You should get this message before Passover begins on April 8, 2020 at sundown.
“Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the Land of Egypt, saying, “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.”
“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: “On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.”
“And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb.”
“Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.” (Ex. 12: 1-5).
The lamb was to be sacrificed for each household. The lamb had to be healthy because the blood of the Passover lamb would distinguish the people of Israel from the Egyptians.
The Israelites were instructed to “take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.” (See Ex. 12: 7).
John the Baptist recognized Jesus Christ as the Messiah. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” (Jn. 1: 29).
Jesus Christ is our Passover lamb who takes all the penalty of sin and death away from us. The Apostle Paul tells us, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 6: 23).
The Israelites were instructed to put the blood of the Passover lamb on the door posts because I believe it was symbolic of the heart of each believer in the New Testament. A person protects his home by what He allows to come in through the door or entrance.
We protect our lives or heart by what we allow to enter into our heart, and what we allow to flow out of it through our speech.
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.” (Prov. 4: 23, 24).
Jesus Christ explained a parable to His disciples. “So He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?”
“And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.”
“All these evil things come from within and defile a man.” (Mk. 7: 18-23).
The children of Israel were to eat the lamb roasted in fire with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. (See Ex. 12: 1). They ate the lamb with unleavened bread because leaven was symbolic of sin and the bitter herbs were symbolic of the bitterness of the bondage of the slavery in Egypt.
The Seder of the Passover meal was fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
“Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
“And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, “The Teacher says, “My time is at hand, I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”
“So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.”
“When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve.”
“Now as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” (Mt. 26: 17-21).
We know that Jesus Christ was betrayed by Judas, his treasurer, for 30 pieces of silver. It is interesting that 30 pieces of silver was the price of a slave. Jesus Christ was a slave of the love of God for your sins and my sins.
He went to the cross willingly to suffer for your sins and sicknesses so that you might be saved and healed.
Jesus Christ takes the unleavened bread of the Passover meal.
“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat: this is My body.”
“Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.”
“For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mt. 26: 26-28).
Jesus Christ suffered in His body for your sins and sicknesses.
“For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth.”
“Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges
righteously; Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed.” (I Pet. 2: 22-25).
Jesus took the stripes of a whip on His back to heal you in your body. He suffered in His body so that you might be healed. Let your faith be released to receive your miracle through His sufferings for you.
Your faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ at the cross remits your sins.
“Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem and you are witnesses of these things.”
“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
(Lu. 24: 46-49).
The Greek word for remission: aphesis means “a dismissal, release. It is used of the forgiveness of sins.
“And according to the law, almost all things are purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.” (Heb. 9: 22).
Jesus Christ’s blood was shed so that when you believe upon Him
your sins would be released from your debt before Him. Just like the
Israelites were released from the bondage of slavery on the day of Passover, so are you released from the bondage of sin and death.
The children of Israel ate the Passover lamb in haste. (See Ex. 12: 11).
“For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all gods of Egypt. I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.”
“Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague (corona virus) shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” (Ex. 12: 13).
The blood of the lamb delivered the children of Israel from the bondage of slavery. The blood of the Lamb of God delivers us from the slavery to sin and death.
“Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”
“He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” (I Jn. 3: 7, 8).
Prayer: “Father, in the name that is above all names, Jesus Christ, I ask that you manifest your power to heal my partners of all sickness. I command in the name of Jesus Christ that the spirit of infirmity go from them now.” Amen.