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𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹.

But the answer is hidden in Exodus…

…and it leads straight to Good Friday.

🧵 The stunning biblical blueprint that proves Jesus is the Lamb—and we must 𝘦𝘢𝘵 Him:

(𝟭) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗯 (𝗘𝘅𝗼𝗱𝘂𝘀 𝟭𝟮)

In Exodus 12, God commands:

Take a lamb on the 10th of Nisan.
Inspect it for 4 days.
Sacrifice it on the 14th.
𝘌𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭.

If the lamb wasn’t eaten, the sacrifice was incomplete.
The lamb 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥.

(𝘕𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳, 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩–𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭.)

(𝟮) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺

Centuries later, Jews coming to Jerusalem for Passover had 2 options:
• Bring a lamb from home (often impractical)
• Buy from the 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸—lambs raised near Bethlehem, just for this purpose
These lambs were brought into the city on the 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻.

(𝟯) 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻 (𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆)

Centuries later, Jews coming to Jerusalem for Passover had 2 options:
• Bring a lamb from home (often impractical)
• Buy from the 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸—lambs raised near Bethlehem for this purpose

These lambs were brought into Jerusalem on the 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻.

That same day—𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆—𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, the true Lamb, enters too.

(𝟰) “𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗺.” (𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭𝟴:𝟯𝟴, 𝟭𝟵:𝟰, 𝟭𝟵:𝟲)

Now watch what happens:
On the 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻—Palm Sunday—Jesus enters Jerusalem.
The same day the Passover lambs are brought in.
For the next 4 days, He is tested by Pharisees, Sadducees, and Pilate.
He is being 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥—just like the lambs.

And then Pilate declares:
“I find no fault in Him.” (John 18:38; 19:4,6)

(𝟱) 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀

Just as the Passover lamb had to be spotless,
Jesus—the Lamb of God—is declared blameless.
This is not poetry.
This is precision.
Prophecy being fulfilled in real time.

At the exact time the lambs were being slaughtered for the Passover,
𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱.
But here’s the key:
In Exodus, the lamb had to be 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯.
Sacrifice alone wasn’t enough.
The 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁.

(𝟲) 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗯

At the Last Supper, Jesus says:

“Take, eat; this is my body… Drink, this is my blood.”

He’s not offering a 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭.
He’s instituting the 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿.
The Eucharist 𝘪𝘴 the Lamb.
And just like in Exodus…
We must 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 the sacrifice.

(𝟳) 𝗘𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹

If Jesus is the Lamb of God,
then the Eucharist cannot be a metaphor.
It’s the fulfillment of Exodus.
It’s the New Covenant meal.
It’s His Body and Blood—given for you.

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹.
𝗔 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
𝗔 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗯 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗱.

🕊️ Receive Him worthily.