- Today’s Reading:
- Exodus 12:14 - 13:18
- Proverbs 6:12 - 15
Exodus 12:14 - 13:18
The first thing that I took notice of in my readings today were the annual festivals, namely the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened bread. First of all I am having a little trouble distinguishing between the two.
I know that the passover itself was when the Israelites slaughtered their livestock and spread the blood over the door jambs as a blood sacrifice to avoid the death of their firstborn sons. So I am not sure the celebration of the passover would be relevant today because Jesus Christ is now our blood sacrifice.
What interests me most is the Feast of Unleavened Bread because the bible states that it is a "law for all time" (12:14), not just a law until the new covenant is formed. So as a Christian is this something my family and I should be celebrating today? I will certainly need to do more research into this, but any comments and/or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
The final plague was carried out in Egypt and the bible said "there was not a single house where someone had not died" (12:30). What a terrible night, I couldn't begin to imagine the grief felt throughout Egypt.
The Pharaoh finally ordered Moses and his people to leave Egypt. I found a few things interesting, first that there were 600,000 Israeli men in addition to all the women and children (12:37). I knew that the Israelites had a very large population in Egypt but I didn't realize there were so many!
The second thing I noticed was that the Israelites fled Egypt on the very last day of their 430th year in Egypt (12:40). I didn't realize they had been in Egypt for so long. That is a long time to wait for deliverance. Of course I know that they weren't always as oppressed as they were in the days nearing the deliverance, but no wonder they had built up such a large population. I look forward to reading the rest of the story with these new perspectives in mind.
Proverbs 6:12 - 15
These three verses in Proverbs say that wicked people are constant liars with perverted hearts that plot evil and continually stir up trouble. Thank God I'm not that wicked! Even though I know I am a sinner at least I don't have a deceptive mind that continuously plots to harm. There might be hope for me yet!
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