Life of Moses: The First Passover
In this Bible Study we will be reliving the experience of the 1st Passover (both the literal Passing Over and the commemorative meal). This is a solemn, and one could say terrifying moment. But also a safe moment if the blood is on the door frame. All of this will give us a deeper appreciation of Jesus, the Lamb of God. It will also sober us of the Day that is coming and the need to tell others of the Blood and it's value as a covering.
The Passover (Literally and the Memorial Meal)
Exodus 11-12:36
Review/ Context: Exodus 10:27-29
A. Chapter 11
1. Vs. 1-3 Wealth for New Nation & Respect for Moses
2. Vs. 4-10 The Horrible Last Plague
B. Chapter 12
1. Vs. 1-10 Instructions for the Evening to Come
2. Vs. 11-12
a. Dressed and ready for action
b. A judgement on Egypt and its gods
• Pantheism
• Polytheism
3. Vs. 14-20 The Passover Meal: Memorial
• The Jewish person could say:
4. Vs. 21-28 Final Instructions
a. The blood on the door: Vs. 13… a sign to “you”: Vs. 23… a sign to the Lord
5. Vs. 29-30 The Horrible Hour Comes
6. Vs. 31-36 “Get Out of Here”
• Far from acquiescing he is ordering them to leave.
Application:
1. The Horror of that Night and of the Day that is Coming:
a. The Egyptians:
o Rev. 6:15-17 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
o Psalm 50:21-22 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
b. The Israelites
2. Jesus “the Lamb of God”
a. God sees the Blood
b. We must look upon the Blood
3. God’s “Firstborn”
a. OT context: Israel
b. Jesus
o Romans 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
o Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
o Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
o First Fruits 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
c. We are God’s “firstborn”
o Hebrews 12:23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn (plural) who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
