He absorbed the punishment that we deserved. The wrath of God that should have fallen on us fell on Him at Calvary. When we, by faith, apply Jesus’ blood to the “doorposts” of our hearts – trusting in His sacrifice – God’s righteous judgment passes over us. We are spared, not because we are better, but because we are covered by the blood of the Lamb.

For centuries, Jews kept Passover, sacrificing lambs year after year. Little did they know that these millions of lambs were all pointing to one Lamb – the Lamb who alone could truly take away sin and death forever. That Lamb is Jesus Christ.

But perhaps the clearest foreshadowing of Jesus is found in the Passover lamb itself​. It is in the story of the first Passover, during Moses’ leadership, that God gave a sign so unmistakable that the New Testament writers directly connect it to Jesus.