Exodus 12:11

passover

The Passover, type of Christ our Redeemer (Exodus 12:1); (John 1:29); (1 Corinthians 5:6); (1 Corinthians 5:7); (1 Peter 1:18); (1 Peter 1:19).

(1) The lamb must be without blemish, and to test this it was kept up for four days (Exodus 12:5); (Exodus 12:6). So our Lord's public life, under hostile scrutiny, was the testing which proved his holiness; (Luke 11:53); (Luke 11:54); (John 8:46); (John 18:38).

(2) The Lamb thus tested must be slain (Exodus 12:6); (John 12:24); (Hebrews 9:22).

(3) The blood must be applied (Exodus 12:7) This answers to appropriation by personal faith, and refutes universalism (John 3:36).

(4) The blood thus applied of itself, without anything, constituted a perfect protection from judgment (Exodus 12:13); (1 John 1:7); (Hebrews 10:10); (Hebrews 10:14).

(5) The feast typified Christ as the bread of life, answering to the memorial supper. (Matthew 26:26); (1 Corinthians 11:23). To observe the feast was a duty and privilege, but not a condition of safety. As a matter of fact, the bread was not eaten by the Israelites on the night in which, nevertheless, they were preserved from the judgment upon the firstborn. (Exodus 12:34).