The Hebrew word for “Passover” comes from a verb pasach (פָּסַח) that means to “pass over,” though it also can mean “to limp,” recalling the “heel of Messiah” that was bruised in the battle for our deliverance (Gen. 3:15). It is written in the Torah, “the life (i.e., nefesh [נֶפֶשׁ], breath, “soul”) of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to cleanse (i.e., kafar [כָפַר], cover, atone, ransom, purify) your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life” (Lev. 17:11). When Yeshua offered his blood upon the cross for our purification, he poured out his very soul, his final breath, and his last extremity for the sake of our healing… Since blood is the carrier of life, it has its own spiritual “voice” that intercedes on our behalf in the Holy of Holies made without hands (Gen. 4:10; Rev. 6:10; Heb. 9:12, 12:24). The great passion of our Lord still speaks, since Yeshua always lives to make intercession for us (Heb. 7:25).
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