42 Passover

42 Passover

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-seminary-student-manual-2026/14-exodus-7-13/142-exodus-12- ­­…*13-part-1?lang=eng

Have you ever felt stuck, trapped, or hopeless? The children of Israel were captives in Egypt. They wanted to be free to worship God and build their own civilizations.

A Final Plague:

Exodus 11:4–6
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

What were the Israelites instructed to do so that they would not be afflicted with this plague, so that the first born of their children and their beasts would not die?

Exodus 12:13, 23
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.

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.

Because the Lord was pass by the houses that where the lamb’s blood was on the doorposts, this time became known as the Passover.

(Can you see the symbolism in that. Those who are washed clean through repentance by the blood of the lamb will also be saved. The Lord will pass over them when the destroying angels are sent.)

The food of the Passover was symbolic and sacred.

Exodus 12:43 43 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

In a very real way, the Lord taught the Israelites about Him in the Passover meal. The Last Supper was also the Passover meal that His disciples shared with Him. During that meal, the Lord instituted the sacrament. He became the Great and Last Sacrifice for all of us.

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