Proclamation:
“And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony
mean to you?’ then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to The Lord, who
passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when He
struck down the Egyptians.’” Exodus
12:26-27 (NIV)
Explanation:
These are the words of God which were written by Moses under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
The Lord God told Moses what to say to Pharaoh in order for him to let
the people of Israel
go free to worship Him. (Exodus 7:1-2)
He also told Moses that He would harden Pharaoh’s heart and he would not
let the people go. (Exodus 7:3-5) The
Lord God brought ten separate plagues on the land of Egypt Israel
go. (Exodus 12:31-32) The Lord God
protected His own people and the Israelites were not affected by the plagues.
(Exodus 8:22, 9:4, 9:26, 10:23 and 12:12-13)
On the night when all of the first born of Egypt died, The Lord God passed
over the homes of the Israelites. Even
unto this day they still celebrate “The Passover” and explain it to their
children. (Exodus 12:25-27)
Application:
The Lord God protects His own people and that includes all
believers. He said that He would never
leave us nor forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5) There
may be danger all around us but The Lord God protects believers from dangers
seen, and unseen. That upsetting delay
that occurred may have kept us from being involved in an accident. Sometimes we are involved in accidents but
walk away unharmed. We are blessed in
more ways than we can count, and by things that we take for granted. We may not be in an ideal situation but
things could be a lot worse. We need to
acknowledge God’s presence in our lives (Proverbs 3:6) and thank Him for blessing
us and keeping us. Death has passed us
by a number of times and we should be grateful for the protective covering of
the blood of Christ over our lives. (Exodus 12:23)
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