There never is a hindrance but through flesh; there is no difficulty brought in to distract a faithful man of God from obedience, but God accomplishes the end, only in a far more painful 'way, and often by the very one who obstructed. ( Romans 9:21 ). As for the second book, Exodus, there is one grand idea which pervades it redemption The consequences of redemption, as well as the circumstances in which it was accomplished, are brought before us in a very full and complete manner, as we shall see. On the history of laws of nature are sufficient to effect whatever he intended to bring about in the history of redemption." All the other elements are exaggerated by the objector, the number of the lambs requisite, as well as the degree of haste, which affected scarce anything but their bread, as otherwise they stood ready for their move, which they were fully expecting. As this however does not appear very clear and satisfactory, some have imagined that the word elohey should be translated princes, which is the rendering in our margin for as these princes, who were rulers of the kingdom under Pharaoh, were equally hostile to the Hebrews with Pharaoh himself, therefore these judgments fell equally heavy on them also. One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourns among you. Most ceremonial rules are dated from Sinai May the Lord then grant us unfeigned and growing confidence in all that which He is! That's why we have the communion on the Thursday evening service because it's more of a family service, not so much of a mixed multitude, because a stranger wasn't to eat. Moses hides the man's body "in the sand," indicating a quick and quiet burial to avoid being caught. Speaking of America, he remarks (ib. It's gonna be awhile before you're gonna be eating meat again." There, in his retirement, he receives from Jethro his daughter a stranger given him to wife, who bears him a son, the name of whom tells whither his heart turns. Jehovah however meets all at first with quietness, and at the same time breathes comfort into the ear of His anxious and hesitating servant. month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first It is Moses, a man of whom the Spirit of God has made the largest use not only in the Old Testament but in the New, as in so many forms shadowing forth the Lord Jesus. They are part of a mixed multitude. to that of deliverance in His dealings with Israel. [Note: For an explanation of the history and modern observance of the Passover by Jews, the Seder, or "order of service," see Youngblood, pp. If the blood of Christ be sprinkled upon our consciences, it will be our protection from the wrath of God, the curse of the law, and the damnation of hell, Romans 8:1. Am I saying that I know better than God? The Egyptians had to acknowledge the death of Pharaohs son, however, as an event that Yahweh had brought to pass. or the land of Moab: so these that follow are noted in Exodu FOR. Christ will be sweet to us if sin be bitter. He did not say when they saw it. It's gonna be so interesting to find out all of the capacity of that new body that God has built for me, that new model directly from God. For any past experience that you may have had with God, no matter how dynamic, has no value unless it has translated into your present experience. Why then distinguish those in calamities in which all equally shared? And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; and you shall keep it a feast by the ordinance for ever. What shall man do to us? God was there as a Judge, dealing with man's sin. And what a proof is this of never-failing goodness in God! It was the unworthy dealing of his brethren which broke up all hope for the present. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. THE *PASSOVER VERSES 1-28 God deliberately creates questions in their minds to give you an opportunity to teach them the things of God, to make them conscious and aware of God, and the presence of God. The Lord Jesus Christ died during this time (i.e., about 3:00 p.m., Matthew 27:45-50; Mark 15:34-37; Luke 23:44-46; 1 Corinthians 5:7). For whilst Moses took the rod, Aaron's rod as Jehovah commanded him, he smote the rock twice with his rod. It looked like an animal rather than just meat. So the people bowed their heads and worshiped. "Who am of uncircumcised lips ." One can appreciate Moses' reluctance. Destruction in one way or another seemed to be inevitable. The Passover work of Jesus for His people is the dawn and prelude to their freedom. It is Christ the hidden manna, Christ in His humiliation never to be forgotten by our hearts. This feast now carries you back to the cross of Jesus Christ. The Jews called their first month Abib (Exodus 12:2). In the land of Egypt] These words suggest that what follows was Can there be more absurd trifling than the sentence thatExodus 15:1-27; Exodus 15:1-27 ("the poem as we now have it", is Elohistic as contrasted with Exodus 14:1-31? think, feel, speak, and act unworthily of such a habitation; and yet in the face of all He here deigns to dwell in us. a. After the first Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread was a testimony throughout your generations. They were not to be in anywise cast down by the first replies. Thus, it had to be a step of faith on their part. It was to be without blemish (Exodus 12:5; Exodus 12:5), denoting the purity of the Lord Jesus, a Lamb without spot,1 Peter 1:19. *To argue against the increase of Israel in Egypt from the data of the Pentateuch is the more unreasonable as the record does not give it as an ordinary ratio, but from the direct blessing of God according to His appearance to the fathers, and the more striking, because He kept them comparatively few till the descent into the house of bondage, and there multiplied them in the face of the hottest persecution long before they were led out in triumph. 141.]. They didn't sit at the table like we sit at the table to eat, but they would just sort of lie around on pillows on the floor, very casual when they ate.You so often, you know, you see the picture of Jesus at the Last Supper and the nice table and everything. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. It is precious blood, and must be precious to us. It is astonishing what a difference it makes when one can afford and has made up one's mind to drop self. How then could Israel escape? Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. The lamb was to be got ready four days before and that afternoon they were to kill it (Exodus 12:6; Exodus 12:6) as a sacrifice; not strictly, for it was not offered upon the altar, but as a religious ceremony, acknowledging God's goodness to them, not only in preserving them from, but in delivering them by, the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The impression of "borrowing" given in the Authorized Version is by no means necessary, nor does the connection justify it. As a word "Jehovah" occurs frequently in the book of Genesis, in a way which shows not only that the writer knew the term, but that it was in use from the beginning. Note, 1. It is all a vain thing to deny that which is right according to the order of nature. However, in whatever house there was not the blood there over the doorposts, and on the side posts of the house, the firstborn in that house would be slain. He has perfectly annulled his power, and met all on God's part needful for us; but there is another thought. says Moses. