Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Christ our Passover
“Jesus was led forth like a lamb; he was slaughtered like a sheep. He ransomed us from our servitude to the world, as he had ransomed Israel from the land of Egypt; he freed us from our slavery to the devil, as he had freed Israel from the hand of Pharaoh. Jesus sealed our souls with his own Spirit, and the members of our body with his own blood.” -- Melito of Sardis
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"Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed, therefore"_what?_we don't need to have any more sacrifice?
Therefore we don't need to have any more ritual, therefore all we have to do is have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and invite him into our hearts and everything else is taken care of?
No, he's too knowledgeable about the Old Testament to say any of that. He says, "Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed; let us therefore celebrate the feast." What feast? The whole Passover feast. It's not complete yet. What do you mean ?
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