Jesus - the REAL Passover Lamb!!

I think there is something to be said for effort, right? There is even a saying, right? A for effort?
Anyway...chalk up week 5 as a loss because of extraneous circumstances! I was not able to get this blog post done last week like I was supposed to...but in case some parents still wanted to know what we talked about I decided to play catch up.
There won't be any KB cash offered in this post...just a quick recap.

When you study passages in the New Testament that talk about the Jewish festival of Passover (and believe me - there are a lot)...you need to know the background of the festival to truly understand it's importance to us today. With that in mind - we deviated a bit from the life of Jesus on February 13th to delve into Exodus chapter 12 and the origin of Passover.
Now - I did say this would be a quick recap, so I won't be able to cover everything, but I'll just sum up the bottom line.
Everyone has heard the story of the 10 plagues, but sometimes all we hear about is that all the Egyptians lost their firstborn child and animal. What we don't always hear is what the Israelites' were told to do in order to be spared.
On the night of the 10th plague, which was also the 14th day of the month, the people of Israel were told to kill a lamb at the hour of twilight, and mark their doorposts with it's blood. If they did this - the destroyer angel would "pass over" their house and spare their firstborn child. Hence the name passover.
From that point forward - we know what happened...Pharaoh let the Israelite's leave Egypt and head back to their land. The festival of passover started the very next year. In the first month of every year, on the 14th day at twilight - the Israelites' would sacrifice a lamb and celebrate the fact that God rescued them from slavery.

But - what does this have to do with us today?

If you fast forward to the last week of Jesus' life and pay attention to when Jesus enters Jerusalem (the first month of the year - the week of the festival of Passover) and what day He died (the 14th day @ twilight)...we start to see that Jesus was the final piece of the Passover puzzle. You see, even John the baptist called Jesus "...the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world."
We are all slaves to sin according to Romans chapter 6 - and we all need a blood sacrifice to free us from our slavery, and Jesus did just that when He died on the cross for our sins!
Jesus was the REAL passover lamb...and He is the ONLY way to be made right with God and receive eternal life in heaven with Him!