Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
Hebrews 11:1-2 NKJV
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Hebrews 11:28 NKJV
For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
Exodus 12:23
- the blood of the lamb
- eat the sacrifice
- burn the rest
Psalm 105:37
Not one was sick.
…For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
1 Corinthians 5:7
There are situations like this where the Old Testament illustrates things that are later fulfilled in the New Testament. These are called types and shadows. These were “object lessons” that prophetically foreshadowed future realities.
As a matter of fact, when God instituted Passover in the Old Testament, He rearranged their entire calendar so that Passover would be at the beginning of their calendar.
When Passover was originally instituted, it occurred in the fourth month of the year, but God saw it as such an outstanding event that God changed the entire calendar.
This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Exodus 12:2
Passover speaks of Justification
- When we accept Christ as our Passover, God starts a new calendar with us also. We become a new creation, and old things pass away (2 Corinthians 5:17).
- Passover then occurred right at the beginning of their year, but it was not the only feast they celebrated. It initiated a chain of events. It marked the beginning of a sequence of other feasts. You can read about this in Leviticus 23.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
II Corinthians 5:17-21 NKJV