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The Feast
“Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season” (Numbers 9:2).
“Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast … ” (1 Corinthians 5:7-8).
The Old Testament sacrifices were feeble but beautiful pictures of the perfect and supreme sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on the cross at Calvary. Just as the Jews kept their feast of the passover to remember their deliverance from bondage in Egypt, so we should keep the feast of remembrance that has been instituted for us as a reminder of our deliverance from the bondage of sin. Only, rather than it being an empty formality, it is an enjoyable, thrilling experience as we spend some time out of our busy week thinking about the death of our Sacrifice, the Lord Jesus Christ.
How often does it become simply a routine with little or no thought, and the heart’s affections unmoved? May we truly return in spirit to the cross today, that our affections may be stirred and that there would be true praise and worship to the One who accomplished the work to the glory and satisfaction of God His Father.
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