The slaughter of the Egyptians took place a long time ago, and thus we do not have the kind of emotional reaction to this account as we have seen to the bombing of Hiroshima or the Nazi death camps of Germany. Thus the fact that Christ is our Passover lamb necessitates maintaining purity in our lives, and in the church as well. WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. (4) The Passover was another evidence of the grace of God in the lives of His people. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. 49The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(CE) residing among you., 50All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(CF) Moses and Aaron. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. Romans 8:38-39ESV / 492 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. The plagues revealed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt, and the power of the God of Israel. When you actually check what is in the Bible, you read in Exodus 12: The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. (v1-2) Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. The firstborn of Israel were spared due to the grace of God alone. (BW), 43The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, These are the regulations for the Passover meal:(BX). 12:14, etc.). In this passage and in 2 Samuel 24, the destroying angel is actually called the angel of the Lord, which many scholars take to be a reference to Christ in a pre-incarnate appearance. The nation Israel did not suffer so much as a dog bark (or bite, Exod. In other words, while we can refer to the deaths occasioned by the other plagues as acts of God (meaning that some natural disaster occurred), this 10th plague is very literally an act of God for God Himself slew the firstborn of Egypt (Exod. WebAnd when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lordrelented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lordwas by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Moses tells Pharaoh that he is right, that he will never see his face again (v. 29). Because the sparing of the Israelite firstborn was not a matter of merit, but of grace, God owned them. We will briefly review these: (1) The time of the Passover meal. The instructions concerning the Passover celebration alternate between the present and the future. As Paul reminds us in Colossian 1:16: For by Him (Christ) all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. Those who ate anything leavened during the week of the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to be excluded from the community of Israel, whether this person was an Israelite or a foreigner (12:19). 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. 5The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(E) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. But when He sees the blood around your door, the Lord will pass over the door. This blood was to serve as a sign, which would protect the Israelites from the death angel (12:13, 23). In the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, we read, Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeastas you really are. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. In the final verses of chapter 10, Pharaoh angrily demands that Moses and Aaron leave his presence, threatening that to do so again will mean their death (v. 28). While the account is not written to underscore the conversion of Egyptians (the thrust of the account is on the judgment of Egypt, especially her gods), I think that there is ample evidence to suggest that some of the Egyptians were converted to true faith in the God of Israel. 12:46), so no bone of our Lord was broken (John 19:32-36). (BL) 36The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed(BM) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered(BN) the Egyptians. Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. 131 We use the term lamb aware that the sacrificial animal could have been either a lamb or a goat (Exod. Unfortunately, Christians have come to take the remembrance of our Lord lightly, and do it infrequently, often as a kind of footnote to some other service. Man, apes and monkeys: what are the differences. Josh. One can see that the first Passover, along with each subsequent annual remembrance of Passover, was an event of great significance, one which was to be celebrated from that time on. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. I must say at the outset that Christians are obliged to praise and worship God, regardless of whether or not we understand His actions, and that, as God He is free to act in any way He chooses. It also informs us that Moses had nothing to say to Pharaoh, but that which God had commanded him to speak. And the blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand ( Exod. The word which is translated move literally means to cut into, to sharpen, or to bring to a point. The allusion here is to the fact that none would bring injury to Israel (cf. 12:5), but since our Lord was referred to as the Lamb, I have chosen to speak of the sacrificial animal as a lamb. 24Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance(AR) for you and your descendants. DEATH: Did God really kill animals to clothe Adam and Eve, or did He create new skins for this purpose? Underlying most of these commemorations there was a reaction to the killing of thousands of people who were not personally involved in the military forces of Japan, many of whom were women and children. Each family was responsible for its own sacrificial animal, its own act of placing the blood on the door frame, and its own celebration of the meal. 130 There is considerable discussion and disagreement over the precise time at which the Passover sacrifice was to be slain. But when the Angel of Death saw the blood on the door posts of the people of Israel, he passed over so none of them was afflicted by the Angel of Death. However what surprises most people is the discovery that the term Death Angel or Angel of Death appears in no Bible translation at all. The plague of the firstborn was exceedingly appropriate since the Egyptians were seeking to kill all of the male babies born to the Israelites (cf. But the importance of this Passover account is that it was this God Himself, who came as the God-man Jesus, as a first-born Son who would give up His life, as payment for the sins of the people of God. We shall therefore now consider the future implications of the first Passover celebration, as outlined in our text. (AW) 28The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AX) Moses and Aaron. Another angel who brought death and destruction is mentioned in the judgment of King Herod ( Acts 12:23 ). The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. Berean Standard Bible Thus the story of the Exodus was to be retold, and its meaning reinforced. WebAnd when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lordrelented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lordwas by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. (AE) 18In the first month(AF) you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 25When you enter the land(AS) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. Web31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! The Passover and the plague of the firstborn had several purposes with regard to the Egyptians. 2 Kings 19:35 Verse Concepts At the same time, none of Israels firstborn, whether man or beast, was smitten. For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Since the Passover was the commencement of a new life, the month (of Abib129, cf. When those 70,000 people from Dan to Beersheba died, the Bible specifically mentions the Lord sent an angel who brought this to pass. When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, Enough! Eat it in haste; it is the Lords Passover (v11) The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. 129 Another name for this first month of the sacred calendar is Abib (Exod. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. 11:17-34). In the first epistle of Peter, the apostle informs Christians who are suffering that the passion, the suffering of the Lord Jesus, the Passover lamb, was a pattern for the suffering of all the saints (cf. Wherever you live,(AI) you must eat unleavened bread.(AJ). It is the final blow of the ten plagues (there is yet to be the drowning of the Egyptian army) which will compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites. This is why the meal was to be eaten with an atmosphere of readiness and anticipation. 2:1; Esth. I happened to overhear a small portion of a television program the other day, where a young woman asked, Do I have to suffer the rest of my life for one little indiscretion? Whatever her indiscretion was, I would imagine it would better be labeled sin. So the answer to her question should be, For as much as one sin, God is just in condemning you, not only for time, but for all eternity. The reason why we have so much difficulty with the subject of judgment is that we fail to comprehend the immensity of our sin. 3:20; 6:1; 11:1; 12:31-32). God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, Enoughs enough! The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. 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