The Passover Exodus 12 1 30 The Passover

The Passover Exodus 12: 1 – 30

The Passover “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 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. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. (Exodus 12: 12 – 13) 12

When God Comes • God Himself will pass through Egypt • No one is safe before the presence of God. • No one is righteous. 22 There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3: 22 – 23)

God Provides a Way Out • Death to all the first born son’s. • Israel is God’s first born. 22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, (Exodus 4: 22) • God provides a substitute ( Abraham, Israel, The world) 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, (Romans 3: 25)

Protected Under The Blood of The Lamb Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. (Exodus 12: 21 – 23) 21

The Blood of The Lamb • They were covered by the blood of the lamb. • What is it about the blood of the lamb that appeases God’s wrath. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2: 2) 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1: 29) “When I see the blood I will pass over you” (Exodus 12: 13)

The sufficiency of The Lamb If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. (Exodus 12: 4) 4

A New Beginning • A new beginning and the end of tyranny. • 1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year (Exodus 12: 1 – 2) • Judgment on all of the gods of Egypt. Yahweh is the only true God.

A New Beginning • Because they were covered by the blood of the lamb, they are able break free from slavery and tyranny, and are free leave Egypt 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord's Passover. (Exodus 12: 11) • 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 12: 11)

Jesus, The Passover lamb • • Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5: 7 – 8) 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken, ” 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced. ” (John 19: 36 - 37) 7

Jesus, The Lamb of God • • On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover? ” (Matthew 26: 17) 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body. ” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26: 26 – 28) 17

The doctrine of The Substitutionary Atonement We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5: 20 – 21) • Substitute : He took our place. • Atonement : “The term atonement expresses the notion of divine forgiveness as the removal or covering over of human guilt and the turning away of God’s wrath. ” It may also be described as Christ’s work in bringing a sinful person, whether seeking justification or desiring restoration of communion, into a right relationship with God (Lexham Theological Wordbook) • 20

He Took… For Us… Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53: 4 – 6) 4

A Beautiful Exchange • Jesus shed his own blood for our sins: “We have now been justified by his blood” (Romans 5: 9) • “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Ephesians. 1: 7) • “Jesus also suffered. . . to make the people holy through his own blood” (Hebrews 13: 12) • “You were redeemed. . . with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect” (1 Peter 1: 18 – 19) • “The blood of Jesus. . . purifies us from all sin” (1 John 1: 7)