Underlying most of these commemorations there was a reaction to the killing of thousands of people who were not personally involved in the military forces of Japan, many of whom were women and children. WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. It is a holy God whom we serve, and this text will remind us of that fact as we come to it with reverence and sincerity. While the deaths of innocent Jews and Japanese are protested, in our text God is to be praised, partially on the basis of the slaughter of the Egyptians. The reason why men find the judgment of God in the smiting of the firstborn so difficult to justify is that they do not grasp the seriousness of their own sin. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! ), New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. In our day, we would have our coats on and our briefcase in hand. This explains how Moses knew that this was the final plague, and why Pharaoh will nonetheless reject the warning. For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. DOG EVOLUTION? The account of the Passover plague (Exodus 12:29-30). Nothing personifies death. Ignoring God does not seem so serious, until we understand the importance of trusting and obeying Him. All of the Egyptians came to respect Moses (11:3), and some took heed to his warnings (9:13-21). 13:9; cf. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.(W). God therefore struck down the Egyptian firstborn while He spared the Israelite firstborn. 49The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(CE) residing among you., 50All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(CF) Moses and Aaron. (v12), Note well the text records it is not an angel who was sent to strike down the people, but the striker is named as the Lord God Himself. We will briefly review these: (1) The time of the Passover meal. Wherever you live,(AI) you must eat unleavened bread.(AJ). No one is to leave the house until morning. It also informs us that Moses had nothing to say to Pharaoh, but that which God had commanded him to speak. This last week marked the 40th anniversary of the first atomic bomb drop on Hiroshima. That night, God sent the angel of 17Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. If you like checking the Hebrew the word destroyer here, is shachath (see Strongs number 7843) which as a verb means to decay, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin. 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. Were you helped by this answer? WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. Moses pronouncement to Israel: instructions regarding the Passover (Exodus 12:1-13, 21-23). While every Egyptian home suffered loss (cf. (1) The redemption of the firstborn (Exod. The firstborn of Israel thus belonged to God as a result of the Passover, and all of Israel as a result of the exodus. This covers the spiritual realm as well as the physical. Paul also speaks of our suffering in Passover terms. 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? In fact, all men belong to God by virtue of creation, and all Christians belong (doubly) to God by virtue of redemption. PARABLE? 15:6, 12; 16:3). 6:19-20). [4] WebIt was by faith that Moses commanded the people of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts so that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons. DEATH: Did God really kill animals to clothe Adam and Eve, or did He create new skins for this purpose? English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. Web31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Is there only one race of man? 1 and 2; 7:14ff.). The Passover animal was to be a male yearling, either a goat or a sheep (12:5). 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! And when your children ask you, What does this ceremony mean to you? then tell them, It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. 12:12). 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. Moses assembled all the elders of Israel. 40Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[b] was 430 years. John the Baptist could thus identify and introduce our Lord as Israels Messiah by the words, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29). Ex). WebIt was by faith that Moses commanded the people of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts so that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons. Thus, this final plague brought the Egyptians to the point where they virtually compelled the Israelites to leave. And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [you]. The Lord will go through Egypt to kill the Egyptians. Paul clearly identified the Lord Jesus as the Passover lamb: For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed (1 Cor. WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. Those who did not refrain from eating leavened bread were to be banned from the congregation of Israel, whether or not he was a native Israelite (cf. Or three days of plague in your land? The Passover meal was very naturally transformed into the Eucharist, the Lords Table. 128 This is expressed by a proverbial saying, A dog would not move his tongue against man or beast (v. 7). (2) The Passover was for Israel a manifestation of Gods power. There would be no leftovers for dinner because they would be long gone before another meal could be eaten. Finally, there is a brief account given of the plague itself, just as God had said through Moses. On the first day you are to get rid of all the yeast in your houses, for if anyone during those seven days eats bread made with yeast, he shall no longer be considered one of my people. Do no work(AB) at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do. So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. (1) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was a defeat of Egypts gods: On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstbornboth men and animalsand I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt; I am the Lord (Exod. 12:5-7, 46-47). Choose one of them for me to carry out against you. So Gad went to David and said to him, Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? It was felt by many that it was inappropriate for our president to dignify the deaths of those involved in the mass slaughter of Jews, based solely on their race. 