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these names are given in the Word in such an order that they correspond
with these feasts of Jehovah.

+I. The Passover Feast+. This was to be observed on the fourteenth
day of the month of Abib and was kept in memory of Israel's redemption
and deliverance from Egypt, the house of bondage. The Passover-lamb
was slain and its blood sprinkled on the lintel and side-posts of the
door. God assured them when they were in Egypt, "When I see the blood
I will pass over you." And so it was. The blood of the slain lamb
sheltered them and secured immunity from death. The lamb, as a
spotless victim, died that they might live. This feast marked the
beginning of Israel's history as a redeemed people; their years were to
be counted from that day (Exod. xii:1). The blessed story of this
great redemption was not to be forgotten, but to be remembered from
generation to generation (Exod. xii:24-27). The Passover lamb and the
sheltering blood foreshadow most blessedly the atoning work of the
Cross, the sacrifice of our Lord and His precious blood. The paschal
lamb is a type of Christ our Passover. "Christ our Passover is
sacrificed for us" (1 Cor. v:7). Our Lord fulfilled the type in every
detail. When the time came for the Lord Jesus Christ to give His life,
Satan made an effort that His death should not occur on the
Passover-feast. Satan knew that he was the true Lamb, and so he tried
to prevent His death at the proper time (Matt. xxvi:5; Mark xiv:2).
But the Lamb of God died at the very time, thus fulfilling the
Scriptures. Redemption by blood stands first, for it is the foundation
of everything.

+Jehovah-Jireh+--"the Lord will provide"--is His name in connection
with Abraham when he put his son Isaac as a sacrifice upon the altar.
When Isaac asked, "Where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?" Abraham
answered, "My son, God will Himself provide the lamb for a
burnt-offering" (Gen. xxii:8). The ram was provided to be put upon the
altar and Abraham called the place Jehovah-Jireh. And so the Lord has
provided the Lamb; He has provided a free and full salvation through
His own Son. How beautifully this name of Jehovah fits the Passover
feast needs not to be demonstrated. Every one can see this.

+II. The Feast of Unleavened Bread+. This feast could not be
separated from Passover. Passover without the feast of unleavened
bread would have not only been an impossibility, but an insult to God.
And so also the feast of