Let us learn to value and to practice those times of remembrance and anticipation which God has established and commanded us to do. On the first day of the feast, all presence of yeast is to be removed from the house. Nevertheless, we must come to grips with the tremendous moral issues which this account raises. (Y) 15For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. Chapter 12 can be divided into four major sections. Davis, pp. 11:5; 12:29-30), all of the Israelites were spared. When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough! The Passover necessitated the suffering of the Son of God. (2) The Passover was for Israel a manifestation of Gods power. WebThe Passover. 12:14, etc.). Exod. 46It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Romans 8:38-39ESV / 492 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth (1 Cor. All of the commandments and requirements which God placed upon the Israelites was predicated upon the fact that they were a people who belonged to Him. Now relax your hand! And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 26And when your children(AT) ask you, What does this ceremony mean to you? 27then tell them, It is the Passover(AU) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.(AV) Then the people bowed down and worshiped. The Bible reports David even saw this angel. Therefore honor God with your body (1 Cor. The Angel of Death is a misnomer. The first Passover meal was to consist of the roasted sacrificial animal, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread (12:8). At midnight, God would go throughout Egypt, slaying the firstborn, from Pharaohs own son, to the firstborn son of the lowest slave. The Passover and the plague of the firstborn had several purposes with regard to the Egyptians. While the account is not written to underscore the conversion of Egyptians (the thrust of the account is on the judgment of Egypt, especially her gods), I think that there is ample evidence to suggest that some of the Egyptians were converted to true faith in the God of Israel. When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, I have sinned; I, the shepherd, have done wrong. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.(W). Perhaps first, a little on angels in general will help. But to decrease your confusion, lets ask; are there any angels in the entire Bible who do function as Death Angels, or perhaps we can ask about any created angelic beings who have brought or do bring death? 10:21). John J. Davis, Moses and the Gods of Egypt (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1971), p. 136. Not only is the slaughter of the Egyptian firstborn the means God used to release His people from slavery, it is the angel of the Lord who smote the firstborn. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, Then it happened that night that the angel of the, When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the. (CB) 47The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. The month of Abib approximates to our month of April. The Passover meal was largely provided by the Passover sacrifice. Thus, verses 1 and 9 of chapter 11 begin, the Lord had said to Moses. Ex). Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the bowl of blood and smear it on the lintel and on the two doorposts. Paul also speaks of our suffering in Passover terms. (3) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was proof of Gods possession of Israel. Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. Lu. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Joshua 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. Do no work(AB) at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do. 21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover(AK) lamb. Just as the Passover celebrations (including the redemption of the firstborn and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) provided an opportunity to instruct the children concerning Gods work in the past and its bearing on the present, so the Lords table and baptism provide us with teaching opportunities which we dare not neglect. Ezekiel 9:4,6 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof, LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct, Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed, To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance, Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular, Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural, The Israelites are driven out of the land, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 12:23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike (Exo. Withdraw your hand. The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. The Lord Jesus, as the Passover lamb, is the pattern for Christian suffering, and the way it should be dealt with. As Paul reminds us in Colossian 1:16: For by Him (Christ) all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. Is it evolutionist? Here as well, those who died were not military combatants, but civilians, among whom were many women and children. But when He sees the blood-markings across the tops of your doorways and down your two doorposts, He will pass over your houses and not allow His messenger of death to enter into your houses and strike you down. At midnight, the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain, from the king of Egypt to its cattle, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh to that of the prisoner. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Moses assembled all the elders of Israel. 19For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand ( Exod. No grief will have ever been greater for the Egyptians, and yet not the least evil128 would fall upon the Israelites. 26 Your children will ask you, What are we celebrating? 27 And you will answer, The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. Moses tells Pharaoh that he is right, that he will never see his face again (v. 29). It also informs us that Moses had nothing to say to Pharaoh, but that which God had commanded him to speak. Nothing personifies death. For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. For otherwise, they said, we will all die!(BI) 34So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs(BJ) wrapped in clothing. 