PASSOVER

The Book of Exodus tells the story of Israelites who were placed in bondage in Egypt, by a Pharoah worried that they might wield too much political control. When the evil ruler called for the slaying of every first born male child, a mother who had recently given birth to such a child placed him in a basket and let it float down the river. That child, Moses, would be raised in the Egyptian palace, discover his true heritage, and ask Pharoah to let the Israelite slaves be set free.

Each time Pharoah said, “no”, God would bring another plague down upon Egypt: everything from water turning to blood, to frogs hopping through the streets! But Pharoah would not let them go.

Then one day, God told Moses to have the head of every household go and slay a lamb, and take the blood from the lamb and smear it on the doorposts and lintels of their homes. God’s death angel would then follow, and “pass over” the homes of the now safeguarded Israelites, and strike down every first born male Egyptian child. It was then that Pharoah set the slaves free.

We understand that Yeshua is the fulfillment of that lamb, as he shed His blood for us so that we who were previously in bondage to satan, could also be set free!