Everything Points to Him
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Ben Graybill
4/6/20262 min read
Yesterday was Easter Sunday. What does that really mean to most people?
For many, it’s a day to go to church, eat a lot of food, spend time with family, and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Most people have heard the Gospel before—but how often (myself included) do we overlook the depth of love and sacrifice that came before the resurrection?
Christ died and rose again on the third day as a blood atonement for our sins.
Jesus Affirms the Scriptures
In the Gospel of Luke—a detailed account compiled by Luke, who carefully gathered eyewitness testimony (largely from Peter)—we read:
“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44–45)
Here, Jesus Himself confirms that all of Scripture points to Him. After years of speaking in parables that many struggled to understand, He now makes it clear—everything written in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms was always leading to this moment.
The Law of Moses (Foreshadowing Christ)
Passover (Exodus 12)
The blood of a lamb saved the Israelites from judgment—pointing to Christ as the Lamb whose blood saves.Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16)
Sin was symbolically transferred and atoned for—foreshadowing a greater, final atonement.Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4–9)
God told Moses to lift up a bronze serpent so that anyone who looked at it would live.
This points forward to salvation through faith and is later connected by Jesus to His crucifixion in Gospel of John 3:14–15.Abraham & Isaac (Genesis 22)
Abraham was stopped from sacrificing Isaac, and a ram was provided instead.
But with Jesus, God did not hold back His Son—He became the final substitute for sin.
The Prophets
Isaiah 53
Written over 700 years before Christ, it describes a suffering servant who would bear the sins of many.Jeremiah 31
God promises a new covenant where sins are forgiven and remembered no more.
The Psalms
Psalm 16, 22, and 110
These passages foreshadow the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ centuries in advance.
The Mission Confirmed
Jesus continues in Luke:
“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all nations…” (Luke 24:46–49)
Here, Jesus clearly defines His purpose—and then commissions His disciples as witnesses, echoing what we later see in Gospel of Matthew 28
What Easter Really Means
Easter is more than a tradition or a celebration.
It is the foundation our faith is built on.
We fall short time and time again. Yet Christ chose to sacrifice Himself for the sins of the world. Some may call it transactional—but in reality, it is the greatest gift an undeserving sinner like me could ever receive.
Happy Easter.