Passover is the feast of the unleavened bread. But what is it and who celebrates or observes it?
It is the joyful celebration among the Jewish nation and it is important because it commensurate the deliverance from bondage that the Jewish people suffered under Egypt many, many years ago.The people had cried out to God and he heard them and sent Moses to go and free them. However, Pharaoh would not let them go. And so God told Moses to tell him that if he didn't let them go, God would send plagues on them.
That didn't seem to bother Pharaoh much, for it took 10 plagues in order to convince him that he was not playing with a non-powerful God. Even though the plagues came one at a time, until finally he relented.
Those plagues were as follows:
1 The Nile River turned to blood.
2 Frogs came up out of the water and went into their homes. They were everywhere.
3. Bugs came out of the dust and man and animals alike were afflicted
4, Hordes of wild animals roamed the countryside destroying everything in sight.
5. Pestilence killed most of Egypt's domestic and prized animals
6. Painful boils broke out on their bodies
7. Hail that swept across the country
8. Locusts that were so many that they covered the sun came and ate up everything green that the hail storms had left
9. Darkness that made it impossible to see and the people just sat in their places. This went on for several days
And if that wasn't enough to finally get Pharaoh's attention, came:
10. God would kill the first born of every Egyptian man and beast
Aaron and Moses had warned Pharaoh and after each plague, he would say the people could go but then change his mind and would not release them. You would think after even that first plague he wold have thought it through a bit better. But he was undoubtedly a prideful man, and had the control of God's people under his thumb. He would lose all their labor, and just was not willing to do that. Not until God finally executed that final judgement. Because now God was taking everyone's first born. And that meant his own firstborn. Didn't he by now think that God was indeed serious? And so because of his own pride, power, greed or whatever it was, he himself lost his first born son.
Meanwhile, God had instructed the Israelite's on how to avoid this judgment in their own families. (Exodus 12:1-13)
Hello Friends. What was God's instructions by which his people could avoid the last judgement that God was going to use to convince Pharaoh to let his people go. We will look at that next time. Have a great and blessed day!
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