Note from Pastor Doug, February 2026
- Feb 5
- 2 min read
As we gather this Lenten and Easter season to celebrate the most magnificent truth of our faith: Christ is risen, and death has been defeated! I would like to make some connections between Easter and the Lamb of God.
We of course recognize the lamb of God from the Passover lamb in Exodus whose blood was shed and used to mark the doorposts of the Israelites so the last plague against Pharaoh known as the “angel of death” would pass over that home.
Recently I preached from John 1:29-42 on the Lamb of God. This passage takes place some fifteen hundred years after the Passover in Exodus. Jesus shows up, and John the Baptist is out in the wilderness baptizing people in the Jordan river. John stops and points Jesus out by saying, “Look it is the Lamb of Gd who takes away the sins of the world.”
Three years later Jesus and his disciples sit down at the Passover meal. All the normal elements were on the table except for one conspicuous element which was missing. Where is the slain lamb? Well, the slain lamb wasn't on the table because he was sitting at the table. In just a few hours Jesus would give up his body on the cross, becoming the slain lamb for the forgiveness of our sins. Just as the blood on the doorposts saved the firstborn sons of Israel, the blood shed on the cross by the Lamb of God saves us.
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, God’s judgment passes over us because of the slain lamb who given His life in our place.
In His Grip,
Pastor Doug Dorsey
Senior Pastor