During the account of God bringing Israel out of Egypt after 430 years there are three places where God specifically talks about passing on the meaning of certain things:
Putting blood on the doorposts and lintel 12:27 "It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt..."
No unleavened bread: 13:8 "It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt."
Firstborn belong to the LORD: 13:14 "By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery."
I just thought it was neat in light of what the Passover really means - our passing from death to life through the blood of THE Lamb of God Jesus Christ.
We "apply" the sacrifice of Jesus on the doorposts and lintels of our heart when we rely on Jesus to protect us from the wrath of God poured out on sin ("the wages of sin is death"). This sacrifice "washes" us clean from sin (leaven being a type of sin) and this is something "the LORD did for me" we didn't do it for ourselves. The result is we, having been spared wrath and rescued from sin belong to the LORD.
Let's rejoice in that reality today!
Pastor Tom
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