These are excerpts taken from Harold Campings Time Has An End
The Passover Feast
"If we could rank the feast days in order of importance, we would certainly place the observance of the Passover at the top of the list.
We have learned that the Passover Feast was instituted at the time Israel left Egypt. We might remember that because the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s command and placed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts, the Lord passed over them (Exodus 11:4-7; 12:28-29; Hebrews 11:28). When the Lord passed over Egypt, all of the firstborn of Egypt were killed because no blood was placed on the door posts of their homes. These firstborn of Egypt represented all people who are under the wrath of God because of their sin.
The blood of the lamb that was placed on the Israelites’ doorposts represented Jesus as the Savior. He, as the Lamb of God, gave His life (shed His blood, which was represented by the blood on the door posts). He took the wrath of God upon Himself in order that the people He came to save might be spared the sentence of eternal spiritual death. All those whom God saves are also sinful. They, too, deserve God’s wrath (Ephesians 2:3). The wrath of God would justly fall upon them if Christ had not taken their sin upon Himself and endured the wrath of God for that sin in their place (I Corinthians 5:7b; II Corinthians 5:21; II Peter 2:24; 3:18).
He, therefore, became like the firstborn of Egypt who were killed. He became the firstborn in the sense that, on behalf of those He came to save, He experienced the second death which is eternal damnation (Revelation 21:8)."
(Disclaimer: This book was written at a time that Mr Camping did not understand that Hell is not a literal place of torment which He later taught, and furthermore that May 21, 2011 the earth was turned into the Spiritual condition of Hell where both the saved and unsaved go through the spiritual fires of Hell. He also goes on to teach that Christ was the first born from the dead at the cross, not understanding at the time that Christ was the lamb slain at the foundation of the world, making Him the first born from the dead or the first to rise from the Dead.)
Returning to the Passover, we read in Leviticus Chapter 23 of this special feast called the Passover that anticipated the wonderful fact that Jesus would be the firstborn from the dead. He, as the Lamb of God, would shed His blood, that is, give His life so that those He came to save would not suffer the eternal wrath of God.
Leviticus 23:5-6 says: In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Speaking of the institution of the Passover, in the year 1447 B.C., God declared in Exodus 12:14: And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with the keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvation plan.
This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with the keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvation plan. God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ would provide a means by which God could have a great many human beings with Him throughout eternity future. But the human race was doomed because God’s Law decreed that the penalty for sin was eternal damnation (annihilation), and the fallen human race was destined to experience that penalty. With no exceptions, each and every human being throughout the history of the world are sinners. Only because Christ became the substitute, the stand-in, for those He chose to save, that is, He paid their penalty, could they live withHim throughout eternity future (John 15:16; Romans 5:19; II Corinthians 5:21; II /Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 2:9-11; James 2:5).
Later, as we proceed down the timeline of history, we will learn that more than 1,400 years (see 1400 timepath on timeline) after Israel left Egypt, Christ fulfilled what this Passover Feast anticipated. In A.D. 33, Christ literally endured the wrath of God on behalf of those He came to save (Later was learned this was demonstration, that Christ was not paying for sins on the cross). On the very day the priests were in the temple killing the Passover lambs, Jesus, the ultimate Passover Lamb, was enduring the wrath of God as He hung on the cross. The Passover Day was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar
(Leviticus 23:5). The fourteenth day of that first month also became the first day of a seven-day period the Bible calls the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
We read in Deuteronomy 16:2-3: Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. The unleavened bread points to Christ, the Bread of Life. Those who become saved eat of the Living Bread and have their spiritual life sustained by the Pure Bread which is Christ (John 6:51). He declared “I am that bread of life” (John 6:48). We read in I Corinthians 5:7-8: Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved. The leaven (or yeast) which causes bread to ferment and thus to rise, in this setting, is a picture of sin. The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved. That is, an individual who has become saved has spiritually experienced Christ as his Passover.
The Passover Feast
If we could rank the feast days in order of importance, we would certainly place the observance of the Passover at the top of the list. We havelearned that the Passover Feast was instituted at the time Israel left Egypt. Wemight remember that because the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s command and placed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts, the Lord passed over them(Exodus 11:4-7; 12:28-29; Hebrews 11:28). When the Lord passed over Egypt,all of the firstborn of Egypt were killed because no blood was placed on the door posts of their homes.These firstborn of Egypt represented all people who are under the wrath of God because of their sin. The blood of the lamb that was placed on theIsraelites’ doorposts represented Jesus as the Savior. He, as the Lamb of God,gave His life (shed His blood, which was represented by the blood on the door posts). He took the wrath of God upon Himself in order that the people He came to save might be spared the sentence of eternal spiritual death.All those whom God saves are also sinful. They, too, deserve God’s wrath (Ephesians 2:3). The wrath of God would justly fall upon them if Christ had not taken their sin upon Himself and endured the wrath of God for that sin in their203place (I Corinthians 5:7b; II Corinthians 5:21; II Peter 2:24; 3:18). He, therefore, became like the firstborn of Egypt who were killed. He became the firstborn in the sense that, on behalf of those He came to save, He experienced the second death which is eternal damnation (Revelation 21:8).He had a beginning only because He arose from the second death.But Jesus did not remain eternally under the wrath of God. He did not stay dead. He rose again.A further word of explanation is necessary.
