Promises of Passover

Exodus 12:1-13; 13:1-8

Exodus 1:13-14

13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly 14 and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

Major Events of Exodus 1-12:

• Birth of Moses

• Moses flees Egypt

• The Burning Bush

• Moses returns to Egypt

• The Plagues on Egypt (1-9)

• The 10th Plague: Death of the Firstborn

Exodus 12:1-13

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ families, one animal per family. 4 If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each will eat. 5 You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. 6 You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. 7 They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them. 8 They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over fire—its head as well as its legs and inner organs. 10 You must not leave any of it until morning; any part of it left until morning you must burn. 11 Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.

12 “I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I am the Lord; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. 13 The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Exodus 13:1-8

It is the business of the church to prophetically create the real world.

The first responsibility of the church is to define reality.

Exodus 13:14 “In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘By the strength of his hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

God (YHWH) is the one who brought you out of Egpyt.

God is the Deliver.

God is the Creator.

God is the Life-Giver.

God is the Protector.

God is the Sustainer.

God is the Redeemer.

God is the One who set you free from bondage.

Truth: Passover reminds God's people that our definition comes from Him- it is in His defining that we find who we are.

I have been delivered.

I have a loving Creator who calls me 'good' (tov).

I have life given to me by God.

I am protected.

I am sustained and provided for.

I am redeemed.

I have been set free.