Passover: A Shadow of Grace

From the moment Adam and Eve believed the illusion of separation in the Garden, the human story has been plagued by a single lie: that we are far from Father God, disqualified by our fallenness, and in need of something more to be whole. But grace has always been God's answer. Even before the cross, before the birth in Bethlehem, before the Law thundered from Sinai-grace was already speaking. And nowhere is this more powerfully portrayed than in the sacred mystery of the Passover. The Passover is more than a rescue mission from slavery. It is a revelation of identity. It is the Father's cry echoing across generations: "You are Mine. You are whole. You are home." The blood on the doorposts of Egypt was not a bribe for divine protection-it was a prophetic sign of belonging. It was a shadow of what was to come: a moment when heaven and earth would converge on a wooden cross, and the true Lamb would pour out blood not to cover sin, but to remove it. The Image Restored Genesis 1:27 (KJV) declares: "So Father God created man in his own image..." That divine image, marred but never lost, became the obsession of divine restoration. The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, did not come to manage sin-He came to obliterate it. He didn't come to make peace with the fallen Adam-He came to unveil the new man, the Christed man, the restored image of Father Godin humanity. The Passover was always pointing here. To a day when the veil would tear, the stone would roll, and the Spirit would not just dwell with us-but in us. Every stripe on His back declared, "You were always meant to bear My image." Every nail-driven hand stretched across the cross declared, "Not someday. Now." The crown of thorns mocked by men was heaven's declaration: "This is the King who restores kings." A New Covenant, A New Creation 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV): "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature..." This is not a metaphor. This is not reserved for the elite. This is not conditional upon spiritual performance. This is the new birth. The new creation. The return to original glory, not through effort but through union. To live in the fullness of grace means: - We stop identifying with Adam and start identifying with Christ. - We reject the illusion of distance and embrace the intimacy of union. - We cease striving for righteousness and awaken to the righteousness we've already received.