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Behold the Lamb: Passover Fulfilled at Calvary

“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
— John 1:29

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 INTRO:

FROM SHADOW TO SUBSTANCE

In Blog 1, we traced the origins of the Passover—God’s covenant rescue of Israel using the blood of a spotless lamb. But that wasn’t the end of the story—it was a foreshadowing.

In this post, we’ll explore how Jesus Christ fulfilled the Passover, not just symbolically, but legally, prophetically, and spiritually. We’ll look at the Greek and Hebrew roots, walk through the timeline of the crucifixion, and see how God’s ancient pattern became His eternal provision

 1. JOHN THE BAPTIST’S DECLARATION

John 1:29 (NKJV):
“Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

John the Baptist was raised in a priestly line. He understood sacrifice. So when he pointed to Jesus and called Him the Lamb of God, he wasn’t using poetic language. He was pointing to Exodus 12.

 GREEK WORD STUDY:

Lamb – ἀμνός (amnos)
Pronounced: AM-nos

• Refers to a sacrificial lamb, used in temple offerings.

• Used only four times in the New Testament—all in reference to Jesus as the divine sacrifice.

 2. TIMING IS EVERYTHING: JESUS DIED ON PASSOVER

Jesus was not crucified randomly. He died during Passover week, in exact alignment with the slaughtering of the lambs at the Temple.

Matthew 26:2: “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Let’s break this down:

MAKING A POINT

The very hour the high priest was slaughtering lambs in the Temple, Jesus was bleeding outside the city walls

 3. NOT JUST BLOOD—COVENANT BLOOD

Hebrews 9:12 (KJV):

“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”

MAKING A POINT:
This wasn’t just martyrdom. It was covenant fulfillment. The lamb’s blood in Egypt protected from temporal death. Jesus’ blood provides eternal life.

++ Old Covenant: One lamb per household, every year
*** New Covenant: One Lamb for all people, once for all time

 HEBREW NAME OF JESUS:

Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ)
Pronounced: yeh-SHOO-ah

• Rooted in the Hebrew word yasha (יָשַׁע) meaning “to save, deliver, rescue”

• A shortened form of Yehoshua (Joshua)—meaning “The LORD is salvation”

When the angel said, “You shall call His name JESUS…” (Matthew 1:21), he was declaring:

“Call Him Yeshua—Deliverer, Rescuer, the One who saves His people from sin.”

 

 4. THE CROSS: THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DOORPOST

In Egypt, the blood on the door caused death to pass over.
At Calvary, the blood on the cross caused eternal death to pass over those who believe.

Visual parallel:

Passover Doorpost	The Cross

 MEDITATION VERSES

• 1 Corinthians 5:7: “Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.”

• Hebrews 10:10: “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

• John 19:30: “It is finished.”

 LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS