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Jesus was the final Passover sacrifice without blemish.

Prophecy:
Exodus 12:5: You shall have a perfect male lamb in its [first] year; you may take it either from the sheep or from the goats.

Proof:
I Peter 1:19: … but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

Jesus was not a sheep or goat in its first year.

He was a human approximately 30 years old.

Jesus was not perfect and without blemish.

Matthew 27:26: Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [Him] to be crucified.

Mark 15:15: So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged [Him], to be crucified.

Jesus was the final Passover sacrifice that saves the world from wrath.

Prophecy:
Exodus 12:13: And the blood will be for you for a sign upon the houses where you will be, and I will see the blood and skip over you, and there will be no plague to destroy [you] when I smite the [people of the] land of Egypt.

Proof:
Romans 5:8: But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

The blood on the doorposts was for multiple reasons and not a repeated act.

The blood on the doorposts was a sign not only to Hashem that there were righteous Hebrews within the household but it was also a sign to the Egyptians that the Hebrews followed Hashem and not their gods.

This was a one-time event and not repeated. This is not a messianic prophecy and has nothing to do with Jesus.

Jesus was exalted as "Yeshua" (salvation).

Prophecy:
Exodus 15:2: My strength and song is God and this is my deliverance; This is my God, I will enshrine Him, my father’s God, I will exalt Him.

Proofs:
Acts 7:55-56: (55) But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, (56) and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

The deliverance referenced refers to the crossing of the Yom Suf.

The word yeshua (ישׁוּעָה) is from the root word yasha (יָשַׁע) which means to be liberated, to be saved, or to be delivered.

Looking at this verse in context, we see that it is part of the “Song by the Sea” which was sung my Moshe and the Hebrews immediately after crossing the Yom Suf. If you read the verse, you notice that in this case “yeshua” is referring to the deliverance of the Hebrews from the Egyptians. It is not used as a name of Hashem.

Jesus had the character of holiness.

Prophecy:
Exodus 15:11: Who is like You among powers, [O Lord]? Who is like You, majestic in holiness? Awesome in praise, doing wonders!

Proof:
Luke 1:35: And the angel answered and said to her, "[The] Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

Acts 4:27: For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together…

The praise is for Hashem who just saved the Hebrews from the Egyptians at the Yom Suf.

The word used for “holiness” is kodesh (קֹדֶשׁ) which is from the root word kadash (קָדַשׁ) which means to be separated. In this context, it is clear that Hashem is being praised because He is above and separated from His creation.

Looking at this verse in context, we see that it is part of the “Song by the Sea” which was sung my Moshe and the Hebrews immediately after crossing the Yom Suf. They were praising Hashem for His deliverance of them from the Egyptians.

Jesus was the Rock of Israel.

Prophecy:
Exodus 17:6: Behold, I shall stand there before you on the rock in Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, and the people will drink. Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.

Proof:
I Corinthians 10:4: …and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

The rock in this verse is referring to a physical rock.

The verse in Exodus is referring to the physical rock in Horeb that Moses struck upon Hashem’s command to release the water.

If you look at the very next verse you see that this is talking about a literal rock.

Exodus 17:7: He named the place Massah [testing] and Meribah [quarreling] because of the quarrel of the children of Israel and because of their testing the Lord, saying, Is the Lord in our midst or not?

Jesus had the character of mercy.

Prophecy:
Exodus 33:19: He said: "I will let all My goodness pass before you; I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you, and I will favor when I wish to favor, and I will have compassion when I wish to have compassion."

Proof:
Luke 1:72: To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant…

The verse in Luke is referring to the mercy of G-d.

If you read the verse in Luke in context you see that the verse is actually referring to the mercy of G-d that was promised to the forefathers. It is not calling the infant Jesus merciful.

Many people were called merciful - not just Jesus.

Psalm 103:13: As a father has mercy on sons, the Lord had mercy on those who fear Him.

Isaiah 49:15: Shall a woman forget her sucking child, from having mercy on the child of her womb? These too shall forget, but I will not forget you.

*Jewish Scripture from The Complete Jewish Bible with Rashi Commentary
**Christian Scripture from the New King James Version