A Perfect Lamb
“Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats .… Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof” (Exodus 12:5,9).
The Passover sacrifice in the Old Testament was to be without a mark or blemish, typifying the Lord Jesus as the perfect, sinless Lamb of God. Notice three things that connect with the sinless humanity of the Lord as denoted in the New Testament:
His head:“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who KNEW no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
His legs:“Christ also suffered for us … who DID no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth” (1 Peter 2:21-22).
The purtenance (inward parts) thereof:“He was manifested to take away our sins; and IN Him is no sin” (1 John 3:5).
No wonder John the Baptist could declare, “Behold the Lamb of God” (John 1:36).
