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This book was a short treatment of the Passover, and how the Messiah is found symbolized within. There were several other themes in this book including, perhaps unbeknownst to the author, an argument for the two house teaching found in the chapter Shadow and Substance. The Author is the president of a mainstream messianic Yeshiva called Messianic Bureau International. The Author, although initially considering the Two House truths feasible, eventually decided that the Two House teaching was in error. Hence it is curious that the chapter Shadow and Substance, would be about how Christianity has kept the knowledge of the Substance, that being the knowledge of the Messiah and His Identity, whilst the House of Judah (whom the author exclusively considers Israel) has maintained the Shadow, that being the Law and Prophets, things that point to the Messiah. This is an inherently Two House truth that HMI has been preaching from the beginning. On page 20, there was one error that we found, in the notion that all the prophets were "Jewish." That is clearly incorrect as some of the prophets were members of the House of Israel. The author believes that the problem of Christianity is that it accepts the Substance, and not the Shadow, and the House of Judah accepts the Shadow and not the Substance, which leads to the anti-Semitic problem. The bulk of the book deals with the Anti-Semitic idea that the Jews are "Christ-Killers," and that it was the Jews who murdered Yahshua. However, Rabbi Hargis makes the convincing argument, based upon several supporting scriptures that Yahshua willingly laid His life down, and neither the Jews or the Romans truly had the power to kill Him. Some striking parallels are included between the traditional Passover service and the event leading to the Messiah's death on the Tree. Hargis mentions the history of the exile of the sons of Zadok, and makes the connection of the priestly mantle held by John the Baptist. Finally, the Right to Kill The Lamb, is the argument made that Israel should have, and would have the right to put Yahshua to death, if indeed He is truly a pattern of the Passover lamb. Since the Messiah was sacrificed in Rancor, and not in loving sadness, Hargis supposes that this is the Yom Kippur fulfillment of the Messiah being the scapegoat, in a pattern of the first coming and crucifixion, and that the final coming of the Messiah, will be preceded by all of Israel accepting the Messiah as the Day of Atonement sacrifice, that is symbolized within the Lamb that is slain on Yom Kippur. As a whole, the book was interesting in its conclusions, and seemed to tie several elements of messianic teaching together, all revolving around the Passover and its symbolism.