As the Savior, Jesus became someone of whom God can say He had a beginning by being born. Birth is essentially the beginning for each of us. But Jesus, of course, is eternal God from everlasting past who had no beginning. He is the ever-present One, the great “IAM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). But after enduring the equivalent of eternity in Hell on behalf of His people, He rose again. He revived (Romans 14:9) becauseHe had satisfied the demands of God’s Law that relate to the punishment for and absolution of His people’s sins. It was as if He had in that sense a beginning! Godspeaks of Jesus as His only begotten Son (John 3:16). The word “begotten”implies that Jesus had a beginning. He had a beginning only because He arose from the second death.Remember, to be eternally in Hell is called “the second death”(Revelation 20:14). This is why the Bible says in Colossians 1:18:And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Returning to the Passover, we read in Leviticus Chapter 23 of this special feast called the Passover that anticipated the wonderful fact that Jesus would be the firstborn from the dead. He, as the Lamb of God, would shed His blood, that is, give His life so that those He came to save would not suffer the eternal wrath of God.Leviticus 23:5-6 says: In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.Chapter 6 / 1447 B.C. The Exodus - 931 B.C.
King Solomon Speaking of the institution of the Passover, in the year 1447 B.C., God declared in Exodus 12:14:And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with the keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvation plan.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with the keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvation plan. God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ would provide a means by which God could have a great many human beings with Him throughout eternity future. But the human race was doomed because God’s Law decreed that the penalty for sin was eternal damnation, and the fallen human race was destined to experience that penalty.With no exceptions, each and every human being throughout the history of the world are sinners.
Only because Christ became the substitute, the stand-in, for those He chose to save, that is, He paid their penalty, could they live withHim throughout eternity future (John 15:16; Romans 5:19; II Corinthians 5:21; IIThessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 2:9-11; James 2:5).Later, as we proceed down the timeline of history, we will learn that more than 1,400 years after Israel left Egypt, Christ fulfilled what this Passover Feast anticipated. In A.D. 33, Christ literally endured the wrath of God on behalf of those He came to save. On the very day the priests were in the temple killing thePassover lambs, Jesus, the ultimate Passover Lamb, was enduring the wrath ofGod as He hung on the cross.
The Passover Day was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar (Leviticus 23:5). The fourteenth day of that first month also became the first day of a seven-day period the Bible calls the Feast of Unleavened Bread.We read in Deuteronomy 16:2-3:Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thyGod, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread205with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread there with, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
The unleavened bread points to Christ, the Bread of Life. Those who become saved eat of the Living Bread and have their spiritual life sustained by the Pure Bread which is Christ (John 6:51). He declared “I am that bread of life” (John 6:48). We read in I Corinthians 5:7-8:Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved. The leaven (or yeast) which causes bread to ferment and thus to rise, in this setting, is a picture of sin. The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved.That is, an individual who has become saved has spiritually experienced Christas his Passover.
