💧Daily Dew Drop #2 (DDD2)
When Jesus entered Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday, the crowds welcomed Him as King. But something else was happening at the same time that most people never notice.
According to Exodus 12:3–6, each family was to select a Passover lamb on the 10th day of the month and keep it until the 14th day. During those days, the lamb was carefully examined to ensure it was without blemish before it could be sacrificed.
Those exact days are when Jesus was in Jerusalem where he was questioned, tested, and examined by:
• Pharisees
• Sadducees
• Herodians
• Pilate
• Herod
• The crowds
They tested His doctrine, His authority, His character, and His claims. And what was the verdict? Over and over, He was declared innocent:
Pilate said, “I find no fault in Him” (John 18:38).
Herod found nothing deserving death (Luke 23:15).
Even the criminal on the cross testified, “This man has done nothing wrong” (Luke 23:41).
While families across Israel were examining their lambs, the true Lamb was being examined by the world. And because the Lamb passed inspection, the blood that followed was sufficient.
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”-John the Baptist (John 1:29)
By Traci Coston
His Secret Garden 
I love this. I don’t hear many speaking on it. His life and death fulfilled all the feasts.
There is a very obscure verse in Mark 14 (I think) about a young man at the garden right after Jesus was seized. The young man was seized as well and ran naked into the woods. This is a picture of the Day of Atonement goats. There were two goats. One was for the sacrifice, the priest laid hands on one before the slaughter, just as the Romans laid hands on Jesus before the slaughter. Notice before that Jesus never let them lay hands on Him, He always escaped through the crowd. The second goat was the scapegoat. The priest laid hands on the scapegoat and sent it into the woods, just as the young man ran naked into the woods.
Both are a picture of Christ.
I stand in awe.
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Interesting, Tatiana! I had never thought of that obscure story in this light you shed on it. I plan to refresh my memory on the part of the old sacrificial system, as it’s been awhile since thinking about the “scapegoat”. :-) Thanks!
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