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. This act consecrated the houses of the Israelites as altars. And the blood shall be to you a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. It is an easily settled principle after all, and it accounts for much on which men's minds otherwise are apt to stumble. [Note: Josephus, 14:4:3.] Paul said, "Remember you're just like a bit of clay in the potter's hands, and what right has the clay to say to the potter, hey, why are you making me this kind of a pitcher?" b. That is the death that has been sentenced upon man. Any sin tolerated or allowed has a way of just expanding until it takes over and controls your life. No, they didn't eat like that. But he was right in the main; and the Lord accordingly left not to another but to him the due accomplishment of Israel's deliverance when the fulness of time was come. Nothing can be conceived more captious than to takeGenesis 15:16; Genesis 15:16 as limiting the Israelites who sojourned in Egypt to just the fourth succession in family birth, or to assume that they had no children beyond those named for special reasons. Pharaoh, having declared himself as God's enemy, professing not even to know him, made himself the object of God's wrath and power at this point. One of the most ridiculous things you can ever do is fight with God. The self-same principle applies to hundreds of passages in the Scriptures; and therefore it seemed well to make a few remarks in a more general shape. And how till redemption could sin be gone for God to have a holy resting-place in the midst of men? It will be on a great scale in Christendom shortly (2 Thessalonians 2:1-17), as I have little doubt that it may be in many individual cases now, and has always been so. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments ". This occupies the first chapter. And thus fittingly He, as Jehovah their God, pledges before them His own unchangeable character to accomplish His promises. Full of courage when God's time was not come, he feels the obstacles when it is. Let us be thankful then for all that which commends itself to us as true and of God, but never assume that we have apprehended the whole truth. This Moses in measure understood; for faith always sees it, and holds to it just so far as it is faith. I am not aware of anything of the sort. The truth is that He speaks of good men and bad men; that He mentions not only what was excellent in the good, but such distressing and shameful things as draw out His own chastening it may be for a long while to come. He's gonna pass over me. And this is the more striking, because God emp 12._For I will pass through the land. b. I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: God regarded Israel as His firstborn, His favored people. CONTENTS: Deliverance for Israel through the Passover. (4.) c. Nor shall you break one of its bones: None of the bones of the Passover lamb were to be broken. He counted it but refuse that he might know Christ. It's brought out.What a day it's going to be when Israel discovers the bread of life, Jesus Christ. In Him is concentrated the full power of the change that will follow in due time, as He is the firstfruits of that glorious harvest. There was nothing the people and even at last the king of Egypt were not disposed to concede: later on in spite of all their own interests in the retention of the children of Israel, they were willing and desirous that they should go, and that they should not go away empty. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. Exodus 12:12. When the king haughtily refused, and increased their oppression, God gave His servant a still fuller revelation of Himself for the people, now utterly cast down, and a commission in Egypt more peremptory armed not with signs only but judgments on their oppressors and the demand now was for an absolute departure of Israel. Nevertheless peace is impossible if we have only that which answers to the Passover. I am the LORD. All this evinces the absolute command of all circumstances by God, but in His servant's hands, and in favour of His people. 1817.) Verses 21 - 28 record what Moses did after receiving the description of what the LORD was about to do. If I have resisted it and fought it, then I'm in trouble. O. T. i pp. The vanity of their divinities was as manifest as of their own arts of healing. And there cannot be a more affecting feature than that the very people to whom these living oracles were committed are those who see least in them, unless it be those apostates from Christianity, who borrow but exceed the unbelieving thoughts of the Jews, and then vaunt their destructive system as critical and rational. For the believer it is not prowess or wisdom that secures the victory. The communion service is not for the public, the general public. It is often so! They're only dead as far as our relating to them is concerned, but they're very much alive, alive in the presence of the Lord. Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. Behold, the hour of visitation! Praepar. rather to be understood literally of the idols of the Egyptians, The very same. For we know that Jesus was the Head of the kingdom, and that "Christ" is the title in which He takes His rights over Israel and their land, which will be in force in the day that is coming. A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. It may be said that it belongs to Him more strictly and personally in the highest sense than any other; for He became the Christ, but He is and will be (as He always was) the Word, the Son, the only begotten Son of the Father. he does this is to them the beginning of a new life. Now "whether in the body or out of the body" is in reality; whether dead or alive I really don't know. We may request cookies to be set on your device. 315. But Moses said to the Lord, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue." Then the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? And they baked the unleavened cakes out of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of the land, nor could they wait, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. The paschal lamb was typical. The time when he does this is to them the beginning of a new life. Of course by many this will scarce be understood. (Exodus 6:9; Exodus 6:12) But in Exodus 4:31 they believed and rejoiced when he announced deliverance to them. So with Moses, Jehovah seems to be speaking according to the grace, as far as this could be unfolded then, which afterwards shone in the blessed Lord here below. THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER. The Sovereign Master made them His property: they are a part of that which He purchased to Himself by blood. AGAINST ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT - Compare the margin 5. This then is brought before us here with the utmost possible care; as the Spirit of God gives immense scope to the allusions elsewhere. Exodus 10:12. Next the difference of description is not only not inconsistent, but most natural in the circumstances respectively. (317) C. found in S. M. that Onkelos and the Rabbis said the Egyptian idols were laid prostrate. No date or place is named. bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. (Chap. Because words haven't been made that can describe the experiences that I had"( 2 Corinthians 12:3-4 ). It is alleged by Dr. D. (Introd. The reason why a man finds it hard to put the two truths together is that he trusts himself and not God, and this because he wants to be free from the restraints of His will and word. CHAPTER XII. Great humiliation! 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