Title: The Tenth Plague and the Passover
Contents
A. Introduction
1. Kairos Incident
1) Meaning of the Kairos event: An event where God intervened and changed the direction of history in order to accomplish God’s will
2) Israel’s Kairos incident: Passover
3) The most important historical Kairos event: Jesus' crucifixion → The event divided into BC and AD
B. Body
1. The meaning of the ten plagues
1) The greatest patience of the Egyptians → Counting ten things and being patient
2) Adaptation to God's culture → 10 plagues → The attributes of God's patience through the ten plagues
3) God's long-suffering is an opportunity for repentance
2. The tenth plague is the crossroads between judgment and salvation
1) Disasters 1-9: Judgment on the things that Egypt loves and cherishes
2) The tenth plague of death of the firstborn → Judgment on life and material things → The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23)
3) He saves those who trust in God even while judging → Passover
3. The Passover Event
1) The start of a new life
(1) Passover: March-April spring
(2) ‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come’ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
(3) The Passover event marks the beginning of a new life for God's people
2) God's thorough plan
(1) Prepare well and keep it
(2) Preparations:
a. A lamb without blemish (symbol of Jesus) or goat (for the poor) b. Applying blood to the doorpost c. Bread without yeast (symbol of sin) (3 matzah bean cakes) d. Bitter herb (maror cross symbol of suffering and suffering)
3) An event to commemorate forever
a. It shall be an everlasting ordinance from generation to generation (Exodus 12:14).
b. 1 Corinthians 11:24-25:
24 After giving thanks, he broke bread and said, “This is my body for you. Do this in memory of me.”
25 In the same way, after eating, he took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink this cup, do this in remembrance of me.”
‘In remembrance of Jesus’ → The service of the Lord’s Supper must be kept as an eternal ordinance until the Lord comes.
C. Conclusion
1. Knowing that the Passover (Peha) is a type of the crucifixion, let's live the life of a saint with gratitude.
1) The meaning of the Passover
1) A sign of protection: In ‘Egyptian’, pesh (spread your wings) → spread your wings to protect
2) A sign of purity: ‘God is in the light, so we too must live in the light. When we live in the light, we have fellowship with one another. And the blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, will wash away all our sins’ (1 John 1:7).
2) Let us receive the forgiveness of sins through the blood of the Lamb, and let us be faithful in the mission of thanksgiving for the blessing of resurrection and new life.