God's Inspection of His Lamb

God required that Israel choose a Lamb, set it aside, inspect it for defects, and then offer it up as a sacrifice at the Passover.

Throughout the Old Testament, God makes it clear that He will not accept any sacrifice than that which is perfect. An imperfect sacrifice will not be accepted on the sinner's behalf.

The inspection of the Lamb of the Old Testament is a symbol and type of the inspection of the Lord Jesus as God's Sacrifice for His people.

The Savior was specially chosen and marked out and separated unto that end. He was seen by men and found perfect in all His ways. He was judged by Pilate and found perfect. He was inspected by the penitant thief and declared perfect.

But most importantly, the Lord Jesus was inspected by God and declared perfect. 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'

The inspection of the Savior and the finding of Him as perfect was ratified on the Cross, when God accepted Him as a substitute Lamb in the place of His people, and poured out all the wrath of divine justice for our guiltiness. The fact that our sins were laid on Him proves that God's inspection of Him was completely satisfactory.

The end of the Lamb that is chosen and inspected was always this: that if the inspection proved the perfection of that Lamb, He was taken out and slain as a sacrifice.

So too God's Lamb was inspected and found worthy as an offering for sin.

Hallelujah, our Lord Jesus has passed the royal inspection for us!