Editing Passover (section)

== Passover typology ==
Passover prefigures Christ and salvation. We can come to understand Christ's salvation through the lens of Passover:

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|+Typology of Passover
!Passover
!Christ
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|Slavery in Egypt
|Slavery to Sin
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|First born of the Israelis
|Jesus is Son of God
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|Sacrificial Lamb
|Jesus is the Lamb of God 
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|Smear the blood on the doorpost using a hyssop branch
|Blood of Christ (the Eucharist)
|On the Cross, Jesus took the fourth cup of wine by drinking the common wine the people gave to him using a hyssop branch
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|Eat the sacrificial lamb
|Body of Christ (the Eucharist)
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|Salvation from Egypt by crossing the Red Sea, which is parted by God
|Baptism and the Holy Spirit cleansing original sin
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