I’m in a quandary about Christmas presents for the grandies and have been told that for one, only choose cute and fluffy miniature creatures.
So that got me thinking about the Passover where a cute and fluffy little lamb was selected to be kept in the Israelite homes for 5 days.
Having seen how my grandchildren played with their pet rabbit and the ever-abundance of rabbit babies on a too regular basis (to one well-caged lone mama rabbit — go figure!), I can quite believe how that little lamb would’ve been hugged and played with. What started out as “a lamb” (Ex 12:3) became “the lamb” (v4) and finally “your lamb” (v5).
I don’t want to write about what happened next but that much-loved little fluffy lamb made the way for the angel of death to pass by their home.
What we often overlook is that that young lamb also made the way for not one Israelite to be infirm as they left Egypt.
“The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.” (Psalm 105:37).
Think of the odds. 3 million people and not one was bed-ridden or crippled or lame. Every grandma strapped on her Reeboks and sprinted out of Egypt! No wild young boy was way-laid by a broken leg. No oldie was held up by gout or neuropathy. No one was left lying on their bed with dysentery (ask any microbiologist about the diseases in Egypt!) No, all these diseases and ailments fled the minute that that lamb exchanged his health for theirs.
And our perfect Lamb lived amongst us. He was dearly loved by all, but especially His Father. He willingly exchanged His life and health as “The Lamb of God” (John 1:29, Rev 13:8) so that there would not be one feeble person amongst His people.
He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed. (1 Pet 2:24).
Today we eat and drink that Lamb every time we have communion. In faith we receive all the promises that have been given to us in that Lamb.
Jesus says to you, today, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.” (Mark 5:34).
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