Slain To Be Eaten By Man
SLAIN TO BE EATEN BY MAN
The Lord's death was the second step that He took to make Himself available for us to partake of as our food. He died for us, not in an ordinary way, but in a very extraordinary way. He was slain by being crucified on the cross. This death sep arated His blood from His flesh. If you were a Jew living during that time, you would have been very familiar with this. I once read an article de scribing how the Jews slew the lamb during the Passover. The article said that the Jews put the lamb on a cross. Of course, we all know that the Roman Empire used the death penalty of the cross to crucify criminals, but the Jews used this method long before the Roman Empire to slay the lamb at their Passover. They took two wooden bars and formed a cross. They tied two legs at the foot of the cross and fastened the other outstretched legs to the crossbar. Then they slew the lamb so that all its blood was shed. They needed all of its blood to sprinkle on their door frames; there fore, the blood was completely separated from its flesh.
The Lord died in the same manner. In fact, His death occurred at the time of their Passover. John 6 was placed in the setting of the Jewish