The Passover Feast
If we could rank the feast days in order of importance, we wouldcertainly place the observance of the Passover at the top of the list. We havelearned that the Passover Feast was instituted at the time Israel left Egypt. Wemight remember that because the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s commandand placed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts, the Lord passed over them(Exodus 11:4-7; 12:28-29; Hebrews 11:28). When the Lord passed over Egypt,all of the firstborn of Egypt were killed because no blood was placed on thedoorposts of their homes.These firstborn of Egypt represented all people who are under the wrathof God because of their sin. The blood of the lamb that was placed on theIsraelites’ doorposts represented Jesus as the Savior. He, as the Lamb of God,gave His life (shed His blood, which was represented by the blood on thedoorposts). He took the wrath of God upon Himself in order that the people Hecame to save might be spared the sentence of eternal spiritual death.All those whom God saves are also sinful. They, too, deserve God’swrath (Ephesians 2:3). The wrath of God would justly fall upon them if Christ hadnot taken their sin upon Himself and endured the wrath of God for that sin in their203place (I Corinthians 5:7b; II Corinthians 5:21; II Peter 2:24; 3:18). He, therefore,became like the firstborn of Egypt who were killed. He became the firstborn inthe sense that, on behalf of those He came to save, He experienced the seconddeath which is eternal damnation (Revelation 21:8).He had a beginning only because He arose fromthe second death.But Jesus did not remain eternally under the wrath of God. He did not staydead. He rose again.A further word of explanation is necessary. As the Savior, Jesus becamesomeone of whom God can say He had a beginning by being born. Birth isessentially the beginning for each of us. But Jesus, of course, is eternal God fromeverlasting past who had no beginning. He is the ever-present One, the great “IAM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). But after enduring the equivalent of eternityin Hell on behalf of His people, He rose again. He revived (Romans 14:9) becauseHe had satisfied the demands of God’s Law that relate to the punishment for andabsolution of His people’s sins. It was as if He had in that sense a beginning! Godspeaks of Jesus as His only begotten Son (John 3:16). The word “begotten”implies that Jesus had a beginning. He had a beginning only because He arosefrom the second death.Remember, to be eternally in Hell is called “the second death”(Revelation 20:14). This is why the Bible says in Colossians 1:18:And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have thepreeminence.Returning to the Passover, we read in Leviticus Chapter 23 of this specialfeast called the Passover that anticipated the wonderful fact that Jesus would bethe firstborn from the dead. He, as the Lamb of God, would shed His blood, thatis, give His life so that those He came to save would not suffer the eternal wrathof God.Leviticus 23:5-6 says:In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’Spassover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feastof unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eatunleavened bread.Chapter 6 / 1447 B.C. The Exodus - 931 B.C. King Solomon204 Time Has An EndSpeaking of the institution of the Passover, in the year 1447 B.C., Goddeclared in Exodus 12:14:And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keepit a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keepit a feast by an ordinance for ever.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified withthe keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of theunfolding of God’s salvation plan.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with thekeystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvationplan. God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ would provide a meansby which God could have a great many human beings with Him throughouteternity future. But the human race was doomed because God’s Law decreedthat the penalty for sin was eternal damnation, and the fallen human race wasdestined to experience that penalty.With no exceptions, each and every human being throughout the historyof the world are sinners. Only because Christ became the substitute, the stand-in, for those He chose to save, that is, He paid their penalty, could they live withHim throughout eternity future (John 15:16; Romans 5:19; II Corinthians 5:21; IIThessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 2:9-11; James 2:5).Later, as we proceed down the timeline of history, we will learn that morethan 1,400 years after Israel left Egypt, Christ fulfilled what this Passover Feastanticipated. In A.D. 33, Christ literally endured the wrath of God on behalf ofthose He came to save. On the very day the priests were in the temple killing thePassover lambs, Jesus, the ultimate Passover Lamb, was enduring the wrath ofGod as He hung on the cross.The Passover Day was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the firstmonth of the Jewish calendar (Leviticus 23:5). The fourteenth day of that firstmonth also became the first day of a seven-day period the Bible calls the Feastof Unleavened Bread.We read in Deuteronomy 16:2-3:Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thyGod, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shallchoose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread205with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith,even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the landof Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thoucamest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.The unleavened bread points to Christ, the Bread of Life. Those whobecome saved eat of the Living Bread and have their spiritual life sustained bythe Pure Bread which is Christ (John 6:51). He declared “I am that bread oflife” (John 6:48). We read in I Corinthians 5:7-8:Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, asye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed forus: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neitherwith the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with theunleavened bread of sincerity and truth.The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin,under which all are in bondage, is broken for theperson who becomes saved.The leaven (or yeast) which causes bread to ferment and thus to rise, inthis setting, is a picture of sin. The unleavened bread typifies that the power ofsin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved.That is, an individual who has become saved has spiritually experienced Christas his Passover.
