Christ
Our Passover
In
Ex. 5-14 we have the account of Israel's deliverance
from Egyptian bondage.
God
brought them out with a mighty hand - With proof of His power &
authority:
Ex.
7:5 "And
the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My
hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them." This
thought repeated at least 7 times or more.
After
9 plagues in which God demonstrated His power over their gods:
god
of the Nile River
- Turning water to blood
Heka,
their frog god
- Ex.
8:14 "They
gathered them together in heaps, and the
land
stank."
Apis,
their sacred cow god -
Their cattle died of pestilence
Ra,
their sun god
- The darkness demonstrated God's power over nature
The
final plague - death of the first born - demonstrated God's power
over life:
Ex.
12:12 "For
I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike
all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and
against all
the
gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord."
Ex.
12:21-23, 29-39 The Lord passed over - First born die - Israel
driven out.
God instituted the Passover. It was to become an annual memorial
Ex.
12:1-2 Abib - To mark the beginning
of their year
- IMPORTANCE!!
Ex.
12:3-5 Each family head
responsible for his family - to obey.
Husbands
& fathers - NOTE
THIS
A
sacrifice "without blemish"
POINTING
TO THE PERFECT SACRIFICE OF CHRIST
Heb.
4:14-15 "Seeing
then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through
the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
(15) For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize
with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are,
yet
without sin."
2
Cor. 5:21 "For
He made Him who
knew no sin
to be sin for us, that we might become
the righteousness of God in Him."
Ex.
12:6, 46 Lamb to be killed at twilight - with no bones broken
POINTING
TO SACRIFICE OF CHRIST
Jn.
19:32-33, 36 "Then
the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who
was crucified with Him. (33) But when they came to Jesus and saw
that He was already dead, they did not break His legs." (36)
"For these things were done that the Scripture should be
fulfilled, 'Not
one
of His bones shall be broken.'
" (quoted Psm.
34:20)
A
BLOOD SACRIFICE & MEMORIAL
Ex.
12:7 Blood on door posts & lintel - not
on the threshold
POINTING
TO CHRIST'S BLOOD NOT TO BE TRAMPLED
Heb.
10:28-29 "Anyone
who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony
of two or three witnesses. (29) Of how much worse
punishment,
do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled
the Son of God underfoot,
counted the blood of the covenant
by which he has sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit
of grace?"
UNLEAVENED
BREAD - A REMINDER: QUICK DELIVERANCE
Ex.
12:8,11, 17 To be eaten ready for travel - no time for leaven to
rise.
THIS
FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD WAS PERSONAL
Ex.
13:3-8 "...because
of what the Lord did for me
when I
came up from Egypt."
WE
HAVE BEEN FREED FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN
Rev.
19:11-ff Christ depicted as a King riding on a horse, leading His
army.
Col.
1:13-14 "He
has delivered us from the power of darkness
and translated us into
the kingdom of the Son of His love, (14) in whom we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."
Heb.
2:14-15 "Inasmuch
then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
likewise shared in the same, that through death He might
destroy
him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, (15)
and release
those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage."
Rom.
6:1-7 We died to sin when we were baptized into His death.
Heb.
2:1-3 "Therefore
we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard,
lest we drift away. (2) For if the word spoken through angels
proved
steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received
a just reward, (3) how shall we escape if we neglect
so great a
salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and
was
confirmed to us by those who heard Him...?"
Remember,
Israel neglected
their salvation in the wilderness