Passover

In the Hebrew Scriptures the Jews celebrated a physical passing over, because they were under the shed blood of a physical lamb. In the Christian Scriptures we read, "For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us" (Corinthians 5:7). Today we can all celebrate a spiritual passing over because as believers, we’re under the shed blood of the Lamb of God.

 

While speaking to his disciples at their Passover feast, Jesus said, “…This cup is the New Covenant in My Blood which is shed for you” (Luke ?). In First Corinthians we read, “…For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death until He come” (1 Cor. 11:26). In Second Corinthians it says, "Now He which established us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts" (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).

Think of this seal as a fingerprint placed on our foreheads in the Blood of Christ at the time of our salvation. At the exact moment, the time that we actually surrender our lives to Christ, God dips His thumb into the shed blood of Jesus Christ and places His fingerprint on our forehead (spiritually) as a mark of security and genuineness. As Christians (a part of the Body of Christ), we must always remember that we have God’s seal (fingerprint) on our foreheads and that this seal is our security and preservation. We must also remember that we leave a mark (fingerprint) on the lives of everyone we come into contact with. Let that mark be the fingerprint of Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior.