Happy New Year (at least on the gregarian calendar). THE CHILDREN OF YHVH "understand" the difference in "today" and THE REAL NEW YEAR as set for the first day of the beginning of the 15days til PASSOVER ..The REAL New Year begins at the Spring Equinox setting in motion the soon approaching PASSOVER (and yes Christians are to OBSERVE Passover as it is written CHRIST "became" OUR Passover.).
In 1 Corinthians:5:7 we learn that "Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us." What is the specific connection between the Passover and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ? For that matter, what is the Passover? Why Is Jesus Christ Called "Our Passover"?Jesus Christ's sacrifice has removed the death penalty from us.
The "events" in ancient Egypt WILL correspond in the endtimes with BABYLON. Get Understanding!
We find the Passover instituted in Exodus 12. The nation of Israel was enslaved in Egypt, and events were building rapidly to the horrifying devastation that would finally force Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery.
Through Moses and Aaron, God commanded Israel to set aside a lamb for each household in the nation. Before nightfall, the Israelites were to kill the lambs and put some of the lambs' blood on the sides and top of the door frame of each house. Each lamb was to be eaten that evening by the members of the Israelite household that offered it (verses 1-10).
A profoundly significant event was to take place outside the homes while the Israelites were inside eating this Passover meal: "For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt" (verses 12-13, emphasis added throughout).
This terrifying event occurred just as God said. "And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead" (verses 29-30).
The dead likely numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Pharaoh, having ignored earlier serious warnings and plagues, learned the hard way that the God of the Israelites was not a God to be trifled with. The Israelites were set free.
Important lessons for us
There are vital lessons for all of humanity in these events. God called the sacrificial lamb "the Lord's Passover" and "the Passover sacrifice of the Lord" (verses 11, 27). It was so named because God promised, "When I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you" (verse 13).
Some 1,500 years later, the apostle Paul used this same term to describe Jesus Christ. Why?
In the setting of the original Passover, the sacrifice of the lambs signified that those partaking of that sacrifice would be spared from God's judgment. If the Israelites ignored or disobeyed God's warning, they would suffer the death of their firstborn along with the Egyptians. This sacrifice was required to spare them from death and great sorrow.
Paul and the other New Testament writers understood that the Passover lambs slain at the time of the Exodus foreshadowed the later sacrifice of Jesus Christ. "Walk in love as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma," wrote Paul (Ephesians:5:2).
The book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus Christ "has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself" and "offered one sacrifice for sins forever" (Hebrews:9:26; 10:12).
Like the ancient Israelites and Egyptians, all humanity has had sin's penalty of misery and death hanging over it. We have earned it because of our sins (Romans:3:23; 6:23). But, just as the sacrifice of the Passover lambs at the time of the Exodus spared the obedient Israelites, Jesus Christ's sacrifice has removed that death penalty from us (Romans:5:9; Ephesians:1:7; Colossians:1:14).
John the Baptist, when Christ came to him to be baptized, exclaimed: "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John:1:29). Thanks to Jesus Christ, we are able to be freed from sin's penalty.
Passover lamb symbolic
The Passover lamb also foreshadowed Christ in other ways. It was to be "without blemish," or with no deformities (Exodus:12:5). This was symbolic of the spiritual purity of Jesus Christ, "who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth" (1 Peter:2:22).
The apostle Peter pointed out that we have been redeemed, or bought back, by God—not with material wealth, "but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (1 Peter:1:19).
Even some aspects of how the Passover lambs were to be killed were symbolic of Jesus' death. The Israelites were told not to break any of the lambs' bones (Exodus:12:46). Although a common practice in crucifixions was to break the legs of the suffering criminals to hasten death, Jesus Christ was already dead when the Roman soldiers came to break His legs, so His body was spared further desecration. "For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, ‘Not one of His bones shall be broken'" (John:19:36).
The prophet Isaiah, describing the coming Messiah's sacrificial death, wrote, "He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth" (Isaiah:53:7). This, too, was a prophecy fulfilled in Jesus Christ's death (Acts:8:32-35).
These and many other scriptures help us understand the wonderful truth that, as the Lamb of God, "Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us."
As we enter this 2015, let us humble our hearts, our minds, and our spirits and heed God's Warning to HIS PEOPLE un 2 Chronicles 7:13-15:
God's Promise and Warning
…13"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 14and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.…
To understand WHO are The CHOSEN PEOPLE of God read my blog post below. Do you BELIEVE Christ is the Messiah?????? If so, then go plant some SEEDS, and pray The Father open eyes and open hearts.
THE SEASON IS UPON US for the GREAT HARVEST!!!!!!!! Is the YEAST (Truth) IN you? Are you set aside and LOAFING (resting in Christ) RISING and ready for the OVEN (those trials to come upon us soon to test our Faith as we Stand in Proxy for Christ as HIS BODY The Church when Satan (the Death Angel) arrives in Jerusalem in his AFFORDED "office" as THE Anti-Christ PLAYACTING Jesus Christ The Messiah. Fear none of these things to come upon us. HAVE FAITH TIL THE VERY END....and then comes the "change of bodies out of the FLESH and into the BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL BODIES and we enter The Millenium...that 1000 years of TEACHING and DISCIPLINE without the presence of Satan nor any evil amongst us. WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME TO BE LIVING!
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Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
*******This world government is set up with many nations, giving it strength, Russia, European union, China and Japan. Satan is the dragon that gives his followers the ower to set this up. This is the 5th trump. The leader will be from the World Bank that holds the debts of much of the world. ****************
Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
************ This government system is not accepted by all. And seems to be about to be dissolved, until the antichrist, dragon (Satan) returns and he is given without an argument the seat of world leader. And he is accepted by most of the world. **************
+ + Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
*********** The world government, and almost all the world religious leaders shall proclaim he is christ. He rules over the armies of the old UN forces. Too powerful for any nation to even consider rising up against this leader. He claims his kingdom. Satan brings world peace, prosperity and divides the world wealth, cancels all debts (financial). ******************
************ Written several years back - China backing Russia - with their currency - not OUR fed reserve - start of that deadly wound going on now in the world economies - war for world dominance - financial ***********
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or IN their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
********** According to scripture, the deadly wound is war, which threatens the enforced peace of the first beast which threatens to crumble the world government. Satan will come and heal it when Jerusalem is surrounded.***************
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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