His death allows the judgement we deserve to pass over us. And in the New Testament we see that Jesus - born in a stable, visited by shepherds and led to the slaughter - is that lamb sent for us. When John the Baptist said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29, NLT), he understood the Old Testament reference. Can you see the imagery? Bottom to top, side to side: the motion formed a cross. Going up, they put it up on the lintel, then touched the two sides of the frame (Exodus 12). The Israelites took a bundle of hyssop and dipped it into the blood in the basin at the threshold. This feast remembers the last plague in Egypt, when the angel of death “passed over” the children of Israel who applied the blood of the lamb to their doors. For the Jews of his time, understanding the Old Testament was key to discovering that Jesus is their promised Messiah.Īnd if you have heard the Good News from the New Testament and received Jesus as your Savior, Old Testament prophecies and symbolism provide further proof and assurance that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God. Jesus often pointed to the “beginning” (Genesis), the Law of Moses (first five books) and the prophets (Jeremiah through Malachi) to reveal God’s plan for mankind and clues to recognize the Savior. Sorting through prophecies and symbolisms of the Old Testament can feel similar, like an intricate game of “Where’s Jesus?”īut the richness of God’s Word is that it often reveals a deeper truth if you know where to look. Forget “Home and Garden” or “People” magazines - my eyes eagerly searched for the familiar time-waster of trying to find Waldo in the midst of the messy crowd. When I was a kid, the white-washed walls of a doctor’s waiting room pointed to only one thing: checking out the “Where’s Waldo?” book.
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