2024.4.21
Moses #13
The Tenth Plague and the Passover
Exodus 11:1~12:36
I. Announcement and realization of the tenth plague
A. Announced the first born in all of Egypt will die (11:4~6)
B. Realized as announced (12:29, 30)
C. Pharaoh let the people go (12:31, 32)
II. "The Exodus" (1446 B.C.)
A. Stay in Egypt: 430 years (12:40, 41)
1. 30 years of peace and 400 years of harsh slavery
B. Number of people: Approximately 2 million (12:37, 38)
1. Approximately the combined population of Suita, Toyonaka, Ibaraki, Takatsuki, Settsu, and Nishinomiya
III. Strange commands (11:2, 12:3~11)
A. Ask for articles of gold and silver (11:2)
1. Need them for what?
B. Prepare sheep for a certain day (12:3, 4)
C. Year-old males without defect (5)
1. The Hebrew word "se" means "sheep or goat"
D. Smear blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes the house (6, 7)
E. Eat in haste with belt fastened, holding a staff, sandals on feel, while standing (v.11)
IV. Meaning of the commands
A. Articles of gold and silver → clasps and pedestals of the Tabernacle (26:6, 19)
1. Structure of the Tabernacle
B. Eat in haste → Can leave immediately when given the signal
C. Smearing blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes (12:12, 13)
1. God's judgment passes by, Passover
2. Foreshadowing the cross of Jesus Christ
V. Application
A. Full trust (12:28, 50)
B. Pattern of God's command, carry out, and leave the result to God, and fulfillment of the promise
C. God uses people
D. Do whatever God tells us to do
The Tabernacle
