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2. The Spiritual Significance of the Passover Lamb
Pastor Timothy Chan
Chinese Grace Bible Church
Sunday, January 20, 2013
The Spiritual Significance of the Passover Lamb

3. The Spiritual Significance of the Passover Lamb
Pastor Timothy Chan
Chinese Grace Bible Church
Sunday, January 20, 2013
The Spiritual Significance of the Passover Lamb

4. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984) 1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,
2  “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.

5. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
3  Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.

6. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
4  If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.

7. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
5  The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

8. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
6  Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.

9. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
7  Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

10. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
8  That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.
9  Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire—head, legs and inner parts.

11. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
10  Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it.

12. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
11  This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.

13. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
12  “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and animals—and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

14. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
13  The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

15. Exodus 12:1-14 (NIV 1984)
14  “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.

16. The Passover Lamb The Preparation: Be _________. It is not _________.
serious
romantic

17. Exodus 12:5-7 (NIV 1984)
5  The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

18. Exodus 12:5-7 (NIV 1984)
6  Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.

19. Exodus 12:5-7 (NIV 1984)
7  Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

20. The Passover Lamb The Preparation: Be _________. It is not _________.
It is specific and ______________
serious
romantic
discriminatory

21. The Passover Lamb The Preparation: Be _________. It is not _________.
It is specific and ______________
A. Without blemish
serious
romantic
discriminatory

22. The Passover Lamb The Preparation: Be _________. It is not _________.
It is specific and ______________
A. Without blemish
B. One year old
serious
romantic
discriminatory

23. The Passover Lamb The Preparation: Be _________. It is not _________.
It is specific and ______________
A. Without blemish
B. One year old
C. Male, whether goat or lamb
serious
romantic
discriminatory

24. Application

25. The Passover Lamb
The Manner: Eat _________. It is not a time for ___________.
in haste
enjoyment

26. Exodus 12:8-11 (NIV 1984)
8  That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.
9  Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire—head, legs and inner parts.

27. Exodus 12:8-11 (NIV 1984)
10  Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it.

28. Exodus 12:8-11 (NIV 1984)
11  This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.

29. John 6:53 (NIV 1984)
53  Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

30. Psalm 34:20 (NIV 1984)
20  he protects all his bones,     not one of them will be broken.

31. The Passover Lamb
The Manner: Eat _________. It is not a time for ___________.
A. It cannot be cooked in water or eaten raw
in haste
enjoyment

32. The Passover Lamb
The Manner: Eat _________. It is not a time for ___________.
A. It cannot be cooked in water or eaten raw
B. The bone cannot be broken
in haste
enjoyment

33. The Passover Lamb
The Manner: Eat _________. It is not a time for ___________.
A. It cannot be cooked in water or eaten raw
B. The bone cannot be broken
C. Eat with cloak tucked into the belt and sandals on
in haste
enjoyment

34. The Passover Lamb
The Manner: Eat _________. It is not a time for ___________.
D. Bitter herbs and bread without yeast
in haste
enjoyment

35. The Passover Lamb
The Manner: Eat _________. It is not a time for ___________.
D. Bitter herbs and bread without yeast
E. Burn the leftover food
in haste
enjoyment

36. Application

37. The Passover Lamb The Ground: The ___________ of His blood atonement

38. Exodus 12:7 (NIV 1984)
7  Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

39. Exodus 12:12-13 (NIV 1984)
12  “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and animals—and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

40. Exodus 12:12-13 (NIV 1984)
13  The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

41. Hebrews 9:22 (NIV 1984)
22  In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

42. The Passover Lamb The Ground: The ___________ of His blood
Slaughter the lamb and…
A. Apply _________ but the blood
atonement
nothing

43. The Passover Lamb The Ground: The ___________ of His blood
Slaughter the lamb and…
A. Apply _________ but the blood
B. Apply ________ blood between you and condemnation
atonement
nothing
Christ’s

44. The Passover Lamb The Ground: The ___________ of His blood
Slaughter the lamb and…
C. Apply the blood through ______
atonement
faith

45. The Passover Lamb The Ground: The ___________ of His blood
Slaughter the lamb and…
C. Apply the blood through ______
D. Apply the blood to express your public ___________
atonement
faith
confession

46. The Passover Lamb The Ground: The ___________ of His blood
Slaughter the lamb and…
E. Apply the blood to declare the ________ of His blood
atonement
efficacy

47. The Passover Lamb The Lesson: Remember the Passover. Seek renewal.

48. Exodus 12:3-4 (NIV 1984)
3  Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.

49. Exodus 12:3-4 (NIV 1984)
4  If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.

50. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
1  Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers.

51. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
2  Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

52. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
3  He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

53. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
4  Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
5  Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

54. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
6  Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and revering him.

55. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
7  For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills;

56. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
8  a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;

57. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 (NIV 1984)
9  a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

58. 1 Peter 1:18-21 (NIV 1984)
18  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,

59. 1 Peter 1:18-21 (NIV 1984)
19  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20  He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

60. 1 Peter 1:18-21 (NIV 1984)
21  Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

61. The Passover Lamb The Lesson: Remember the Passover. Seek renewal.
It is a landmark of new existence:
A. The new emphasis on _______ leadership
male

62. The Passover Lamb The Lesson: Remember the Passover. Seek renewal.
It is a landmark of new existence:
A. The new emphasis on _______ leadership
B. The dawn of a new _______
male
nation

63. The Passover Lamb The Lesson: Remember the Passover. Seek renewal.
It is a landmark of new existence:
C. The beginning of a new ________
identity

64. The Passover Lamb The Lesson: Remember the Passover. Seek renewal.
It is a landmark of new existence:
C. The beginning of a new ________
D. The true face of the new ____________
identity
community

65. Conclusion
Redemption is a precious word. Don’t let the meaning of the Passover pass over you.