Passover Faith

Heb 11:28  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

The passover was associate with the last of the 10 plagues on Egypt as incentive to get the king to let the Israelites go. Likewise the Passover is a shadow of the event in which God gave up his son to die for the sins of the world so that those who believe will be set free from sin and its consequences. "For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." 1Cor 5:7b In fact the Lord established the ceremony of Communion as a remembrance of his death ("This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 1Cor 11:25b), just like under the Law of Moses God established the festival of the Passover week as a remembrance of the the Exodus from Egypt.

What the first Passover incorporated was staying in one's house, sacrificing a lamb and sprinkling its blood on the doorposts of one's house. They are then to cook and eat the lamb standing up dressed for travel, eating it in haste. The destroyer passed over such houses and went on to kill the firstborn of the Egyptians. This is the attitude with which one should receive Christ, believing that God's wrath is coming on the world, but that we are saved by his blood, taking in Christ being ready for action, ready to leave the world behind, ready for the journey of faith. Are you ready?

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