The selection of the lamb on the 10th of the month

2. The Selection of the Lamb

The lamb chosen as the Paschal-sacrifice was selected on the tenth of the month and kept separated from the fold. On the 14th, in the evening, it should be killed and the whole assembly of the congregation should be present at that time. Even that act was so closely related to the ordinance of the seven days, that it really divided that time into two parts; the time set apart for the separated .condition of the lamb to be slain, pointed to and constitutes the basis of the first part of the week of the new covenant.

Christ's two significant expressions, one at the beginning of his three and a half years' mission and the other as he was about to expire, came as ultimate results of the fundamental basis. "The time is fulfilled" indicated the time when the kingdom of heaven set him apart as the lamb to be sacrificed; and "It is finished," expressed the completeness of the time set apart. The week of the covenant was then unfolded as far as the dual plan of God required at that time, and the result of that unfolding was complete.