2 Kings 19:35 Verse Concepts 12:12-13, 22-23), just as it is the shed blood of the Lamb of God which saves men from the judgment of God (1 Peter 1:18-19; Rev. The Passover lamb was to be purchased or selected on the 10th day of the month, and slaughtered at twilight130 on the evening of the 14th. The purpose of this revelation thus dictates its form. Aggelos is best defined as a messenger, and generally a messenger from God, one who conveys news from God to men. (3) The plague of the firstborn was an appropriate punishment of Egyptians for their oppression of Israel (Gen. 15:14; Exod. And then, in the 4th verse of chapter 11 Moses seems to appear again before Pharaoh, in contradiction to Pharaohs order and to Moses retort. One man, Adam, had sinned, so one sinless man, Jesus, needed to die to buy redemption. God used angels in bringing the plagues on Egypt (Psalm 78:43, 49) and sent the destroying angel to execute the firstborn in Egypt at the Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23). What do you think of the book Creation Unfolding by Ken Coulson? The plagues revealed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt, and the power of the God of Israel. Douay-Rheims Bible For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. But the importance of this Passover account is that it was this God Himself, who came as the God-man Jesus, as a first-born Son who would give up His life, as payment for the sins of the people of God. Eat it in haste; it is the Lords Passover (v11) 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. The Passover was a corporate celebration in that all Israel observed the meal, just as Moses had instructed them (12:28, 50). The first is the pronouncement to Pharaoh by Moses that this plague is about to come upon all of Egypt. 3:7). WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. Luke 22:1-23). The tenth and final plague is described in several phases. Now it came about at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. Where in the Bible can I find out? (U) 13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over(V) you. 12The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2This month is to be for you the first month,(B) the first month of your year. His background is in geology and teaching. Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. It is the final blow of the ten plagues (there is yet to be the drowning of the Egyptian army) which will compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites. (AW) 28The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AX) Moses and Aaron. 12:5-7, 46-47). For Australia and rest of world click here. What Israel did on that first Passover night was a prototype for all future Passover observances. Just as the firstborn were worthy of divine judgment, and in danger of it, Gods solution must be believed and acted upon. We will briefly review these: (1) The time of the Passover meal. 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. For Jehovah will pass through the land and kill the Egyptians; but when he sees the blood upon the panel at the top of the door and on the two side pieces, he will pass over that home and not permit the Destroyer to enter and kill your firstborn. For the LORD will pass through smiting the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite, And Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite, And Yahweh will go through to strike Egypt, and he will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come to your houses to strike. On this first and last of the seven days, a sacred assembly is held (12:16). 22:14-22; 1 Cor. Since we will not attempt to cover all the material contained in chapter 12 in this message, I want to point out that the structure of the chapter links the instructions given by God to Moses (verses 1-20) and the instructions from God spoken by Moses (verses 21-30). One can see that the first Passover, along with each subsequent annual remembrance of Passover, was an event of great significance, one which was to be celebrated from that time on. The account of the Passover plague (Exodus 12:29-30). Several times the narrative of events is interrupted by explanatory statements, which serve to explain the turn of events which is described in the narrative. Nevertheless, Gods actions here (and similar actions elsewhere) are explainable. In the context of Psalm 44, from which this citation was taken, we learn that those saints who suffered as described above were those who were faithful to God, not those who were disobedient. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. 6:19-20). Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. We cannot live our lives independently, autonomously, as Christians, but we must live them out as those who have been bought with a price and as those who belong to God. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (G) 7Then they are to take some of the blood(H) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. But when the Angel of Death saw the blood on the door posts of the people of Israel, he passed over so none of them was afflicted by the Angel of Death. However what surprises most people is the discovery that the term Death Angel or Angel of Death appears in no Bible translation at all. All rights reserved worldwide. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. The second is the instructions given to the Israelites regarding the Passover, which is Gods means of protecting His people from the plague. God's instructions about the Passover appear again, with details about how to observe it once the Israelites had left Egypt, in other parts of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). There is no need to elaborate further. The hasty departure of the Israelites did not afford the time required to bake leavened bread (12:34, 39). While only some of those Israelites who were in Egypt were firstborn, and thus in need of being redeemed, all of us who have trusted in Christ belong to Him. Josh. Instead, verses 4-8 are Moses final retort to Pharaoh, made immediately after his demand that Moses leave. 12:46), so no bone of our Lord was broken (John 19:32-36). (1) The Passover was a memorial of the deliverance of Israel, accomplished by the mighty power of God: This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the Lord is to be on your lips. 15:6, 12; 16:3). 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. In chapter 11, verses 1-3 and 9-10 are parenthetical explanations.127 The statements which are quoted have been made previous to the event, but are interspersed to explain why things are happening as described. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. Romans 9). Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Under such circumstances, two families could share one (12:4). Thus the fact that Christ is our Passover lamb necessitates maintaining purity in our lives, and in the church as well. On these (two) days, no work was to be done, other than cooking. John Mackay is International Director of Creation Research. 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