prophet speaketh in the name
of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which
the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou
shalt not be afraid of him.”
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Exodus 12:24
“24 And ye shall observe this thing for
an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.”
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The sacrifice was to be without blemish, a male.
The whole assemble of the
congregation shall kill it. It was
to be killed in the evening.
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Exodus 12:5-6
"5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the
first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 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."
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Jesus was crucified in the third hour: Mark 15:22-25
“22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is,
being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but
he received it not.
24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his
garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.”
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Jesus dies on the Cross for our sins in the 6th
Hour: Mark 15:33-37
“33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness
over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it,
said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put
it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether
Elias will come to take him down.
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the
ghost.”
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Exodus 12:13
"13 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."
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God’s New Covenant through Jesus (our True
Sacrifice): Matthew
26:26-30
“26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed
it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my
body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to
them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this
fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the
mount of Olives.”
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Exodus 12:43-45
"43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is
the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then
shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat
thereof."
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Exodus 12:48
"48 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."
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Exodus 12:46
"46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry
forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof."
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John 19:31-34
“31 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 an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken,
and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first,
and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead
already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,
and forthwith came there out blood and water.”
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Exodus 12:49
“49 One law
shall be to him that is homeborn, and
unto the stranger that sojourneth among you."
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Remember, there was a mixed multitude that came out of Egypt:
Exodus 12:37-38
"37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about
six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with
them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.".
The time for this reading was very specific:
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It had to
be at the end of every seven years. This was the time on the Lord’s calendar
where everyone came to the tabernacle for the feast of tabernacles to hear
about how the Lord provided for the Israelites while they were journeying in
the wilderness and had to live in tents.
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The 7th year is the year of release
according to the Lord’s calendar where every debt was forgiven, all servants
were released to go back home, and all the land was returned to its original
owner.
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Deuteronomy 31:9-13
“9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it
unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.
10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of
every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of
tabernacles,
11 When all Israel is come to appear before
the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
12 Gather the
people together, men and women, and
children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and
observe to do all the words of this law:
13 And that their children, which have not
known any thing, may hear, and learn
to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go
over Jordan to possess it.”
John 8:24-43
“24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if
ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,
Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me
is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man,
then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone;
for I do always those things that please him.
30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue
in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage
to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son
abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because
my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which
ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth,
which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not
born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for
I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my
word.”
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