Food for Thought
A lamb, THE lamb, YOUR
lamb
by George Sinkie
Prior
to the giving of the Old Law, while the children of Israel were
still in Egyptian bondage, God was preparing to bring the tenth
and final plague upon Egypt. This plague was going to be
the death of the first born throughout the whole land. In
order for Israel to be spared from this plague, God gave the
instructions concerning the sacrifice they were to offer. The
focal point of this sacrifice was the offering of the Passover
lamb. Listen to Gods instruction found in Exodus
12:3-5, ...On
the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for
themselves, according to their fathers households, a lamb
for each household. ...according to what each man should
eat, you are to divide the lamb. Your lamb shall be an
unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or
from the goats.
Did you notice the progression
there? It went from a lamb
to the
lamb to your lamb. A lamb
was any one of the lambs out in the flock. The lamb became the specific lamb that
they picked. But then it became your lamb
as the personal sacrifice that was going to spare their firstborn.
Paul, in 1 Corinthians 5:7, says
that Christ is our
Passover. The
Old Testament announced over and over that a Savior
was coming. When Jesus came and died on the Cross, He became
the Savior of the world. But you need
to take Him as your Savior if you want to
be spared from eternal death. If you want Him to be your
Savior then you must obey Him. Hebrews 5:8-9
says, Although
He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.
And having been made perfect, He became to all those who
obey Him the source of eternal salvation...
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