Christ Our Passover

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: is sacrificed; or, is slain - 1 Corinthians 5:7

    The word Passover first appears in the Scriptures in Exodus 12:11. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s Passover. Here in Exodus the Passover is identified as the Lord’s Passover. LORD’S is conspicuously capitalized prophetically identifying the Lord Jesus Christ as the sacrifice offered up to God for his loved ones in the fullness of time (Gal 4:4). This has never changed and will never change. He is the sacrifice, and he is the only sacrifice for sin. Because of his sacrifice the wrath and judgment of God has passed over his people and death will never come near them. Here in 1 Corinthians, he is identified as Christ our Passover. Thanks be unto God, he has made him our Passover sacrifice! Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (1 Cor 1:30).

    Once the Lamb was slain and the blood applied, the Israelites were to eat the sacrifice. The sacrifice was to become one with them, symbolizing faith in the substance and the accomplishment of that which was offered. Although the saints have always been one with Christ in God’s eternal purpose of grace as Christ stood as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Rv 13:8), we become one with him in regeneration as we partake of him by God given faith.

    In regeneration, by faith in his blood, we can truly say Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. What a wondrous confession of faith! What blessed assurance! What beautiful ground and foundation for worship! All those that know him by faith eat it (Christ) in haste (readily and thankfully). Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him (Jn 6:54-56).