The Passover Feast
If we could rank the feast days in order of importance, we wouldcertainly place the observance of the Passover at the top of the list. We havelearned that the Passover Feast was instituted at the time Israel left Egypt. Wemight remember that because the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s commandand placed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts, the Lord passed over them(Exodus 11:4-7; 12:28-29; Hebrews 11:28). When the Lord passed over Egypt,all of the firstborn of Egypt were killed because no blood was placed on thedoorposts of their homes.These firstborn of Egypt represented all people who are under the wrathof God because of their sin. The blood of the lamb that was placed on theIsraelites’ doorposts represented Jesus as the Savior. He, as the Lamb of God,gave His life (shed His blood, which was represented by the blood on thedoorposts). He took the wrath of God upon Himself in order that the people Hecame to save might be spared the sentence of eternal spiritual death.All those whom God saves are also sinful. They, too, deserve God’swrath (Ephesians 2:3). The wrath of God would justly fall upon them if Christ hadnot taken their sin upon Himself and endured the wrath of God for that sin in their203place (I Corinthians 5:7b; II Corinthians 5:21; II Peter 2:24; 3:18). He, therefore,became like the firstborn of Egypt who were killed. He became the firstborn inthe sense that, on behalf of those He came to save, He experienced the seconddeath which is eternal damnation (Revelation 21:8).He had a beginning only because He arose fromthe second death.But Jesus did not remain eternally under the wrath of God. He did not staydead. He rose again.A further word of explanation is necessary. As the Savior, Jesus becamesomeone of whom God can say He had a beginning by being born. Birth isessentially the beginning for each of us. But Jesus, of course, is eternal God fromeverlasting past who had no beginning. He is the ever-present One, the great “IAM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). But after enduring the equivalent of eternityin Hell on behalf of His people, He rose again. He revived (Romans 14:9) becauseHe had satisfied the demands of God’s Law that relate to the punishment for andabsolution of His people’s sins. It was as if He had in that sense a beginning! Godspeaks of Jesus as His only begotten Son (John 3:16). The word “begotten”implies that Jesus had a beginning. He had a beginning only because He arosefrom the second death.Remember, to be eternally in Hell is called “the second death”(Revelation 20:14). This is why the Bible says in Colossians 1:18:And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have thepreeminence.Returning to the Passover, we read in Leviticus Chapter 23 of this specialfeast called the Passover that anticipated the wonderful fact that Jesus would bethe firstborn from the dead. He, as the Lamb of God, would shed His blood, thatis, give His life so that those He came to save would not suffer the eternal wrathof God.Leviticus 23:5-6 says:In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’Spassover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feastof unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eatunleavened bread.Chapter 6 / 1447 B.C. The Exodus - 931 B.C. King Solomon204 Time Has An EndSpeaking of the institution of the Passover, in the year 1447 B.C., Goddeclared in Exodus 12:14:And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keepit a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keepit a feast by an ordinance for ever.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified withthe keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of theunfolding of God’s salvation plan.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with thekeystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvationplan. God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ would provide a meansby which God could have a great many human beings with Him throughouteternity future. But the human race was doomed because God’s Law decreedthat the penalty for sin was eternal damnation, and the fallen human race wasdestined to experience that penalty.With no exceptions, each and every human being throughout the historyof the world are sinners. Only because Christ became the substitute, the stand-in, for those He chose to save, that is, He paid their penalty, could they live withHim throughout eternity future (John 15:16; Romans 5:19; II Corinthians 5:21; IIThessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 2:9-11; James 2:5).Later, as we proceed down the timeline of history, we will learn that morethan 1,400 years after Israel left Egypt, Christ fulfilled what this Passover Feastanticipated. In A.D. 33, Christ literally endured the wrath of God on behalf ofthose He came to save. On the very day the priests were in the temple killing thePassover lambs, Jesus, the ultimate Passover Lamb, was enduring the wrath ofGod as He hung on the cross.The Passover Day was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the firstmonth of the Jewish calendar (Leviticus 23:5). The fourteenth day of that firstmonth also became the first day of a seven-day period the Bible calls the Feastof Unleavened Bread.We read in Deuteronomy 16:2-3:Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thyGod, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shallchoose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread205with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith,even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the landof Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thoucamest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.The unleavened bread points to Christ, the Bread of Life. Those whobecome saved eat of the Living Bread and have their spiritual life sustained bythe Pure Bread which is Christ (John 6:51). He declared “I am that bread oflife” (John 6:48). We read in I Corinthians 5:7-8:Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, asye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed forus: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neitherwith the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with theunleavened bread of sincerity and truth.The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin,under which all are in bondage, is broken for theperson who becomes saved.The leaven (or yeast) which causes bread to ferment and thus to rise, inthis setting, is a picture of sin. The unleavened bread typifies that the power ofsin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved.That is, an individual who has become saved has spiritually experienced Christas his Passover.
