When God spoke to Moses about the passover lamb in Exodus 12, Moses was to instruct the people to "take ... a ... lamb ..." There were, of course, qualifications for this lamb. One of the most significant was that it must be without spot or blemish. The lamb was sovereignly chosen by the head of the household and his only mission in life was that he was born to die.

Let's move ahead in time to the New Testament era. John the Baptist was baptizing and suddenly on the scene a figure appears. John declares, "Behold, THE Lamb!" John's declaration was to distinguish the Christ from those who were imposters.

The significance of this Lamb for us is that He was "wounded for OUR transgressions, he was bruised for OUR iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes WE are healed." (Isaiah 53.5) When He cried from the cross, "It is finished!" the price of redemption was paid and Christ yielded His Spirit to His Father and they took Him down and buried Him. On the morning of the first day of the week, women came to the sepulchre to see about the body. They found, not His body, but His empty tomb, and an angel who told them: "He is not here, he is risen as he said."

The Apostle Paul, in Philippians 3.20 declared: "That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death."

Do you know Him? Are you living in the power of His resurrection? May this Easter season bring you peace, contentment, and a passion to joyfully serve the risen Christ.
 


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