The Brinkley argus., 1913-08-08
LESSON FOR AUGUST 10
THE PASSOVER.

LESSON TExT-Ex. n-21-I
 GOLDEN TEXT-''The Son Of mAl came not to be ministered unto, but ' minister. and to give His life ransom for many Matt. 9:2s.
 There was a two-fold preparation be fore partaking of the passover sup per. The lamb had to be properly SC lected and definitely kept a period ol four days. Ex. 12:3-6 Then those who ate had to make proper preparation first in the previous eating tl2:15) and second in the dress they were to wear while partaking of the feast fv ID. Everywhere throughout the subsequent references the Passover lamb Is used as a type of the Christ We have chosen to add verses 31-36 and to make four-fold division of the lesson.
 Without Blemish.
 |. Instruction, w. 2f-23. This Pass over month was henceforth to be the beginning of the year. It Is even so with us that being redeemed by the shed blood "all things become new, we begin over again, the past is as though it were not, Cor. 6:1I In v. 3. we read that the lamb was for an household" (R. V) and if the household be too little, then shall he and his neighbor next door be in- vited to the feast. Christ Is for the home, but others should be invited. be- ginning next door; there is an abun- dance for all in him. It will be noted that the lamb was 10 be held four days, so Christ was set apart before the time of his actual sacrifice q. Pet. 1:20). Salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ was not the rem edy of an emergency, an after thought of God to meet an unexnected con tingency The lamb must be without blemish q. Peter 1:19; Heb. 9:14; Cor. 5:2l), and the fact of 1t being year old (v. 5 suggests the perfection of strength which is in Christ.
 II. inspiration, w. 24-27. God seeing the blood gave them security; they seeing the blood were given assurance. In the days to come, when they had entered into their promised posses sion, they were to be inspired to obe- dience as with gratitude they remem- bered the merciful provision of God. Even so the testimony of Gods Word about the blood If Christ makes us sure and we are to tell others of our marvellous deliverance. Peter 1:2:24.
 Symbol of Faith.
 III. Execution, w. 2s-30. It was not enough merely to shed the blood. 1t must be applied according to instruc- tions or else there was no security. w. and g. Hyssop is symbolic of faith Have we, by faith, applied tho blood? See Rom. 3:25: l. John 1:s; Rom. 10: 10. Notice. also. no blood was to touch the threshold. See Heb. 10: g. No Israelite was to neglect to eat of the feast thor should any Chris tian neglect the Lords supper where by he is to feed upon Christi and fur ther. none but those behind the blood were to eat of the feast. It is quite suggestive that the Israelites went and did so as the Lord had command ed" V. 28. Gods warning received no such obedience from Pharaoh and the Egyptians. and hence the terrible Judgment executed
 W. Expulsion, w. 31-36. Pharaoh could not wait till morning to get rid of Moses and the Israelites (v. 3D. His former dilatoriness stands out in strong contrast now that he has drunk the cup to the bitter dress. He is insistently urgent and the Egyp- tians with him, for. said they. we bs all dead men" The Israelites asked (v. 35) of the Egyptians 1wels of sil- yer and gold and fine raiment When orientals go to their sacred festivals they always put on their best jewels.
 Summary. The pre-eminent value of this feast of the Passover was that it created for the Israelites an op- portunity to tell their children the story of how they became . nation. Like as they partook of it within the houses protected by the blood upon the doorposts and lintels and girded for immediate departure so we can be protected by the bloow of our Lamb As they obeyed they were saved. In close connection with this feast was the feast of unleavened bread. signid- cant of the fact that their redemption by God was to be manifested by them in the separation from every corrupt ing influence. This feast was to be equally perpetual as a memorial of their new bondage to the law of their god. Every subsequent refer ence to these events by prophet, priest or rabbi emphasized the funda, mental fact that 1t was Jehovah who redeemed them and that in that re demption was the foundation of their national life.
 The Golden Text-Paul was brought up in the strictest sect of the Jews to observe, punctiliously. all the de tails of the Hebrew religion. He ! found in Christ the fulnllment of all its suggestions. It took ages to teach the full meaning of the sacri ficial lamb. but when its interest was manifested 1t was Paul, the Hebrew of the Hebrews" who said. for our Passover also hath been sacrificed even Christ.
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