Setting Aside The Lamb

By the time Jesus gets to Jerusalem and the event of the Triumphal Entry, it was the tenth of the Jewish month Nisan. 

And according to Exodus 12:3-6, it was on the tenth day of Nisan that the lamb was to be set aside for the Passover sacrifice. 

Between the 10th and the 14th of Nisan, the lamb was to be inspected, scrutinized, and tested to be sure it was without spot or blemish (Ex. 12:5). 

So the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem was the day of the setting aside of the Lamb of God. And over the next few days, there was a testing to prove that THIS LAMB was without spot or blemish.

“…knowing that you were redeemed…with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Messiah” (1 Peter 1:18-19).