- From Exodus 12
The Passover is both gory, and pure as snow, at the same time. The cleansing work of the Lord, in judgment, leaves not a trace of what was left before. No sin remains.
It's like our current national affairs: this yearning to destroy vestiges of our past, to take down old monuments and statues of historical figures that have fallen out of favor with some Americans. The goal is, to remove all instance and even memory of the figure. It is treated as if there were nothing good at all, about remembering that person.
But it is not so with the Passover. There are good elements. It points us to purity, to remembrance of God's protection for us. He will deliver us.
A lamb without blemish is taken, and cooked over a fire. Fire is a dry process . . . the meat is prepared simply, to eat. No effort is made, to make it tasty. Cook it over a fire. A boiled meat would not be consumed. But a fired meat would.
The entire lamb is placed over the fire. As I read it, it is not even sheered. The meat is eaten. And what is left over is burned up. There is to be no trace that the family was there. No trace of the meat.
God burns up everything.
But in the Passover, is a remembrance. The lamb is gone, completely. But it was a pure lamb. A lamb without blemish, representing moral purity for God's people. A lamb that should not have been destroyed. It could have won awards at a 4H fair.
Humans want to destroy both the good with the bad.
God makes sure to make a very positive and affirming point, while He goes about the destruction of sin, and the horrible means required, to save His people.
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