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THE OBSERVATION OF THE PASSOVER (2)
LORD’S DAY, OCTOBER 10
Deuteronomy 16:1-8

Acts 2:23

 

“Him, being delivered by the
determinate counsel and

foreknowledge of God…”

THE OBSERVATION OF THE PASSOVER (2)
 
The Passover lasted for seven days and unleavened bread was eaten to remember their redemption from Egypt. The sacrifice was not to be killed within their gates but in a place that God would appoint. The meat was to be roasted, not boiled, and everything had to be eaten in one night. Any leftovers were to be burned. The seventh day of the feast was to be a solemn assembly and no work was to be done on that day. Israel was given this feast as a reminder of their redemption from Egyptian slavery. However, for the children of God in all nations, it has the significance of redemption from sin.
 
The Law of Moses was given as a teacher of greater things to come. The Passover represented that picture of the Messiah coming to redeem His people from their sins. Israel under Moses did not have a full understanding of what all that meant, but when Christ came the full revelation was given. The feast ended with the weekly Sabbath, likewise the end of redemption and obedience to Christ is that eternal rest.
 
Thus the feast of the Passover has the message of the gospel. As Israel kept the feast in faith, so all who believe in Christ also have that eternal hope. The generosity of Israel was to be extended to the fatherless and the widow. The nation was to provide for their needs and thus they were to be included in these feasts. This was to tell Israel that everyone was important before the Lord. Those that had been blessed with wealth and good health were to render to the needs of those who were not able to have these things due to natural causes. They were all to rejoice in the place that the Lord would choose. Those thus blessed were to remember that they were once bondmen in the land of Egypt and the Lord extended His hand of deliverance to them. Everything else that the Lord had said to them was fulfilled.
 
THOUGHT: “God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God…” (1 John 4:16)

PRAYER: Father, may Jesus Christ ever be my Passover.

 

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