12/04/2025
They stripped Him.
They mocked Him.
They pressed thorns into His scalp and laughed.
Roman soldiers spat in His face, blindfolded Him, and struck Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”
They scourged His back until His flesh was torn to ribbons.
They drove nails through His wrists and feet. They lifted Him up like a criminal—for all to gawk at and curse.
He didn’t protest. He didn’t call down malakym (angels). He chose the tree.
He carried the weight of our guilt. The curse of our rebellion. The shame we hide from the world. He bore it all.
“But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him—and by His stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5, TLV)
Yahusha/Yeshua died on Passover, because He is our Passover Lamb.
The lambs of Exodus were a shadow. His blood is the real covering. His death didn’t replace the Torah—it fulfilled its deepest purpose: to reveal our need for atonement and show the way back to the Father.
Through His death:
- Our sin-debt was paid.
- The curse of death was broken.
- The door to eternal life was opened.
- The veil was torn so we can enter boldly.
- Jew and Gentile alike were invited into the covenant of Israel, grafted in by faith.
But this wasn’t cheap favour/grace.
It cost Him everything.
So how do we respond?
We lay down our lives. We repent and turn from sin. We love Him—not just with words, but with obedience. We keep His commandments. We honor the Torah, written on hearts of flesh. We live set-apart (holy) lives, not to earn salvation, but because we’ve been rescued from death.
“Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. So let us celebrate the feast—not with old leaven… but with unleavened bread—the bread of sincerity and truth.” (1 Corinthians 5:7–8, TLV)
This is not just history. This is love. This is the price of redemption. This is the Lamb who was slain… and who will return in power.
Let us never forget. Let us never grow numb to what H
