Pesach

"An unblemished lamb or kid, a male, within its first year shall it be for you; from the sheep or goats shall you take it. (Exodus 12:5)”

“The blood shall be a sign for you upon the houses where you are; I shall see the blood and I shall pass over you; there shall not be a plague of destruction upon you when I strike in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 12:13)”

“Moses called to all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Draw forth or buy for yourselves one of the flock for your families, and slaughter the pesach-offering. You shall take a bundle of hyssop and dip it into the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood that is in the basin, and as for you, no man shall leave the entrance of his house until morning. HASHEM will pass through to smite Egypt, and He will see the blood that is on the lintel and the two doorposts; and HASHEM will pass over the entrance and He will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to smite. You shall observe this matter as a decree for yourself and for your children forever. It shall be that when you come to the land that HASHEM will give you, as He has spoken, you shall observe this service. And it shall be that when your children say to you, ‘What is this service to you?’ You shall say, ‘It is a pesach feast-offering to HASHEM, Who passed over the houses of the Children of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but He saved our households’’ and the people bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. (Exodus 12:21-27)”

“In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not remove any of the meat from the house to the outside, and you shall not break a bone in it. (Exodus 12:46)”

When HASHEM took the Children of Israel out of Egypt, He demonstrated His absolute control over nature and humanity. Before the onset of the tenth plague, every family who served HASHEM took a lamb, an object of Egyptian worship, to sacrifice as an offering to HASHEM. They were told to eat the entire lamb without breaking a bone. They were also told to mark their doorposts with the blood of this animal. These acts of faith and obedience separated the servants of HASHEM from the idol worshipers. All of the plagues demonstrated HASHEM’s sovereignty over all of creation.

“…the Children of Israel went forth with an upraised hand, before the eyes of all Egypt... and on their gods HASHEM had inflicted punishments. (Numbers 33:3,4)”

The Israelites took an  Egyptian deity, the lamb, and demonstrated publicly that it was not to be worshiped, it was not divine. By leaving the bones intact and marking their doorposts with the blood of an Egyptian deity, the Children of Israel were showing immense trust in HASHEM. They were putting themselves fully at the mercy of HASHEM and completely trusting Him to rescue them. They were declaring that nothing from the created world should be worshiped, only HASHEM, for He created it and He sustains it. Each year the Jewish people observe Pesach to remember what HASHEM has done.

“You shall observe this matter as a decree for yourself and for your children forever (Leviticus 23:14).”

Christians attempt to make connections from the Pesach story to their deity. They claim that the lamb foreshadows their deity's sacrificial death and many Christians claim Pesach has been fulfilled by this allegedly final sacrifice. Pesach is to be observed forever, not fulfilled, and this man was not without blemish, nor was he a lamb, so he certainly would not be an acceptable sacrifice. The significance and meaning of Pesach is not centered on the animal sacrifice; the substance of Pesach is in observing HASHEM’s commands and to come closer to Him by doing His will.

In Christianity an emphasis is placed on the blood, to the extreme of consuming it in remembrance of their deity's sacrifice. The Torah strictly forbids the consumption of blood in any situation, but particularly mentions it referencing offerings made to HASHEM. It is explained that the blood is the part of the sacrifice that contains the soul. It is never to be consumed. The blood placed on the doorposts wasn't the source of redemption. By obeying HASHEM and marking themselves as separate they became holy. It was the righteous actions of the people that protected them from the plague. Their actions and obedience to G-d’s command is what facilitated their redemption.