LIFE SCRIPTS

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord ’s Passover. “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord . The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
Exodus 12:1‭-‬13 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/exo.12.1-13.NIV.

The Lord gave strict instructions about the day of Passover. This was one of the first ordinances He gave His people. It was filled with elaborate instructions about what they were supposed to do. But also, the Passover feast was a symbol of things to come in the future…when Christ would come to die for our sins and whose blood would save us from death. Each family was to look after a lamb from the tenth day to the fourteenth day of the month. After that, the ceremonial slaughtering would take place at the same time (twilight) with the blood of the lamb being sprinkled on each family’s doorpost to avert a strike from the angel of death. The death of Christ would also take place in the twilight on the cross. His blood was meant to cleanse all of us from sin to avert eternal damnation. It’s worth noting that even small or needy families would receive their share of lamb from other families. Each lamb was to be without blemish just in the same way Christ was also without blemish and sinless. The lamb of God was made available to all. His death and resurrection is for the cleansing of all our sins. The meat was to be roasted and eaten communally the same way we share the holy communion. This was meal with a message. But as all this happened, the Egyptians went on with their lives oblivious of what was approaching. They lived free. They enjoyed life. But judgement was in the offing. The coming reality was veiled from them as they led their lives. As death struck the land, God provided a means of salvation to His people, the Israelites through the lamb. The same way, He’s provided a way out for us through Christ, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world.