Yesterday, I mentioned that we see the gospel in the Passover story of Exodus 12… In For the Love of God, Vol. 1, D. A. Carson explains the significance of the Passover for us as Christians:

“The importance of this event cannot be overestimated. It signaled not only the release of the Israelites from slavery, but the dawning of a new covenant with their Redeemer. At the same time, it constituted a picture: guilty people face death, and the only way to escape that sentence is if a lamb dies instead of those who are sentenced to die… A millennium and a half later, Paul would remind believers in Corinth that Christ Jesus, our Passover Lamb, was sacrificed for us, inaugurating a new covenant (1 Cor 5:7, 11:25)… a new and climactic redemption had been acheived. God still passes over those who are secured by the blood.”

Dr. Carson has given us a lesson in how to read our Bibles, and a wonderful reason to rejoice: if you are a Christian, you have a Passover Lamb: a substitute in Christ Jesus. This is indeed good news.

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