Alyssa, thank you for your comment. What Jesus endured to pay for our sins is horrific-and a beautiful picture of redemption because of His love for us. The imagery that none of Jesus’s bones were broken is powerful. When God was going to take His children from the bondage of slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land, they were to sacrifice a perfect lamb (Leviticus 12:5). They couldn’t choose a sickly lamb or a lamb with a broken leg to be the sacrifice. It had to be an unblemished lamb, that represented the lamb that was the best of the best. Once they sacrificed the animal, they placed the blood of the lamb on their doorpost. God saw the home was covered by the sacrifice of the blood of the lamb. It was the blood of the lamb that saved them from death of the firstborn.
The sacrificial system God put in place was based on a blood sacrifice to pay the price for sin. Blood sacrifices in the Old Testament foreshadowed the day when The Lamb of God would spill His blood to pay the price for the sins of all mankind. So, the blood of the lamb would free His children from the bondage of sin to live in freedom with Christ.
This imagery of the sacrifice of the blood of the Passover lamb, and the sacrificial system is what John the Baptist meant when he saw Jesus coming and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” in John 1:29.
And The Lamb of God -Jesus- would be the perfect, unblemished and unbroken sacrificial lamb.
Wow, thank you for such a thoughtful reply to my comment. In my Bible reading earlier this year I had made that connection but since forgot about, so I greatly appreciate the reminder!
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Gosh that's horrific. I'm glad they could not break Jesus.
Alyssa, thank you for your comment. What Jesus endured to pay for our sins is horrific-and a beautiful picture of redemption because of His love for us. The imagery that none of Jesus’s bones were broken is powerful. When God was going to take His children from the bondage of slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land, they were to sacrifice a perfect lamb (Leviticus 12:5). They couldn’t choose a sickly lamb or a lamb with a broken leg to be the sacrifice. It had to be an unblemished lamb, that represented the lamb that was the best of the best. Once they sacrificed the animal, they placed the blood of the lamb on their doorpost. God saw the home was covered by the sacrifice of the blood of the lamb. It was the blood of the lamb that saved them from death of the firstborn.
The sacrificial system God put in place was based on a blood sacrifice to pay the price for sin. Blood sacrifices in the Old Testament foreshadowed the day when The Lamb of God would spill His blood to pay the price for the sins of all mankind. So, the blood of the lamb would free His children from the bondage of sin to live in freedom with Christ.
This imagery of the sacrifice of the blood of the Passover lamb, and the sacrificial system is what John the Baptist meant when he saw Jesus coming and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” in John 1:29.
And The Lamb of God -Jesus- would be the perfect, unblemished and unbroken sacrificial lamb.
Wow, thank you for such a thoughtful reply to my comment. In my Bible reading earlier this year I had made that connection but since forgot about, so I greatly appreciate the reminder!
I appreciate your taking time to send me a comment.
Yes, of course! Happy to engage. I just subscribed too. If you're interested in my walk with Jesus, my upcoming missionary work, and the work I do with a Christian nonprofit (+quiet time musings and travel stories) I'd love to invite you to check out my newsletter too. :)