The Spring Festivals
Passover (Pesach)
Memorial of the Exodus from Egypt
Description
Instituted on the night of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, Passover commemorates the death angel passing over houses marked with lamb's blood. Celebrated on the fourteenth day of Nisan, this feast finds its fulfillment in Christ, our Passover Lamb sacrificed for us.The Passover lamb's qualifications—male, without blemish, killed at twilight, blood applied for protection—all typify Christ's atoning work. Paul's declaration 'Christ our passover is sacrificed for us' (1 Corinthians 5:7) connects the Old Testament type with its New Testament antitype.
Key Verses
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.
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: