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THE OBSERVATION OF THE PASSOVER (1)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9
Deuteronomy 16:1-8

Matthew 26:17-19

 

“Where wilt thou that we prepare

for thee to eat the passover?”

 

THE OBSERVATION OF THE PASSOVER (1)
 
God appointed three great annual feasts for Israel to observe. The details of the observation are given in Exodus and in Leviticus. All Israel were required to keep these feasts and the purpose of each is given. They served as reminders of what God had done for them and that He continues to sustain them. He blesses their herds and flocks and also the produce of the field.
 
The feast of the Passover was the main feast observed in the month of Abib which is the first month when the children of Israel came out of Egypt. Moses was told to keep this as the first month. It was first instituted when the children of God were spared from the last plague that befell Egypt. They were to kill a kid of a goat or sheep of one year and put the blood on the doorposts of their houses. When the LORD came, He would pass over every house that had the blood on the doorposts. Thus the feast got its name. Moses was then instructed of the Lord to keep this feast perpetually at the appointed time.
 
This is part of the Lord’s instructions concerning the feast, “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. 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. 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 for ever” (Exod 12:12-14). In his last message to the children of God, Moses reminded them of what the Lord had told them earlier. They had also been keeping that feast during their forty years in the wilderness. It is important that they take heed to this immediate command.
 
THOUGHT: How do I remember what the Lord has done for me?

PRAYER: Father, may I not forget what Christ has done for me.

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