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fore partaking of the passover sup
per. The lamb had to be properly So
lected and definitely kept a period of
four days, Elk 1875 Then those who
ate had to make proper preparation
first in the previous eating (12;f5)
and second in the dress they were
to wear while partaking OF the feast
". ID. Everywhere throughout the
subsequent references the Passover
lamb Is used as a type of the Christ
We have chosen to add verses 1886
and to make four-fold division of the
lesson.
Without Blemish.
!. Instruction, w. 21-23. This Pass
over month was henceforth to be the
beginning of the year. 1t 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 1t were not, 2 Cor 5:17. In
v. 3, we read that the lamb was for
an household" (R. W and II 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 IL an album
dance for all in him. 1t will be noted
that the lamb was to be held four
days, so Christ was set apart before
the time of his actual sacrifice Q. Pet.
1920. Salvation through the shed
blood of Jesus Christ was not the rem
edy Of an emergency, an after thought
of God to meet an unexpected con-
tingency. The lamb must be without
blemish Il. Peter 1:19; Heb OLA; 2
Cor. SGD, and the fact of 1t being
year old ". 81 suggests the perfection
tice, also, 1t was the spotlessness
or faultlessness OF the lamb that
saved, nor It's innocence but its blood,
for. without the shedding of blood is
no remission of sim" Lev. 17:11: Heb.
9:22. The Hebrews were safe, not be-
cause of their being descendants of
Jacob but because God could see the
blood ". 23). There was the destroy
err helpless and his power impotent.
II, Inspiration, Wv. 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 possess
sion, they were to be inspired to ODE
dience as with gratitude they remem-
bered the merciful provision of God.
Even SO the testimony of Gods Word
about the blood of Christ makes US
sure and we are to tell others of our
marvellous deliverance. For any Is-
raelites to have doubted, being be-
hind the blood, would have been to
doubt the Word of God; for US to
doubt our security being behind the
blood is to doubt Gods Word. II
did not matter how weak or strong,
learned or ignorant, rich or poor, the
blood was eficacious because of his
word. 1t was that, and that alone.
which God saw. The Israelites were
not to tell their children or others
about the beauty and meekness. the
purity and simplicity Of the lamb, but
that it was the blood which saved
them. See |. Peter 2:24.
Symbol Of Faith.
NJ. Execution, w. 1880. 1t was not
enough merely to shed the blood, 1t
must be applied according to instruc-
lions or else there was no security,
w. and %. Hyssop Is symbolic of
faith. Have we, by faith, applied the
bloodr See Rom. s:25; l. John 1:9;
Rom. 1910. Notice. also, no blood was
to touch the threshold. See Heb. 10:
30. No Israelite was to neglect to eat
OF the feast (nor should any Chris
tian neglect the Lords supper where
by he is to feed upon Christi and fur
Their, none but those behind the blood
were to eat of the feast. 1t is quite
suggestive that the Israelites went
and did SO as the Lord had command
ed" v. %. Gods warning received
NO such obedience from Pharaoh and
the Egyptians, and hence the terrible
Judgment executed.
w. Expulsion, w. 1886. Pharaoh
could not walt till morning to get rid
of Moses and the Israelites ". 31).
His former dilatoriness stands out
In strong contrast nov that he has
drunk the cup to the bitter dregs. He
is mistakenly urgent and the Egyp-
tians with him, for, said they, I'VE be
Gil dead men," Tho Israelites asked"
". S5) of the Egyptians jwels Of sill
yer and gold and fine raiment. When
orientals go to their sscred festivals
they always put on their best jewels.
The word borrowed" as here used sig.
nifies to demand, ask or require
Hence they demanded from the EgyD
tians something to compensate, some
remuneration for t1eir years of pow
erty and slavery.
Summary. The pre-eminent value
OF this feas. 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, signih-
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-