In the Bible 1Cor5:7 For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Jesus is the final Passover Lamb Crucified . As we read in the Old Testament, the Israelites in the feast sacrificed a lamb without blemish and sprinkled the blood over the door post of their house to symbolize cleansing and forgiveness.
On Good Friday the day of the Passover celebration It says in the gospel of John 19:14 it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. Jesus was crucified around 3.00pm He said “It is finished ” and died .
The Passover was a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s an Old Testament picture of His death at Calvary . As we remember His Death, Burial & Resurrection we need to be reminded that Jesus our Passover Lamb went to the cross for our sins, that we could be reconciled to God and forgiven .
The Burial of Jesus
John19:38-44 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body. 39Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.d 40So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
41Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
To be continued in my next Blog
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