I recently started reading the works of Johnathan Cahn and have been blown away by the prophetic teachings, the break down of the Word to the Hebraic roots and just the timeliness of his messages. While thinking about the line from He Is that says "In Exodus, the Passover Lamb" and the correlation between the animal sacrifice and Jesus, and the direction I wanted to go with it, I decided to research out what Johnathan Cahn had to say about it.
I ran across a 2 part video on which he is sharing about the Passover and some of the intricate Hebraic meanings and what they mean for US. I was blown away because some of it I knew, and then there were things that I didn't, but there were also things I had head knowledge of, but not heart knowledge. So, it is from his teaching that I want to share what I gleaned.
As Christians, we are taught that our faith centers around the cross, and while that is true, there is more to it than that. Our salvation comes only through believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, was resurrected on the third day, ascended into heaven and sits at the Father's right hand until His return. We believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord. We ask for Him to forgive our sins, and that through His blood we are cleansed and covered by His grace. Johnathan Cahn made a statement that literally exploded in my brain. "Our faith centers around Passover." Why? Because not only did the events leading up to the crucifixion take place DURING Passover, it WAS Passover playing out with the perfect Passover Lamb. The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
From the Amplified Bible:
Exodus 12
The Passover Lamb 1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2“This month shall be the beginning of months to you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. 3Tell all the congregation of Israel, ‘On the tenth [day] of this month they are to take a lamb or young goat for themselves, according to [the size of] the household of which he is the father, a lamb or young goat for each household. 4‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb [to be consumed], let him and his next door neighbor take one according to the number of people [in the households]; according to what each man can eat, you are to divide the lamb. 5‘Your lamb or young goat shall be [perfect] without blemish or bodily defect, a male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6‘You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight. 7‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel [above the door] of the houses in which they eat it. 8‘They shall eat the meat that same night, roasted in fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted in fire—both its head and its legs, along with its inner parts. 10‘You shall let none of the meat remain until the morning, and anything that remains left over until morning, you shall burn completely in the fire. 11‘Now you are to eat it in this manner: [be prepared for a journey] with your loins girded [that is, with the outer garment tucked into the band], your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; you shall eat it quickly—it is the LORD’S Passover. 12‘For I [the LORD] will pass through the land of Egypt on this night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal; against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments [exhibiting their worthlessness]. I am the LORD. 13‘The blood shall be a sign for you on [the doorposts of] the houses where you live; when I see the blood I shall pass over you, and no affliction shall happen to you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14‘Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as an ordinance forever.
The things that I took away from Johnathan Cahn's teaching are this:
The temple lambs that were raised and brought up for sacrifice were from Bethlehem. Jesus, the Lamb of God was born in Bethlehem.
The priests were the ones who brought the lamb to be sacrificed. It was the priests who handed over Jesus to the Romans, because the priest must offer up the sacrifice.
John the Baptist was the first to recognize Jesus as the Lamb. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29 John the Baptist was a descendent of the line of Aaron from both of his parents. Aaron being the line of priests. So, John the Baptist, a priest of God, identified and symbolically sacrificed the actual lamb when he baptized Jesus.
The crucifixion of Jesus happened ON the Passover 7Purge 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: 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
I encourage you to do your own, deeper study on the Passover feast, both from the old testament and the new, but look at it from beyond our western perspective. Look into the Hebraic words and meanings, because not a single word is wasted and holds so much meaning for us. When we have a clearer idea of the relationship between God and Israel and how we are grafted in to partake in that relationship, the Word takes on a whole new meaning and light.
Jesus, Lamb of God, Worthy is Your name.
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