THE PASSOVER LAMB

THE PASSOVER LAMB

In an instance, God was about to destroy the first born sons in the land of Egypt and judge the gods of the land. He was furious and determine to smite the first sons of the Egyptians but His own people were also in the land of Egypt. The angel of death was visiting the land that night and God will have to make a distinction between His people and the wicked people of Egypt else He will destroy the righteous with the wicked.

 ⁴ So Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, ⁵ and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who isbehind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. ⁶ There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. ⁷ But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel{Exodus 11:4-7 ESV}

Far be it from God that He should do such a thing as destroying His people with the people of the world. He always has a plan of salvation for His people. God had to speak to Moses on how to secure the people’s lives so that the angel of death will not kill God’s own people with the Egyptians.

³ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

⁴ And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

⁵ Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

⁶ And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

⁷ And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. {Exodus 12:3-7}

The escape from God’s wrath was a lamb that was slain and whose blood was to be placed on the side post of the house and upper door post. Every house shall slay a lamb that is without blemish and it must be a male and one year old. Note that God didn’t say the children of Israel must be without blemish, He wasn’t going to examine them but their lamb. Once the lamb is spotless then its blood will be accepted and the people’s lives are spared. Jesus Christ is that Passover lamb that was slain. He is the lamb that was slain from the foundations of the world for the remission of sins

¹⁸ God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know. ¹⁹ But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. ²⁰ God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but only recently was he brought into public view, in these last days, as a blessing to you.{1Peter 1:18-20 TLB}

⁷ You must remove the old yeast of sin so that you will be entirely pure. Then you will be like a new batch of dough without any yeast, as indeed I know you actually are. For our Passover Festival is ready, now that Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.{1Corinthians 5:7 GNT}

Christ Jesus is our Passover. When God sees His blood, He passes by us and the angel of death does not touch us. He alone is spotless and without blemish. All we need to do is identify with Him and His blood serves as our escape from God’s wrath. God examines Him and He is always pure and hence we are accepted by God through Him. If God decides to examine us we would all die because sin will always be found in us. God hates sin and cannot behold iniquity, hence to spare our lives, He has decided not to examine us but our lamb Jesus Christ. Once our lamb is spotless then we also are spotless. If you O Lord should mark iniquity, who can stand? But there is forgiveness with you that you may be revered. The blood of our lamb Jesus was shed for the forgiveness of sins.

¹² For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

¹³ And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. {Exodus 12:12-13]

God said “when I see the blood, I will Passover you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt” All God is looking out for is the blood of the lamb. He didn’t come that night to search out their sins or scrutinize their self-righteousness. No he was looking for just one thing; the blood of the lamb. He didn’t go into their houses to search if there was any Egyptian inside. All He needed to see to pass by was the Blood of the lamb.

 If peradventure an Egyptian first born son was in the house of an Israelite, I believe He would be spared as long as the blood of the lamb was on that doorpost. The death angel didn’t go into the houses, he needed to just see the blood on the outside and he would pass over. I also think that if an Israelite first born son was in the house of an Egyptian, he would die if the blood was not placed on the doorpost. Anyone who had a relationship with the blood of the lamb was spared. Anyone who had faith enough to use the blood of the lamb that night was saved from death.

²¹ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

²² And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

²³ For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

God will never allow the destroyer to come into our houses as long as we identify with the blood of the lamb. He will never smite us in His anger once we accept Jesus Christ and have faith in His blood to take away our sins. He will keep examining our lamb not us. Because our lamb is always accepted, we also are always accepted. We live, move and have our being in Him. He was revealed to take away our sins and stands as a token for us to avert God’s anger from us.

²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.{John 1:29}

The Lamb has been sacrificed for sins over two thousand years ago. There remains no more sacrifice for sins. Sins have been done away with for good. What is available to us now is forgiveness and for the world remission of sins. If any sinner would repent today there will be remission for such a one. Where sin increases, grace increases much more and where grace increases, God’s wrath is quenched. Iniquity and sins are no longer remembered. They are blotted out like a thick cloud. He blots it out for His name sake. Now the slate is wiped clean and God doesn’t keep record of sins. When He sees the blood He passes over.

                                                                                     

²⁶ And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

²⁷ That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

²⁸ And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

²⁹ And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

³⁰ And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Yes, He will smite the earth in anger and vex the wicked in His sore displeasure. He shall destroy the heathen in His wrath and make them drink the cup of His fury but the righteous shall escape His wrath and not one of them will be destroyed with the wicked. God will protect them.  The righteous will possess the land forever but the wicked will perish in God’s wrath.

²⁸ for the Lord loves what is right
    and does not abandon his faithful people.
He protects them forever,
    but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.
²⁹ The righteous will possess the land
    and live in it forever. {Psalms 37:28-29 GNT}

Our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed already and we have been made righteous by His blood because we believe in Him. We will live in the land prepared for us forever. We will not be moved neither shall any plague come near our dwelling. Only with our eyes we shall see the reward of the wicked. A thousand shall fall by our side and ten thousand by our right hand but it shall not come near us. We have taken refuge in Christ and His blood covers us.

We live within the shadow of the Almighty, sheltered by the God who is above all gods.

² This I declare, that he alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I am trusting him. ³ For he rescues you from every trap and protects you from the fatal plague. ⁴ He will shield you with his wings! They will shelter you. His faithful promises are your armor. ⁵ Now you don’t need to be afraid of the dark anymore, nor fear the dangers of the day; ⁶ nor dread the plagues of darkness, nor disasters in the morning.^[a]

⁷ Though a thousand fall at my side, though ten thousand are dying around me, the evil will not touch me. ⁸ I will see how the wicked are punished, but I will not share it. ⁹ For Jehovah is my refuge! I choose the God above all gods to shelter me. ¹⁰ How then can evil overtake me or any plague come near? ¹¹ For he orders his angels to protect you wherever you go.

 ¹² They will steady you with their hands to keep you from stumbling against the rocks on the trail.¹³ You can safely meet a lion or step on poisonous snakes, yes, even trample them beneath your feet!

¹⁴ For the Lord says, “Because he loves me, I will rescue him; I will make him great because he trusts in my name. ¹⁵ When he calls on me, I will answer; I will be with him in trouble and rescue him and honor him. ¹⁶ I will satisfy him with a full life^[b] and give him my salvation.”{Psalm 91:1-16 TLB}