Christ, Our Passover (Ex. 11:1-12:42)

[Sung Psalm: 77]

For Israel in Egypt, the Passover meant that God’s judgment would pass over their houses. That night in Egypt, the LORD was going to strike down the firstborn of man and of beast in every home in Egypt.

Not just the Egyptians! Everyone.

If you did not sacrifice the Passover Lamb and spread its blood on the lintels of their door then your firstborn would die.

The death of the firstborn was a sign of the final judgment. Judgment Day is coming. God’s eschatological day of reckoning is at hand. And only the blood of the Lamb can save you from destruction.

And so, when you look at the leaven in your life – the leaven of malice and evil – the lies that you so easily believe – remember that Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

The judgment of God fell upon his firstborn, so that we might be cleansed and made new.