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Whenever we see a lamb mentioned in the Old Testament, we think of Jesus, the lamb of God who was indeed perfect and without blemish. We are also saved by the blood of that lamb. The Lord's Supper symbolizes this. There is a list of terrible things that happen to the lamb in the Old Testament. In every case it is a sacrifice for and to God by us.
The other thing that strikes you in the closing verse is that it will be a tradition -- a lasting ordinance. Lent is our tradition that leads up to the sacrifice of the lamb of God on Good Friday. This is the last sacrifice and ends the tradition begun in the Old Testament. Lent is a reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us not just on Good Friday, but in his whole life on earth.
As a missionary to Nepal I saw blood from animals running on the streets every fall at the time of the traditional sacrifice. I could see the relief on many new converts when they realized that they did not need any more sacrifices because God had made the last one for them. He had given himself!
That is a great message for the entire world and even for some Christians today who are trying to find out what they need to sacrifice to God for their salvation. They need to know that it is finished! Jesus has done it for them!
The other thing that strikes you in the closing verse is that it will be a tradition -- a lasting ordinance. Lent is our tradition that leads up to the sacrifice of the lamb of God on Good Friday. This is the last sacrifice and ends the tradition begun in the Old Testament. Lent is a reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us not just on Good Friday, but in his whole life on earth.
As a missionary to Nepal I saw blood from animals running on the streets every fall at the time of the traditional sacrifice. I could see the relief on many new converts when they realized that they did not need any more sacrifices because God had made the last one for them. He had given himself!
That is a great message for the entire world and even for some Christians today who are trying to find out what they need to sacrifice to God for their salvation. They need to know that it is finished! Jesus has done it for them!
