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Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

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The Passover Points to Christ

The Passover was to be both commemorative and symbolic, not

only pointing back to the deliverance from Egypt but forward to the

greater deliverance that Christ was to accomplish in freeing His

people from the bondage of sin. The sacrificial lamb represents "the

Lamb of God," in whom is our only hope of salvation. The apostle

Paul wrote, "Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us" (1

Corinthians 5:7). It was not enough that the Passover lamb be killed;

its blood must be sprinkled on the doorposts. In a similar way, the

merits of Christ's blood must be applied to the soul. We must

believe not only that He died for the world but that He died for us

individually.

The hyssop symbolized purification. "Purge me with hyssop,

and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow"

(Psalm 51:7).

The lamb was to be prepared whole, with not a bone broken; so

not a bone was to be broken of the Lamb of God, who was to die for

us (see John 19:36).

The flesh was to be eaten. It is not enough that we believe on

Christ for the forgiveness of sin; by faith we must be constantly

receiving spiritual nourishment from Him through His Word. Christ

said, "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His

blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks

My blood has eternal life." "The words that I speak to you are spirit,

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