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FROM PASSOVER TO PENTECOST:
GOD’S ETERNAL REDEMPTION PLAN

 The Blood and the Door:

Ancient Shadows of the Cross

“When I see the blood, I will pass over you…”
— Exodus 12:13

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INTRO: WHY PASSOVER STILL SPEAKS

Long before the cross, before the empty tomb, before the Upper Room fire—there was blood on a doorframe.

The Passover isn’t just a Jewish tradition or historical event. It’s a divine pattern, a prophetic picture, and a leadership training model of how God delivers His people—from slavery, through sacrifice, into covenant freedom.

This post will explore how the first Passover (Pesach) laid the spiritual blueprint for the cross of Christ, and how it teaches us today to lead under the blood, not under bondage.

 1. THE HISTORICAL BACKDROP: SLAVES IN EGYPT

Exodus 1–12 recounts how Israel, once favored in Egypt, became enslaved for 430 years. God heard their cries and raised up Moses to confront Pharaoh.

But Pharaoh resisted—ten plagues later, Egypt was crushed. Yet the final plague, the death of the firstborn, set the stage for a supernatural rescue plan involving a lamb, blood, and obedient preparation.

 2. THE FIRST PASSOVER: BLOOD OVER THE DOOR

Read Exodus 12 closely. It’s a precise, reverent directive—one God says must be remembered forever.

Each household had to:

• Choose a spotless male lamb (Exodus 12:5)

• Kill it at twilight

• Apply its blood on the top and sides of their doorposts

• Roast the meat with bitter herbs and eat it in haste, fully dressed, ready to move

This wasn’t religion. This was divine covering—a spiritual act of faith and obedience that caused judgment to “pass over.”

 3. HEBREW WORD STUDY: פֶּסַח (Pesach)

Pronounced: PEH-sach (guttural “ch” like in Bach)

Pesach comes from the Hebrew root פָּסַח (pasach), meaning:

• To pass over

• To spare

• To protect or hover over like a bird covering its young

Exodus 12:13 (KJV):
“…when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you…”

The same concept appears in Isaiah 31:5, where God says He will “pass over and preserve Jerusalem” like a mother bird protecting her nest.

Spiritual Truth: God’s Pesach wasn’t just about escaping Egypt—it was about being covered under covenant by the substitutionary blood of an innocent one.

 4. PASSOVER AS A FORESHADOWING OF THE CROSS

The New Testament doesn’t erase Passover—it reveals its full meaning.

The blood of the lamb on the door is a clear foreshadow of the blood of Christ on the cross. Like the lamb:

• Jesus was without blemish (1 Peter 1:19)

• He was killed publicly and without broken bones (Exodus 12:46 / John 19:36)

• His blood marked the door of our hearts—not with ritual, but with eternal redemption

 5. THE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP IMPLICATION

God didn’t tell Moses to fight Pharaoh with swords or politics. He told him to get the people under the blood.

The real power in spiritual leadership is not personality, branding, or influence—but being fully covered under the blood and helping others do the same.

Many today lead with charisma but not covenant. Power but not purity. Yet Passover reminds us:
* Deliverance begins in the house,
* With obedience to the Word of the Lord,
* And the application of substitutionary sacrifice.

6. MEDITATION + REFLECTION VERSES

• Exodus 12:13 – “When I see the blood, I will pass over you…”

• Isaiah 53:7 – “Like a lamb that is led to slaughter…”

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

NEXT IN THE SERIES:

 Blog 2: “Behold the Lamb – Passover Fulfilled at Calvary”
We’ll go deep into Greek word studies, the Gospel timeline, and how Jesus became our once-and-for-all Passover Lamb.

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