The Exodus
Night of the Passover
Exodus 12: 1-14
1,300 years before the birth of Christ the Israelites had been living in slavery in Egypt for 400 years.
God had promised to free his people. They were waiting for someone who would free them from their harsh slavery.
God sent Moses to lead the people from slavery.
They had witnessed the nine plagues against the Pharaoh worked by Moses in the name of God.
The Israelites were ready to follow Moses.
God sent the 10th plague in order that the Pharaoh would let the people out of Egypt.
This plague was ‘the killing of the first-born man and beast‘ in Egypt.
The Israelites cried out to God to save their first born sons from this plague and Moses informed them what God had instructed.
The blood of the lamb was to be placed on the doorposts of the house as a sign for the Lord to “Pass over” their first-born and afterwards to lead the Israelites to freedom.
God instructed them to have a feast and to eat the flesh of the lamb and the unleavened (without yeast) bread.
The bread was unleavened, as they did not have the time to wait for the yeast to rise.
The Israelites were weary with the slavery of Egypt and were waiting for a liberator to take them to freedom.
When they recognized that God had sent Moses to them, they followed his instructions and were freed from the slavery of Egypt.
This was part of God’s plan to save all of mankind from the slavery to sin. The first Passover feast was the unfolding of God’s plan.
