Unblemished Lamb

Relevant Bible Verses:-

1) John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

2) Exodus 12:5-6 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year:...and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

3) John 18:10-11 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? (KJV)

We are indeed very privileged to be given the regenerated eternal life-giving Spirit through our Lord Jesus Christ. In order that we would have such surpassing redemptive life, Christ has to be processed and be crucified. That was the reason why Christ did not offer any resistance to His arrest (John 18:11).

In Exodus 12, the passover lamb was taken in on the tenth day of the month and was examined for four days to determine whether or not it had any blemish, before it was killed on the fourteenth day. In the same manner, the Lord Jesus as the real Passover Lamb was examined for four days and was found to be perfect, without fault before He was killed on the day of Passover.

The examination of Christ by mankind was the fulfillment of this prophesy. After Pilate examined Him, he declared, “I find no fault whatever in him”. There was no blemish in this Passover Lamb; He was fully qualified to be the lamb for God's people. After the Lord Jesus was examined, He, the perfect One, was sentenced in man's injustice. This necessary unjust sentence exposed the blindness of religion and the darkness of politics.

The Lord Jesus was crucified by God's people (Jews) on the Passover as the Passover Lamb. It was God's sovereignty that Lord Jesus would be lifted and be crucified. It was not an accidental death but the death was indeed predetermined by God that the prophesies regarding Christ's crucifixion might be fulfilled (Acts 2:23).

Praise the Lord! We have been covered by the blood of the Passover Lamb that was tested, examined and found to be perfectly unblemished!