The New Testament clearly identifies Christ as our Passover through His sacrificial death, fulfilling the Old Testament type of the Passover lamb.
The identification of Christ as our Passover is rooted in both the Old Testament foreshadows and the New Testament revelation. In Exodus 12, the Passover lamb, without blemish and sacrificed for the people, symbolizes the coming Messiah. The Apostle Paul explicitly states in 1 Corinthians 5:7, 'For even Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed for us,' confirming that Jesus fulfills this role. The details surrounding the Passover, such as the lamb being male, without blemish, and killed at God's appointed time, resonate with Christ's life and work. Therefore, the belief in Christ as our Passover is established through scriptural types and their fulfillment in His sacrificial death.
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