Today's text from the ESV Study Bible: Exodus 10-12.
As I was reading today's narrative, I was feeling a sense of guilt that I might only spend my typical two hours on these passages.
There exists in these pages so much for us to understand, not only as these things apply to God's chosen Israel, but significantly for us there exists sacred foreshadowing, and archetypes.
Consider:
- the lamb that was slain
- the blood that saved
- God himself applying judgment
- the separating of God's people from the world.
The lesson for us to learn from this seems to be:
- It is God's holy wrath against sin that all men should fear.
- We are only saved from God's wrath by the sacrificial Lamb of God, His shed blood, and our action to believe, trust, and obey.
There is so much that is significant before our eyes today that it makes me feel inadequate to comment. Therefore, I am going to provide a few links for you to take upon yourself perhaps some extra study:
- Spurgeon - Separating the Precious From the Vile
- Spurgeon - The Blood
- A.W. Pink - The Passover
- John MacArthur - God's Saving Power Displayed in Egypt (Audio)
Abba, teach us to properly tremble at the sound of your Great Name. If we were the ones huddled behind the bloody doorposts, we would only possess fear, and hopefilled trust. But in the morning, what joy would be ours as we would separate oursleves from the bondage of the evil Pharaoh. Give us eyes to see how these words apply to our lives today, and make us exceedingly glad for your plan of redemption, your calling of a holy people, and our own exodus some day to your heaven-kept promised land.
