ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONS ON THE BOOK OF EXODUS

2.65     (-)          600,000.        Ex.12:37

2.66. (2.62).      430.                     12:40

2.67  (-) The Lord, all.                   12:42

2.68  (-). foreigner, meal.             12:43

2.69. (-) slave.                               12:44

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FESTIVALS

Bible Passage : Exodus 13:1-16

A festival is a time of celebration when special foods and drinks are served and there is a lot of entertainment. There were several of them for the people of the Old Testament just as today.

God told Moses that the day He spoke to him should be taken as the first day of the first month of the year (Jewish Callendar) just like first January of the present day Callendar. On the tenth of the Jewish first month, one year old lambs or goats are kept by each family that can afford to do so or neighbours could share one animal and kill it on the 14th day. The meat is roasted and eaten with bitter herbs (sin causes bitterness by making God unhappy with us) and unleavened bread (a small amount of yeast makes the dough of bread to swell just as a little sin spoils our relationship with God).

Just as the blood of the lamb on the door post was a sign to identify the Israelites so that God did not go there to kill their first sons, so also Christ’s blood was shed for us to cleanse our sins and save us from hell. Good Friday and Easter mark this sacrifice.

Your recognition of the fact that Jesus she’d His blood and died so that you might have salvation differentiates you from unbelievers. You should not continue to nail Christ to the cross by continuing in your sins.

TODAY’S ACTION

Thank God for sending Jesus to die for our sins. Draw a lamb and a house with the sign of the Passover on one side and Christ on the cross with blood on His palms on the other side. This will remind you of two types of blood sacrifices and festivals to mark them.

BIBLE QUIZ FOR ALL AGES

2.70. (2.62)

2.71.  (2.63) 2.72. (2.64).