Lesson#05

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LESSON #05
THE PARABLE OF THE LAMB AND ITS LOAD (JOH 1:29)

THE PASSOVER REDEMPTION:	CHRIST’S REDEMPTION:
THE BLOOD SACRIFICE MUST BE A LAMB EXO 12:3	JESUS CHRIST IS THE BLOOD SACRIFICE 1COR 5:7
THE PASSOVER LAMB MUST BE WITHOUT DEFECT EXO 12:5	JESUS CHRIST WAS PERFECT, WITHOUT SIN 1PET 1:18-19
THE PASSOVER LAMB MUST BE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE EXO 12:5	JESUS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED IN THE PRIME OF LIFE
THE LAMB’S BLOOD MUST BE SHED SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LIFE EXO 12:6-7	THE BLOOD OF CHRIST WAS SHED FOR ALL TO HAVE LIFE JOH 3:16
THE LAMB’S BLOOD MUST BE APPLIED PERSONALLY TO ONE’S DOOR WITH HYSSOP EXO 12:7,22	CHRIST’S BLOOD MUST BE APPLIED PERSONALLY TO ONE’S HEART IN FAITH ROM 3:25-26 ROM 10:9-10
THE LAMB’S BLOOD MUST BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE EXO 12:7	CHRIST MUST BE OPENLY CONFESSED MAT 10:32-33
THERE WAS NO SAFETY EXCEPT BEHIND THE BLOOD-STAINED DOORS EXO 12:22	THERE IS NO SAFETY FROM JUDGMENT EXCEPT BEHIND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST MAR 16:16
IN SAFETY, THE PEOPLE FEED ON THE PASSOVER LAMB EXO 12:8	THE BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN SAFETY AND FEEDS ON THE WORDS OF CHRIST JOH 6:53, 56
THE FLESH OF THE LAMB IS EATEN WITH BITTER HERBS EXO 12:8	WE MUST RECALL, IN A SPIRIT OF CONTRITION, WHAT REDEMPTION COST CHRIST. LUK 22:19
IN THE PASSOVER, THE MEAL MUST BE SEPARATED FROM LEAVEN (YEAST) EXO 12:8	THE BELIEVER MUST SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM EVIL (YEAST) 1COR 3:9-10
THE ISRAELITES MUST MAINTAIN A PILGRIM ATTITUDE; READY TO LEAVE AT ANY MOMENT EXO 12:11	THE BELIEVER MUST MAINTAIN A PILGRIM ATTITUDE BECAUSE THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME. 1PET 2:11 HEB 11:13
THE PASSOVER LAMB WAS SLAIN AT 3:00 PM EXO 12:6	JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AT 3:00 PM. MAT 17:45,50
NO PASSOVER BLOOD WAS APPLIED TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOOR EXO 12:7	THE BLOOD OF CHRIST MUST NOT BE TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT HEB 20:28-29
THE PASSOVER LAMB WAS ROASTED WITH FIRE EXO 12:8	CHRIST ENDURED THE HOT ANGER OF GOD’S WRATH WHEN HE BECAME SIN FOR US ON THE CROSS 1COR 5:21

THE CEREMONY IN JESUS’ TIME:	THE SIGNIFICANCE AND TIMING:
A PRAYER FOR THE FIRST CUP OF WINE POURED	THIS IS CALLED THE CUP OF SANCTIFICATION LUK 22:17-18
A CEREMONIAL WASHING OF HANDS BY THE HOST
THE FIRST DIPPING OF FOOD: RAW VEGETABLES (BITTER HERBS) DIPPED IN SALT WATER OR VINEGAR AND PASSED TO ALL	THE BITTER HERBS REPRESENT SUFFERING WHILE THE SALT WATER OR VINEGAR REPRESENTS TEARS
THE SECOND CUP OF WINE IS POURED BUT NOT DRUNK	THIS CUP IS CALLED THE CUP OF INIQUITY (A CUP FILLED WITH THE SINS OF MAN).
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IS RECITED WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAMB (SACRIFICE FOR SIN), BITTER HERBS (SUFFERING), UNLEAVENED BREAD (WITHOUT SIN).
PSA 113 AND PSA 114 IS SUNG
THE SECOND CUP OF WINE IS DRUNK	THE CUP OF INIQUITY BECOMES THE CUP OF PRAISE (SIN HAS BEEN PAID FOR)
HANDS ARE WASHED IN RESPECT FOR THE UNLEAVENED BREAD	JESUS WASHES DISCIPLES FEET AT THIS POINT IN THE CELEBRATION JOH 13:4,5
THE HOST BREAKS THE CENTER PIECE OF 3 PIECES OF UNLEAVENED BREAD AND ASKS THE BLESSING	THE CENTERPIECE OF BREAD REPRESENTS THE SECOND MEMBER OF THE TRINITY (CHRIST), BROKEN FOR US. IT IS A FLAT CRACKER, PIERCED AS CHRIST WAS PIERCED LUK 22:19
THE BREAD IS DIPPED IN BITTER HERBS AND GIVEN TO ALL	JESUS GIVES SOME TO JUDAS WHO LEAVES THE PASSOVER CELEBRATION AT THIS POINT. JOH 13:26 MAT 26:26 MAR 14:22
EVERYONE PRESENT EATS THE LAMB	NOTICE JUDAS DID NOT EAT OF THE PASSOVER LAMB
AFTER SUPPER, A THIRD CUP OF WINE IS POURED	THIS CUP IS CALLED THE CUP OF REDEMPTION LUK 22:20 MAT 26:27 MAR 14:23
ALL THOSE PRESENT RECITE AN AFTER DINNER BLESSING	1 COR 11:23,24
ALL THOSE PRESENT DRINK FROM THE THIRD CUP	NOTICE THAT JUDAS DID NOT DRINK FROM THE CUP OF REDEMPTION.
PSA 115-118 IS RECITED
THE FOURTH CUP OF WINE IS POURED AND DRUNK	THIS CUP IS CALLED THE CUP OF ACCEPTANCE. IT IS ALSO CALLED THE CUP OF ELIJAH
THE PASSOVER CELEBRATION ENDS WITH A CLOSING HYMN	MAT 26:30 MAR 14:26