Many today dispute the story of the Exodus, but Jesus didn’t, and I’d believe Him anytime. Can you imagine the scene! We’re told there were “about six hundred thousand men on foot” (Ex 12:37) plus the women and children, the aged, and Levites—perhaps two-and-a-half to three million people. In addition, “a mixed multitude went up […]
When people won’t listen to anything else God says, Preacher Death gets their attention. The land of Egypt was asleep. Only in Goshen were the inhabitants awake, shoes on, bags packed. Suddenly at the stroke of midnight, the word of the Lord came true. “The Lord struck all the firstborn in the land” (Ex 12:29). […]
The Jewish Passover and the Christian Lord’s Supper are times to both reflect and resolve. After great battles, it has been common to say things like “Remember the Maine,” the battle cry of the Spanish-American War. “Remember the Alamo” was popular during the Mexican-American War. “Remember Pearl Harbor” rallied the U.S. after the Japanese aerial […]
“Loins girded,” says the KJV. In other words, don’t let anything impede your personal exodus. Do you see what God is doing? He is about to pour out well-deserved wrath on Pharaoh and all those who do not, as some of the Egyptians do, fear the word of the Lord (Ex 9:20). But how is […]
We can’t be squeamish about this! Applying the blood of Christ is our only way of escape. In our last study, we watched as each family carefully selected a blemish-free lamb from their flocks. Then at twilight, each household’s lamb would die. But it was not enough that the blood of the lamb be shed; […]
Lambs were “an abomination” in Egypt, perhaps since the rule of the Hyksos “shepherd-kings.” There aren’t many days so momentous that they change the whole calendar, but this was one. “This month shall be your beginning of months;” said the Lord; “it shall be the first month of the year to you” (Ex 12:2). Up […]
This was the biggest test of his life, but he just wasn’t paying attention. His grade? An Ph I’m eager to tell the thrilling details of the Passover in Exodus 12, but I want first to retrace Pharaoh’s journey from the day Moses entered his palace. Here are his opening recorded words: “Who is the […]
This plague would be unique. Everyone must personally respond—for or against a lamb. Now we’re at the grand finale, preparing for the plague of all plagues. If we have been paying careful attention, we know what it is. It seems a very long time ago, but can you recall the first thing Moses was to […]