The Paschal Lamb – Theological and Medical Approach

At The author describes, analyses and interprets thePassover lamb in the context of the Jewish and Christian Passover celebrations, both theologically and medically, based on the biblical evidence.

Η story of the slaughter of thePassover lamb for the salvation of the firstborn of israel is a wonderful foreshadowing andillustration of the Sacrifice of the Cross of of the true Lamb of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, for the salvation of mankind. The eating ofthe Passover lamb secretly modeled the sacrament of the Eucharist. The The Passover of ancient Israel(Law Passover) is a forerunner of the Christian Passover , of the Resurrection of our Lord. However, the custom of Jewish origin of slaughtering and consuming the Passover lambs, for the sake of celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord, in the way it is carried out today in our country , having as its main or only aim the experience of food pleasure and enjoyment, is theologically anachronistic and incompatible with the content and meaning of the most important feast of the Lord’s Resurrection. of of our church year, and medically it is potentially dangerous to human health.