Henceforth, for Israel, there was to be a new beginning of the year. We should date our birthdays not from the cradle, but from the Cross. The Paschal Lamb was an evident foreshadowing of Christ. See 1 Cor. 5:7. (1). He was without blemish. Searched by friend oer foe, no fault was found in him. (2). He was in his prime, when he laid down his life. (3). Set

apart at the opening of his ministry, it took three years to consummate his purpose. (4). His blood—that phrase being equivalent to his sacrificial death—speaks of the satisfaction of the just claims of inviolable law, where his flesh is ‘meat indeed.” (5). Roasting with fire, unleavened bread and bitter herbs denote the intensity of his sufferings, and the chastened spirit with which we draw nigh. And does not the pilgrim’s attitude bespeak the attitude of the Church, which, at any moment, may be summoned to go forth at the trumpet sounding? 1 Cor. 15: 52.