Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you… I. THE PASCHAL LAMB ITSELF. A beautiful type of the Lord Jesus — the perfect, spotless Saviour. II. ITS CONNECTION WITH, AND APPLICATION TO, ISRAEL. 1. A substitute (see Matthew 20:28). Christ suffered that we might live with Him and in Him. 2. Blood to be applied, as well as shed. Exercise of faith. 3. Flesh to be eaten. Christ the daily food of the believer's soul. III. THE MANNER IN WHICH ISRAEL WAS TO EAT OF IT. 1. With bitter herbs: repentance. When we feed on the Lamb of God, we must not forget what we have been, and what we are. We must remember our sins — worldliness, contentedness without God, impatience, and murmurings. 2. With unleavened bread (1 Corinthians 5:7, 8). 3. With loins girded. Travellers — pilgrims and strangers on earth. Look on scenes and occupations of world as on those which belong to wilderness, not home. At end of journey stands a continuing city, the heavenly Jerusalem. March on. (G. Wagner.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. |
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