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  Yesterday, we remembered Jesus’ death on the cross as the Passover came in. Passover celebrates God instructing Moses to tell the Children of Israel to slaughter a lamb and daub its blood on their doorposts, so that the Angel of Death would pass over their houses and they would be spared the 10 th Plague – Death of the Firstborn. This final, devastating plague brought the Egyptians to their knees and made Pharaoh free the Children of Israel from slavery, so that they could begin their journey to God’s Promised Land. As Jesus was dying on the cross, long lines of men holding their lamb or goat ready for sacrifice waited and priests formed conveyer belts, passing cups of spilled blood from each slaughtered animal through the file to the high priest, who sprinkled the blood on the altar. At 3 pm, as Jesus said, ‘It is finished,’ and expired, the sacrificial ritual was finished. Jesus is our saving Passover Lamb. He is also our sacrificial lamb—our atonement offering and o...