In Exodus

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. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 4 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. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 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. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 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. 12 “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.

THE WORD OF GOD - FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD

The Lamb

The Lamb of God (John 1:29,36) John the Baptist announced this to the world

This is the first Passover, but continued as an annual ordinance along with the Feast of Unleavened Bread as instructed later in this Chapter and following Exodus.

Paul called Jesus our Passover in 1 Corinthians 5:7

“Lambs were slaughtered during the Passover feast to atone for sin, Christ died for the same purpose; His was the final payment for sin.”

Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (1 Co 5:7). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Acts 8:32 NIV

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

1 Peter 1:19 NIV

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

Revelation 5:6 NIV

6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

We find Jesus the Lamb in Exodus!

The Blood

Forgiveness comes through the shedding of blood

Hebrews 9:22 NIV

22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

We have complete forgiveness of sin only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

On the sides and tops of the door frame in the Passover instructions

<Picture of Blood on door frame>

Think about Jesus on the cross - his hands and feet nailed there. The thorn of crowns pressed upon his head drawing blood. Bleeding from the beating he received.

We find Jesus shed blood in Exodus!

The House

A sign for you; a pledge of God’s mercy

The Israelites publicly announced to the world around them - we belong to God

We take the name of Christian and publicly announce to the world - we belong to Christ!

Above all other things - we belong to Him - the Passover lamb

Doesn’t matter where we are

Doesn’t matter who the current leader is

Doesn’t matter are circumstances

We belong to God through the Passover Lamb - Jesus Christ

Because of Jesus sacrifice for us - spiritual death passes over us and we have eternal life.