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. And also bless me.. 46It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. (AE) 18In the first month(AF) you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 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. (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. The degree to which He suffered can only be estimated in the light of the holiness of God and the dread which our Lord experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane when He anticipated the cross. Not at all. Provision was also made for non-Israelites to partake of the Passover, if they were circumcised (acknowledging their faith in the Abrahamic Covenant, cf. 11:4-8; 12:29). It can refer to a human messenger, e.g. In order to save Moses from the grisly fate pharaoh has decreed, his mother and sister put him in a basket and set it afloat on the river. 12:24-25). 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. For a survey of the different views, cf. 24:14). NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to slay you. This possibility is enhanced by the report that some Egyptians had taken heed of previous warnings (9:18-21). Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. This plague accomplished precisely what God intended, and what Moses had been asking for all along. (2) The Passover and its related celebrations, the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the redemption of the firstborn, were intended to serve as a means of instruction for the future generations of Israel (Exod. The first is the pronouncement to Pharaoh by Moses that this plague is about to come upon all of Egypt. Moses tells Pharaoh that he is right, that he will never see his face again (v. 29). 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. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. 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). 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. 20Eat nothing made with yeast. Instead, verses 4-8 are Moses final retort to Pharaoh, made immediately after his demand that Moses leave. 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. Romans 8:38-39ESV / 492 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful 19For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. 2:1; Esth. Thus, in the gospel accounts, we find the death of our Savior corresponding with the sacrifice of the Passover sacrificial lambs and the Passover meal (cf. 12:19). In chapters 12 and 13 there is constant alternation between (first) the instructions God gave Moses, and these same instructions as Moses conveyed them to the people. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. The Passover and the plague of the firstborn had several purposes with regard to the Egyptians. 129 Another name for this first month of the sacred calendar is Abib (Exod. (3) Verses 31-42 give a historical overview of the exodus, from the command to leave issued by Pharaoh to an account of the departure, showing that Gods promises had been carried out in accord with His scheduleto the very day. (1) Verses 1-20 contain the revelation which God had given to Moses and Aaron. 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. 3:20; 6:1; 11:1; 12:31-32). Also, in the instructions God gave concerning the future observance of Passover, foreigners who placed themselves under the Abrahamic Covenant (as signified by circumcision) were allowed to participate, with no distinctions made between them and (other) Israelites (12:43-49). (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. Paul told them he had already acted (5:3-4), and that they should do likewise, by putting this man out of the assembly. Like the Egyptians, the Israelites were sinners, fully deserving of divine wrath. 14This is a day you are to commemorate;(X) for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lorda lasting ordinance. But when He sees the blood around your door, the Lord will pass over the door. 2:16-24). The rite of redeeming the firstborn was a constant reminder to the Israelites of all subsequent generations that the firstborn belonged to God, and that this was due to the sparing of the firstborn at the Exodus. This is entirely untrue. When the sinfulness of man is added to his creatureliness, Gods wrath is even more clearly seen to be right. 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. Sex offenders are people who simply have a different sexual orientation or preferences, until they molest someone close to us. He then quotes this passage from Psalm 44 to show that we, like Christ, are called to suffer as sheep: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered (Rom. New International Version (NIV). For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 13:9; cf. In the popular retelling of the Passover story, the "destroyer" is often called the "angel of death," but the words "angel of death" don't actually appear anywhere in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian New Testament or the Islamic Quran. (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. Thus, circumcision enabled one to participate fully in the Passover celebration. The plagues revealed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt, and the power of the God of Israel. The instructions for the celebrations of the first Passover were specific, and dealt with several aspects of the feast. You are not your own; you were bought at a price. 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