Exodus 12:13
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.
Bible Context
Passover
How a meal about lambs and blood in Egypt points straight to Jesus
Introduction
How does a meal about lambs and blood in ancient Egypt point straight to Jesus? On the night before Israel's exodus, God instructs every household to kill a lamb, smear its blood on their doorframes, and eat the meal ready to travel — because death was passing through Egypt that night, and blood on the door was the one thing that made it pass over.
That single night became Israel's defining annual festival for the next fifteen hundred years. And on the night before his crucifixion, Jesus sat down with his disciples to eat exactly that meal — then reinterpreted it, in real time, around his own body and blood.
Passover was never only about Egypt. It was rehearsal for a rescue still to come.
Scripture
1 Corinthians 5:7
For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.
John 1:29
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Translation note: Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV). The King James Version is in the public domain.
Key insights
- Blood on the door, not good behavior, made death pass over
- The lamb was spotless — examined for days before slaughter
- Jesus reinterpreted the meal around his own body and blood
- Paul calls Jesus 'our passover' — already fulfilled
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