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 […]
The psalmist warns us: “He will not always chide: neither will He keep His anger forever.” Exodus 11 begins like the sound of a pealing bell, ringing out across the countryside: “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘I will bring yet one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward he will let you go […]
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