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STATION 8: THE FULFILLMENT OF PASSOVER

For the Jewish people, there are many focal points of their religion. The most important religious celebration is the Sabbath, one day out of seven to commemorate God's peace and God's rest. Aside from that, the Jewish Passover is the most significant event in their religious life. The Jews were held as slaves for over 400 years in Egypt, and as virtually everyone knows, they were delivered from slavery by the hand of God through His messenger Moses.

The final act before Pharaoh agreed to let the Hebrews go is what is known as the Passover. After repeated warnings and instructions, God was left with no choice but to deliver the final curse, the death of all of the first born in Egypt. The night of the Passover, the Hebrews were to offer a sacrifice and put the blood of the sacrifice upon the door posts. When the angel of Judgment passed through Egypt, they were protected by the blood on the door posts, and the angel of Death passed over their homes.

The next day in absolute shock and despondency, the Pharaoh let them go. This is a highly significant event in the lives of Jewish people, and some time in very early spring each year, the Passover is commemorated with a Sedar, wherein the events of that night are remembered and symbolically reenacted.

For Christianity, the Passover has become a symbol of great proportion. Egypt has come to symbolize the state of sin that we each find ourselves in. Held prisoner in bondage to sin, we experience the idea of the Angel of Death passing through our lives to wreak a horrid vengeance upon us. Through the blood of Jesus, God passes over those who are a part of the New Covenant Relationship.

What is truly remarkable, is the manner in which the blood at the Passover was applied to the door posts. First, the blood was applied to the cross beam in the center, then the blood would drip down from there, hitting the ground. Secondly, the left and the right sides of the door frame were likewise marked.

This act was in the perfect shape of a cross. As a prophesy, as a symbolic event, Passover finds fulfillment in the death and resurrection of Jesus. You could say that as important as Passover was, it was simply a hint of the greater fulfillment of the greater event wherein God's Angel of Death passes over all people who are marked with the blood of the slain lamb.

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