Exodus 11:1-12:42

The Passover:

Remembering the past

Pointing to the future

Overview

• Judgment & History (the link to last week)

• Typology

• The Passover: sacrifice, grace, redemption • The Passover lamb• The Passover feast• The Passover transaction

• So what?

Judgment

• God’s judgment is rooted in God’s justice• Both reflect his nature (although not

completely)

• Judgment is certain

• Judgment is all-inclusive

• Judgment will be devastating

Typology

• To qualify as a “type”• Rooted in history• Main point of the story• The fulfillment must intensify the features

• Is this a valid type?• John 1:29• 1 Corinthians 5:7• Revelation 5:6, 5:12-13 etc.

So what?

• We need to take the Bible’s teaching about judgment seriously

• There is a way of escape

The Passover lamb

• Was a picture of Jesus who was the Lamb of God

• The lamb was substituted for the firstborn

• Yearling – cut off in the prime of life

• Had to be perfect

• Taken from the flock

• Separate from the flock

So what?

• Jesus, the perfect lamb of God gave himself as a sacrifice for us• He died in our place to purchase our

freedom

• Do we keep in mind the cost?

• Do we live in the light of the cost?

The Passover feast

• Was given before the law

• Was celebrated by families not dispensed by a priest

• The blood had to be sprinkled

• Was roasted whole

• Was to be eaten

• Was to be eaten completely

• Ready to leave

So what?

• It is not enough that Jesus died:• We have to receive the forgiveness by faith• We have to repent• We have to give Him His rightful place

The Passover transaction

• Jesus takes my sin on himself

• Jesus gives me His righteousness

Today’s take-away

• Judgment is certain, universal and devastating

• God himself has dealt with the problem of our sin at great cost to himself

• We need to take this to ourselves

Comments or Questions?