God provides the blood of the lamb, a way to escape the punishment of sin, and His way is the only way.
The point is for you to understand that God is ALWAYS speaking; they need to be listening! God said His people were going to be free, and He meant it. God ALWAYS keeps His promises! God gave people the opportunity to LISTEN to Him; to trust and believe in Him. After the plague of darkness, Pharaoh had these harsh words for The Lord had spoken to Moses. He had said, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you and your people go. When he does, he will drive you completely away. Tell the men and women alike to ask their neighbors for articles made out of silver and gold.”
The Lord caused the Egyptians to treat the Israelites in a kind way. Pharaoh’s officials and the people had great respect for Moses. - Exodus 11:1-3
For 400 years, the Israelites had been slaves in Egypt. They worked hard, and they were not paid. God told them to go to their Egyptian neighbors and ask them for anything that was made from silver or gold. The Bible says the Egyptian people were happy to give their things away because God caused the Egyptians to like the Israelites. They had great respect for Moses. Moses said, “The Lord says, ‘About midnight I will go through every part of Egypt. Every oldest son in Egypt will die. The oldest son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, will die. The oldest son of the female slave, who works at her hand mill, will die. All of the male animals that were born first to their mothers among the cattle will also die. There will be loud crying all over Egypt. It will be worse than it’s ever been before. And nothing like it will ever be heard again.
But among the people of Israel not even one dog will bark at any man or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord treats Egypt differently from us. All of your officials will come and bow down to Me. They will say, ‘Go, you and all of the people who follow you!’ After that, I will leave.” - Exodus 11:4-8
Of all the plagues that God sent to Egypt, this was by far the worse. Every firstborn son and every firstborn male animal would die. The Bible says that there would be a loud crying all over Egypt. This is truly VERY SAD. Sin always spoils things. Because Pharaoh and the people in Egypt did not listen to God, they were going to suffer terribly! Remember – God had given them MANY opportunities to put their trust in Him. But they refused. Their choice to disobey God was going to have a terrible consequence. At the same time God was going to judge the Egyptians, He would show mercy to the Israelites. God gave Moses VERY important instructions for the Israelites.
Speak to the whole community of Israel. Tell them that on the tenth day of this month each man must get a lamb from his flock. A lamb should be chosen for each family and home. The animals you choose must be males that are a year old. They must not have any flaws. You may choose either sheep or goats. Take care of them until the 14th day of the month. Then the whole community of Israel must kill them when the sun goes down. Take some of the blood. Put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where you eat the lambs. - Exodus 12:3, 5-7
Today we see God came in judgment, plague is killing not just the firstborn, but second, third and on. Like in the PASS OVER every house where the blood of the lamb was applied. Today Anyone could choose to obey God and have the blood of Christ, the Lamb of God, not in the door frame, but in their hearts to save.
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