Messiah, the Paschal Lamb.
Many people think that the Passover (Ex.12:1-14; Lev.23:5) has no significance to us today. True, the Passover was given to Israel as a memorial of their deliverance from Egypt, the land of slavery, to Canaan, the Promised Land. But how many realize that Messiah is the Lamb that was sacrificed for our sakes so that we could be free from the bondage of sin? How many realize that the Passover was a shadow and that the body is Messiah? Let us see how Messiah fulfilled the role of a Paschal Lamb.

Exo.12:3,’ In the tenth day of the month they shall take to them every man a lamb according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house.” On the tenth day of the first month Nissan, all Israelites were to take a lamb and bring it to their houses. They were to keep it till the fourteenth day and then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. (Exo.12:6)
In John 12:1 it says, “Then, six days before the Passover, Messiah came to Bethany . . .” Six days before the Passover, Messiah showed up in Bethany where Lazarus lived. During this time, religious leaders were trying to kill Lazarus because Messiah raised him from the dead. Messiah was at Lazarus’ home six days before the Passover. 
Since the Passover was celebrated on the 14th, that means Messiah was in Bethany on the 9th. So the next day was the 10th, which was the day of the triumphant entry into Jerusalem. From that point until the 14th, Messiah was scrutinized, questioned, and interrogated to find out who He was. There was a Jewish custom that a lamb had to be checked by 7 persons and declared without blemish. Messiah too was declared innocent by 7 people! Read the following verses:
1. Pilate (John.19:4)
2. Herod (Luke.23:14-15)
3. High Priest Annas (John.18:13, 24)
4. Pilate’s wife (Matt.27:4)
5. Judas Iscariot (Matt.27:4)
6. Centurion (Matt.27:54)
7. Thief on the cross (Luke..23: 41)
The Sanhedrin also could not find any witness to testify against him (Matt.26:59-60)

In Matthew 21:23-27 Messiah was questioned severely concerning His authority. In Matthew 23, they tried to ask Him trick questions to get Him to say something that was wrong. But Messiah passed every single test. The scripture says He answered them perfectly.  
Finally, when they couldn’t find anything wrong with the Lamb of God, they sent Him to the Roman governor, Pilate. Look at what happened there in John chapter 19. “Pilate then went out again, and said to them, ‘Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.’”
The Jews couldn’t find any fault in Messiah, so they turned Him over to the government. The government could not find any fault in Him either. The Lamb had been examined for five days and He was found without spot or blemish or fault. WOW! First Peter 1:18-19 says, “knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
The blood of Messiah was like the blood of an inspected sacrificial lamb. It was without blemish or spot. Messiah was the Passover Lamb. Not only was He inspected like the Passover lamb for five days, but He was crucified and slaughtered on the same day and at the same time the Passover lambs were being sacrificed all over Jerusalem.
This Passover was part of the old covenant. Because the children of Israel did not continue in their side of the covenant (Romans 8:3), God promised to make a new covenant, "not like the covenant I made with their fathers, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them" says the Lord (Jeremiah 31:32).

On the night before he was crucified, Messiah instituted the New Covenant. In the Old Testament days, a covenant or testament was dedicated with the shedding of blood. Similarly Messiah sealed the new testament or covenant with his own blood. “A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.” (Heb.8:13)

Let us see some of the features of the new covenant.
It is primarily made with the nation of Israel (Jer. 31:31). “This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law into their minds and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbour saying 'Know the Lord', for they all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest among them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will remember no more"
It offers forgiveness of sins to many (Mt. 26:28). Messiah shed his blood for the sins of many, not just. the Israelites
Messiah is its mediator (Heb. 9:15). In the old days, the high priest was the mediator between man and Elohim. The high priest also was human and had to cleanse himself before offering sacrifices on behalf of the people. But now we have a mediator in Messiah, a lamb without blemish, who himself takes away all our sins.
Even those who were under the old covenant will be forgiven under the new covenant.(Heb. 9:15)
The new covenant is everlasting, it will not decay or grow old. (Heb.13:20)
Today, believers enter the new covenant by baptism, which associates them with the sacrifice of Christ (Rom. 6:3-6; Gal. 3:27-29; Ps. 50:5). We become partakers of the new covenant by remembering his death and by partaking in his flesh and blood which he gave for us. (1 Cor.11:24-26)
Those in covenant relationship with God should have God’s laws written in their hearts and minds, and walk in faith to the Kingdom (Heb. 8:10).

On the day before the Passover. Read John.13. On the day before the Passover, he partook in a meal with his disciples and there he instituted the New Testament. He asked his disciples to ‘do this in remembrance of me’. (Lk.22: 19; 1Cor.11: 29) The word remember is ‘Zakar’ in Hebrew (Strongs # 2142), which means remembrance or also memorial. When do we remember or memorialize (or observe or celebrate) our birthday? Daily? Weekly? Once a month? Or once a year? Only once a year! Messiah also wants us to observe the ceremony of the New Testament once a year, just as we observe special days!