Hollywood actress Jen Lilley just lately launched a collection of gospel-themed movies explaining the true which means of Easter and why she sees the transformational energy of the biblical narrative.
“Easter means all the pieces to me,” Lilley stated within the first video launched by the Nice American Household tv community. “The main points and nice lengths that God the Father went by way of to undertake me as His little one amazes me.
In her first clip, carried out in honor of Palm Sunday, the actress drew parallels between the Jewish celebration of Passover and the sacrifice of Jesus.
“Easter is definitely a celebration of the Passover, which is a remembrance of being saved from dying and delivered from slavery out of Egypt,” Lilley stated. “And yearly at Passover the household introduced a lamb to be slaughtered.
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Lilley famous how these lambs had been taken to Jerusalem for inspection. She stated individuals would wave palm leaves when the lambs had been introduced into city.
She then in contrast how Jesus' story incorporates a mirror element of his personal entry into Jerusalem earlier than his dying. Scripture, generally known as the triumphal document, states in Matthew 21:1-17, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:29-40, and John 12:12-19 that the individuals folded their fingers when Christ got here on a donkey.
“On the identical day this ritual passed off,” Lilley stated of the lamb sacrifices, “Jesus, who’s from Bethlehem, returned to Jerusalem by way of the Mount of Olives and entered by way of the japanese gate.”
One other parallel between the lambs and the story of Jesus is that the excessive priest stated, “It’s completed” after the sacrifice of the lambs. The scriptures inform us that Jesus stated the identical factor after he was held on the cross and earlier than he died.
John 19:30 (NIV) reads: “When Jesus had obtained the drink, he stated, 'It’s completed.' With that he bowed his head and gave up his ghost.”
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Lilley concluded by driving dwelling the which means of all of it.
“At Easter, Jesus was our good and ultimate Passover lamb and our excessive priest,” she stated. “He saved us from dying and supplied us new life, and His blood grew to become the gateway to the holy of holies into God's presence.”
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