Part 2 Going In a New Life- Exodus 12:3-7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
God Brings New Life Through a Slain Lamb
The single event that for the Hebrews, would accomplish the complete break from the old was the sacrifice of the Passover lamb.
God told Moses that each house was to take a male lamb w/o spot or blemish. It was to be slain in the evening with the whole assembly of Israel. They were to take the blood of the lamb and put it upon the doorposts of the house. Then they were to eat the lamb with all their family.
This would be the last action they took as slaves, for once they partook of the Passover lamb they would be made free by the power of God. For that night the Angel of the Lord passed through the land of Egypt and those who did not put themselves under the blood of the lamb suffered terrible death and heartache. Those who refused to accept God’s word, His protection and His change, suffered the terrible loss of life, instead of being under the protection of God, they were under the wrath of God.
But those who believed, those who made that slain lamb the sign of their faith, were spared God’s wrath and they found a new life and freedom from slavery.
Our New Life Starts With The Slain Lamb
Just as God brought new life to the Israelites through a slain lamb, He will bring new life to us through THE slain Lamb. Slain in order to give us new life. Slain in order to protect us from the wrath of God. Slain to deliver us from the slavery of sin.
Back in Genesis 22:7 Isaac asked Abraham his father, Where is the lamb?
Here in Exodus 12 we see the Passover lamb, a type of the true Lamb, but it is not until the New Testament that we understand fully and see The Lamb of God.
In John 1:29 John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
1 Peter 1: 18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
In Revelation 5:6-10, John records his vision of the throneroom of God. “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
If there is to be a new life for us, if there is to be a new start for us it must be through the blood of the Lamb of God. He is our deliverance from sin, our salvation from slavery, our redemption from death.
We must look to the Lamb of God. Look to Jesus Christ slain for us and then just as the Hebrews we must place ourselves under the protection of that precious blood. That is the sign of our faith, just as it was for them that first Passover night. Then and only then can we really be changed. Changed from fear to hope, from sorrow to joy, from eternal death to eternal life.
