How is Christ's sacrifice connected to the Old Testament Passover?

The connection between Christ's sacrifice and the Old Testament Passover is deeply significant within Reformed theology. In Exodus 12, God instituted the Passover as a sign of deliverance for His people, requiring a lamb without blemish to be sacrificed. This lamb’s blood protected the Israelites from death, serving as a foreshadowing of Christ, who is the ultimate Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7). Just as the blood of the lamb spared the Israelites, the blood of Christ provides redemption from sin and judgment. The New Testament repeatedly points to Christ as this fulfillment, illustrating God’s redemptive plan spans from the Old Testament to the New Testament (Hebrews 9:22).