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Day 35 Promise 38 Exodus 12:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 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. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore, shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. Everyone suffers some kind of bondage whether to bad habits, drugs, alcohol, pornography, work, whatever holds you captive keeps you in bondage. Israel was in bondage, slavery to Egypt. They longed to be free to go to the land God promised to Abraham; the land flowing with milk and honey, the land of Canaan. God sent Moses to Pharaoh, who continually hardened his heart with every plague God brought on Egypt, refusing to let Israel leave. God told Moses Pharaoh would harden his heart so he could bring all the plagues on Egypt and show Pharaoh there is only one God. Not only did God bring judgment on Pharaoh and Egypt, but He also brought judgment on all the gods the Egyptians served. Each of the ten plagues was a judgment against a specific god. God told Moses to prepare for the last plague by changing the month of the year and showing His people His salvation when He passed over every house that had blood on the doorposts and lintels from the lamb they killed. God told Moses, He would kill all the firstborn in Egypt and then Pharaoh would send Israel out of Egypt. Everything God told Moses was precise in every detail. Nothing was to be left out of the instructions He gave Moses. In so doing, God showed Israel His salvation. God promised Adam and Eve a Savior to save them from their sin, sin that separated them from Him. God promised Moses, He would deliver them out of bondage and bring them into the Promised Land. God sent His Son, born of a virgin, to die for the salvation and deliverance of every man, woman, and child. Jesus is our deliverer, our salvation, our redeemer from sin, death, hell, and Satan. When you accept Jesus as Savior and Lord, He covers you with His blood so that when God sees you; He knows you are His and passes over you as He did with Israel the night; He brought them out of slavery. What bondage holds you captive? Turn your life over to God and allow Jesus to cover you with His blood and you will be free from Satan’s bondage. You will be free to lay hold on every promise God gave His people. You will be free from every sin that held you captive. Let’s pray: Father, let the blood of Jesus cover me and free me from Satan’s hold on my life. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. Copyright © 7 September 2019 by Valerie Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay