The Passover Feast was a significant celebration of Passion Week. It was the remembrance of when the Lord's judgment "passed over" all those who obeyed
Him during the Israelites' final days in Egypt (Exodus 12:1-30). The people of God were instructed by the Lord to take a young, unblemished lamb and sacrifice the animal at twilight. Then, they were to smear the animal's blood over the door posts and on the door frames of the dwelling place where they would be eating the feast. They were to have a meal with the meat of the animal the very night it was sacrificed, and anything remaining was to be burned and disposed of immediately. 

This was not to be a leisurely feast, but one eaten with urgency. For later that night, the Lord was to pass over every dwelling place in Egypt. Whoever had the blood covering their home was safe and God's judgment passed over. However, all who didn't have the covering of a blood sacrifice would lose the firstborn son and male animal of the household in death. The plague of death was the Lord's judgment upon Egypt for their hardened hearts toward Him. The Hebrew people were freed from slavery to the Egyptians. 

Many years later, God Almighty stepped down into the humanity of this world. He took on a human nature and became fully man. He willingly became the unblemished lamb and would be the sacrifice whose blood would cover all who believed and chose to follow Him. Under His covering, death would pass over and
there would be freedom from a slavery to sin and death. 

In the hours that followed Jesus' death on the cross, His followers gained permission to take His body and prepare it for a traditional Jewish burial. His body was wrapped in linen and placed in a tomb. Since the people refrained from any form of work on the Sabbath, and it was getting close to sundown when Sabbath began, they would need to wait one day to return and prepare His body for burial.  

When they arrived at the tomb, all that was found were the linens. God knew the body wouldn't need to be prepared, for Jesus wouldn't be permanently buried-He was alive. He had risen just as He said. 

The Son of God gave Himself; He sacrificed Himself on our behalf. He sacrificed His position that rightfully belonged to Him-for a season-in order to be the fulfillment of The Promise made to redeem and restore humanity to Himself.  

There is no greater sacrifice.  

There is no greater love.