FBC Gridley

The plagues against Pharaoh intensified. It began with a plague against the river and increased in intensity with various judgments against the land and the sky.

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But still, Pharaoh would not surrender. He stubbornly held on to the Hebrew slaves. But the battle culminated in a cataclysmic judgment against the firstborn of Egypt. In that judgment, all the firstborn died: the firstborn of the livestock and the firstborn of all classes of people in Egypt. And in the aftermath of that judgment, Israel was set free.

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Now, this passage before us is such a special section of Scripture. I love the story of the Passover in Israel, and it is one of tremendous drama. I'd like for us to approach it with a sense of awe, and I hope that after we leave today, all of us will have a deeper appreciation of the salvation that we have in Jesus Christ.

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Because you see, just as it took the death of Pharaoh's firstborn son to release the Israelites, so it would one day take the death of God's only begotten Son to release us from sin.

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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. 

Exodus 12:7

 

In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 
Hebrews 9:22