The Holy One chooses the path no crowd would cheer. 
He agonizes for Atonement, not applause; 
He takes up the basin before the banner; 
He embraces the cross long before the crowd can crown Him.

Passing over blood — EXODUS — promise 

The Firstborn spared becomes the Firstborn given. 
The ancient sign becomes the living seal. 
What was painted on doorposts now pulses in a Person.

Passing over sin — EXPIATION — sacrifice 

The Lamb without blemish absorbs the blemish of all. 
Judgment passes because He does not. 
The altar of old converges with the wood of Golgotha.

Passing over death — EXALTATION — Lion‑Lamb 

The grave yields; the throne receives. 
The slain One stands; the humble One reigns. 
Passover becomes not merely an event, but a Presence — 
a Person who leads, shelters, and transforms.

This year, like every other, there is no competition between Good Friday and Passover. Passover takes ownership of the sacred appointment, the 14th day of Nissan, the full moon of the first month, and there is no repeat of the atoning sacrifice.

Here, at the intersection of Exodus and Calvary, 
we behold the One who fulfills the feast by becoming it. 
The Passover is no longer only remembered — 
it is revealed, embodied, enthroned.

The cross, and it alone, draws us into that holy crossing: 
from shadow to substance, from sign to Saviour, 
from the lamb on the table to the Lamb on the throne.