Page 6 - American Minute - Lamb of God

"That lamb which was

commanded to be wholly

roasted was a symbol of the
suffering of the cross which
Christ would undergo.

For the lamb ... is roasted and
dressed up in the form of the
cross. For one spit is

transfixed right through from

the lower parts up to the head,
and one across the back, to
which are attached the legs of the lamb."

The day after
Passover,

Israelites observed
the Feast of

Unleavened
Bread, where they

removed from their
homes all the

leaven or yeast --
symbolic of sin.

Jesus, “who taketh away the sins of the world,” was in

the tomb on the exact day that leaven was taken out of
Israelite homes on the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Paul wrote in I
Corinthians 5:6–8:

"Know ye not that

a little leaven
leaveneth the

whole lump?
Purge out

therefore the old leaven ...