The Passover Feast
If we could rank the feast days in order of importance, we wouldcertainly place the observance of the Passover at the top of the list. We havelearned that the Passover Feast was instituted at the time Israel left Egypt. Wemight remember that because the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s commandand placed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts, the Lord passed over them(Exodus 11:4-7; 12:28-29; Hebrews 11:28). When the Lord passed over Egypt,all of the firstborn of Egypt were killed because no blood was placed on thedoorposts of their homes.These firstborn of Egypt represented all people who are under the wrathof God because of their sin. The blood of the lamb that was placed on theIsraelites’ doorposts represented Jesus as the Savior. He, as the Lamb of God,gave His life (shed His blood, which was represented by the blood on thedoorposts). He took the wrath of God upon Himself in order that the people Hecame to save might be spared the sentence of eternal spiritual death.All those whom God saves are also sinful. They, too, deserve God’swrath (Ephesians 2:3). The wrath of God would justly fall upon them if Christ hadnot taken their sin upon Himself and endured the wrath of God for that sin in their203place (I Corinthians 5:7b; II Corinthians 5:21; II Peter 2:24; 3:18). He, therefore,became like the firstborn of Egypt who were killed. He became the firstborn inthe sense that, on behalf of those He came to save, He experienced the seconddeath which is eternal damnation (Revelation 21:8).He had a beginning only because He arose fromthe second death.But Jesus did not remain eternally under the wrath of God. He did not staydead. He rose again.A further word of explanation is necessary. As the Savior, Jesus becamesomeone of whom God can say He had a beginning by being born. Birth isessentially the beginning for each of us. But Jesus, of course, is eternal God fromeverlasting past who had no beginning. He is the ever-present One, the great “IAM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). But after enduring the equivalent of eternityin Hell on behalf of His people, He rose again. He revived (Romans 14:9) becauseHe had satisfied the demands of God’s Law that relate to the punishment for andabsolution of His people’s sins. It was as if He had in that sense a beginning! Godspeaks of Jesus as His only begotten Son (John 3:16). The word “begotten”implies that Jesus had a beginning. He had a beginning only because He arosefrom the second death.Remember, to be eternally in Hell is called “the second death”(Revelation 20:14). This is why the Bible says in Colossians 1:18:And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have thepreeminence.Returning to the Passover, we read in Leviticus Chapter 23 of this specialfeast called the Passover that anticipated the wonderful fact that Jesus would bethe firstborn from the dead. He, as the Lamb of God, would shed His blood, thatis, give His life so that those He came to save would not suffer the eternal wrathof God.Leviticus 23:5-6 says:In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’Spassover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feastof unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eatunleavened bread.Chapter 6 / 1447 B.C. The Exodus - 931 B.C. King Solomon204 Time Has An EndSpeaking of the institution of the Passover, in the year 1447 B.C., Goddeclared in Exodus 12:14:And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keepit a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keepit a feast by an ordinance for ever.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified withthe keystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of theunfolding of God’s salvation plan.This Passover Feast anticipated and completely identified with thekeystone, the centerpiece, the very essence of the unfolding of God’s salvationplan. God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ would provide a meansby which God could have a great many human beings with Him throughouteternity future. But the human race was doomed because God’s Law decreedthat the penalty for sin was eternal damnation, and the fallen human race wasdestined to experience that penalty.With no exceptions, each and every human being throughout the historyof the world are sinners. Only because Christ became the substitute, the stand-in, for those He chose to save, that is, He paid their penalty, could they live withHim throughout eternity future (John 15:16; Romans 5:19; II Corinthians 5:21; IIThessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 2:9-11; James 2:5).Later, as we proceed down the timeline of history, we will learn that morethan 1,400 years after Israel left Egypt, Christ fulfilled what this Passover Feastanticipated. In A.D. 33, Christ literally endured the wrath of God on behalf ofthose He came to save. On the very day the priests were in the temple killing thePassover lambs, Jesus, the ultimate Passover Lamb, was enduring the wrath ofGod as He hung on the cross.The Passover Day was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the firstmonth of the Jewish calendar (Leviticus 23:5). The fourteenth day of that firstmonth also became the first day of a seven-day period the Bible calls the Feastof Unleavened Bread.We read in Deuteronomy 16:2-3:Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thyGod, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shallchoose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread205with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith,even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the landof Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thoucamest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.The unleavened bread points to Christ, the Bread of Life. Those whobecome saved eat of the Living Bread and have their spiritual life sustained bythe Pure Bread which is Christ (John 6:51). He declared “I am that bread oflife” (John 6:48). We read in I Corinthians 5:7-8:Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, asye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed forus: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neitherwith the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with theunleavened bread of sincerity and truth.The unleavened bread typifies that the power of sin,under which all are in bondage, is broken for theperson who becomes saved.The leaven (or yeast) which causes bread to ferment and thus to rise, inthis setting, is a picture of sin. The unleavened bread typifies that the power ofsin, under which all are in bondage, is broken for the person who becomes saved.That is, an individual who has become saved has spiritually experienced Christas his Passover.
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