The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
Without BlemIsh.


I. instruction, w. 21-23. This b.I
over month vas henceforth to b. \
beginning of the year. It Is eve, ,
with US that being redeemed BY B
shed blood all things become ps,N
We begin over again, the past "a j
though Ii were not. Cor. 5:li n
v. 3, we read that the lamb va N
an household" (R. W and II MI,
household be too little. then shah \
and his neighbor next door be
vited to the feast. Christ is for NJ
home. but Others should be invited "
ginning next door: there 10 an An
dance for all In him. II will be nu,{
that the lamb was to be held An
days. so Christ was set apart beiu.
the time Of his actual sacrifice IL N
1920. Salvation through the ~
blood of Jesus Christ was not the nj
sdy OF an emergency, an after thous
Of God to meet an unexpected al
tingency. The lamb must be withu(
blemish q. Peter 1:19; Heb s;li;
Cor. 5:2D, and the fact Of 1t beiur !
year old ". 81 suggests the perfecua|
Of strength which ia In Christ
tice, also, 1t was the spotlesma
or faultlessness of the lamb O
saved, nor it's innocence but its bko1
for, without the shedding Of blood :
no remission OF sim" Lev. 17:11; Ed
a:22. The Hebrews were safe. not
cause of their being descendants
Jacob but because God could see .
blood ". 23). There was the destyy|
er helpless and his power impotent
u. Inspiration, w. 24-27. God ssal
the blood gave them security; u
seeing the blood were given assuranc
In the days to come, when they II
entered into their promised posssI
sion. they were to be inspired to Oh
dience as with gratitude they remeI
bered the merciful provision Of Cd
Even SO the testimony Of Gods Wu
about the blood of Christ makes
sure and we are to tell Others Of q
marvellous deliverance. For any
raelites to have doubted, being
hind the blood, would have been
doubt the Word of God; for Us
doubt our security being behind y
blood is to doubt Gods Word
did not matter how weak or stroal
learned or ignorant, rich or poor, "
blood was efficacious because Of
word. It was that, and that alone
which God saw. The Israelites ven
not to tell their children or otbe
about the beauty and meekness, n
purity and simplicity Of the lamb n
that 1t was the blood which nvA
them. See |. Peter 2:24.
Symbol Of Faith.
~. Execution, w. $3.50. 1t was n
enough merely to shed the blood
must be applied according to insur
tions or else there was no secunu
Wv. and %. Hyssop is symbolic :
faith. Have we. by faith, applied y
blood? See Rom. 1925; !. John IL
Rom. TO-: 10. Notice. also. no blood v
to touch the threshold. See Heb ~
20. No Israelite was to neglect 70 Z
of the feast (nor should any Chr
tian neglect the Lords supper whaI
by he is to feed upon Christi and %
Their, none but those behind the blos
were to eat Of the feast. It 10 gun
suggestive that the Israelites We
and did so as the Lord had commsae
ed" v. %. Gods warning receiveJ
no such obedience from Pharaoh ~
the Egyptians, and hence the terriO
Judgment executed.
w. Expulsion, w. 1886. Phara0
could not wait till morning to get y
of Moses and the Israelites ". si
His former dilatoriness stands q
In strong contrast nov that be D
drunk the cup to the bitter dregs. 81
Is insistently urgent and the Ery
tians with him, for, said they, ~
all dead men," The Israelites "sskH
". 35) Of the Egyptians jwels o. y
yer and gold and fine raiment VIZ
orientals go to their sacred fesus
they always put on their best )esss
The word borrowed" as here used "
mites to demand, ask or requis
Hence they demanded from the EuT
tians something to compensate, som'
remuneration for their years OF po'l
erty and slavery.
Summary. The preeminent van
of this feast of the Passover was w
II created for the Israelites an
portunity to tell their children ~
story of how they became a nauos]
Like as they partook of it WITHIN u
houses protected by the blood w.
the doorposts and lintels and sns
for immediate departure SO we can
protected by tie bloow OF our Ls~
AS they obeyed they were saVsa
close connection with this feas.
the feast of unleavened bread. ssnS
cant of the fact that their redemps
by God was to be manifested by ~
In the separation from every con's
ing influence. This feast was 70
equally perpetual as a memoria
their new bondage to the law
their god. Every subsequent TO-.
ence to these events by prop
priest or rabbi emphasized the pDx
mental fact that it was JehoVsn
redeemed them and that In tns.
deuption was The foundation oil y"
national If