Discipleship School: Exodus 11-12

Recap from Chapter 10

after the plague of darkness (9)

Negotiations broke down and Pharaoh said don’t come back or you will die

Chapter 11

Chapter 11 seems to filled with flashback scenes and summary of what is about to happen

God says this tenth plague will be the last one

tell people to ask Egyptians for silver and gold

Moses warns Pharaoh

firstborn (son) will die, even animals

but not firstborn of Israel

you will beg me to leave

First Passover - Ch. 12

God declared this month would be the first month of the year (new calendar for a new nation)

this will be their new year

this is their independence day

this is their Juneteenth

on the tenth day choose lamb or goat to sacrifice and eat

on the fourteenth day, everyone kill their lamb at twilight

For this night take blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes

roast and eat the meet with bitter herbs and bread without yeast

during the meal, be fully dressed and ready to leave.

that night I will strike down the firstborn, but when I see the blood, I will pass over you

celebrate this every year forever

seven day festival

no yeast in bread

no work except cooking food

is the festival of Unleavened Bread the same as pasover

teach your children this ceremony: Lord struck the Egyptians but spared our families.

The Lord did what he said he would do . . . firstborn died

rough on Pharaoah because they means the heir to the throne died and that could cause all kinds of trouble

Pharaoh tells them to get out (you can have everything you requested), and ask for a blessing

His people felt the same way (we will all die)

Israelites asked for clothing, silver, and gold and the Egyptians gave it. Stripping them of their wealth

600,000 men (2 million people?)

some non-Israelites went with them (Egyptians, just other people living in the area

land had been destroyed, they were the winning side

430 year slavery, God brought them out to the day . . . at night (never paid attention to that before)

evening is considered the beginning of the day

God gave regulations about Passover

no non Israelite unless they convert (circumcision)

no breaking bones

Pointing to Christ

lamb sacrificed - Jesus is the lamb of God

lamb chosen on 10th but not killed to 14th day (lamb would be inspected for blemishes)

Jesus, not killed right away, spent time on earth

he had not blemishes

morally, lifestyle

or in what he taught - always tried to trap him

it happened at night - Jesus taken at night

bread without yeast - body of Jesus without sin

the whole congregation will do it - All of Israel was against him (crucify him)

no bones of the lamb to be broken - none of Jesus legs broken

blood on the door - blood shed on the cross

posted for all to see

body of the lamb and blood of lamb important

eat the lamb, post blood on the door

Communion, body and the blood

they had roast the whole lambto eat all the lamb

we are to take all of Jesus, not pick parts we like

This was a faith thing, got grace through faith (faith to believe the blood of the lamb would save them)

not of good works

their was proof of their belief - blood on the door

The whole thing led to freedom from slavery - faith in Jesus leads to freedom from the slavery of sin

Only Israelites or converts to Judaism could participate in Passover (no circumcision, no passover) - circumcision was sign of the covenant between God and them

no baptism, no communion (baptism is sign of our belief in the new covenant/new testament)

Everything was done under God’s will, Jesus said

Interesting

They left in the evening - they were dressed to leave

We had a Passover like seder at church . . . why no lamb?

No longer possible after the destruction of the 2nd Temple

Jesus foretold this (judgment upon them)

so they just kind of phased it out, because it was not possible to do all of the ritual stuff without a temple

Christians see the final lamb has been sacrificed, no need for other lambs to be sacrificed

Christians see when the temple is rebuilt, the lamb will return, but not to be sacrificed

Lesson: Be on the right side of His-story

God is doing more than you think: We look back and can see this is about God’s redemptive plan for mankind

This whole story is bigger than Moses, Pharaoh, and the children of Israel . . . this leads to the rest of the Old Testament, and the New Testament, it is all about Jesus

That means that God is serious about carrying out His will!

You are part of His-story too! And it is a BIG STORY - so be on the rights side, God’s side. . . . . play the part God has for you

all you have to do is have the faith to obey the voice of the Lord

You can go with God or resist Him

You can run with God or get run over by Him

Lesson: You Reap what you sow

Galatians 6:7 NASB95

7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

Galatians 6:7 NLT

7 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.

Egypt tried to kill Israel’s sons - Their sons got killed

You caused Israel to cry - no God causes you to cry

stripped Israelites of their wealth - God stripped Egypt of its wealth

gold, silver, clothes

crops and animals destroyed

Quiz

Exodus is part 2 of which book

What is the land of Goshen?

12 Tribes of Israel - Judah, Benjamin, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Nephtali, Gad, Asher

what tribe Moses, Aaron from

What tribe David from

What tribe Jesus from

Where did the name of Israel come from?

First national holiday for Israel?

Other names for Abraham’s descendants - Jews, Hebrews, children of Israel, Israelites, Israel . . . new one (Judah)

How many plagues? 10

Name them

blood, frogs, gnats

flies, death of livestock, boils

hail, locust, darkness . . . death of first born

How many years in Egypt?

What did Pharaoh ask for?

Announcements

Devotional Encouragment

during your quiet time - while you are trying to focus, you might get some intrusive thoughts . . . some of those thoughts might be God, so pay attention

you can go ahead an act on those things, or write them down, he has spoken