The Thread: Part IISample

The Passover

God established the preparations and the feast of Passover to be celebrated for millennia after he carried out the final plague. God gave Moses instructions for how the people should prepare: They were to stay in their homes until morning. A slaughtered lamb provided the blood they needed to paint the doorposts to be marked safe. The bread was made without yeast because their release from Egypt would be quick and wouldn't allow time for it to rise.

The people did just as God commanded them through Moses and Aaron, and everything God said would take place that night came to pass. The firstborn in every Egyptian household died, including the firstborn of every herd and flock. The wailing was heard all over Egypt, but silence reigned in Goshen, where God's people were.

Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and told them to get out. The Egyptian people urged the Israelites to leave and gave them whatever they asked for just to be rid of them! The faithfulness of God to keep his word and deliver Israel has dramatically shaped Jewish culture ever since. They never forget.

The night of the Passover is a megaphone shouting about the coming savior. The final plague foreshadows that the final Passover lamb, Jesus, would come and spare the lives of all who receive the mark of his blood on the doorpost of our lives.

Question: In what ways do you see the future work of Jesus foreshadowed in this story?

Prayer: Ask God to help you recall the moments of your life when he has been faithful to you and give thanks for what he has done.