Paschal Lamb/ Christ

[Christina]

Table of Parallel comparisons from Potter's Bible Encyclopedia 1875.The Paschal Lamb.1.Was to be a male of the flock.2.Without spot.3.Slain and roasted.4.His legs were not to be broken.5.Was to be slain between the evenings.6.The lintel and posts were to be struck with the blood.7.The destroyer was not suffered to come in where the blood was sprinkled.8.The lamb was to be eaten entire.9.To be eaten without leaven.10.To be eaten with bitter herbs.11.To be eaten in haste with the loins girded as for a journey.12.To be eaten by those only who were in the covenant.(old)Christ1.Was to be a true man.2.Without sin.3.Suffered and was crucified,"our passover is sacrificed (or slain) for us," 1 Cor. 5.74.Not a bone of Him was broken.5.Died in the third hour of the afternoon.6.His blood is sprinkled for the saving of the soul, Heb 12.24 1 Pet. 1.27.The blood of sprinkling speaketh better things than that of Abel.8.Christ is ours, and is to be taken wholly.9."Let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth," 1 Cor 7.810.Bitter is the bondage from which Christ redeems us.11."Let your loins be girded about, and ye yeourselves like unto men who wait for their Lord," Luke 12.35-3612.Christ in the power of His saving blood is received only by those embraced in the new covenant.