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Passover
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should inquire what such service meant, they should relate to them
their wonderful preservation in Egypt. That when the destroying angel
went forth in the night to slay the first-born of man, and the first-born
of beast, he passed over their houses, and not one of the Hebrews
was slain that had the token of blood upon their door-posts. And the
people bowed their heads and worshiped, grateful for this remarkable
memorial given to preserve to their children the remembrance of God’s
care for his people. There was quite a number of Egyptians who were
led to acknowledge, by the manifestations of the signs and wonders
shown in Egypt, that the God of the Hebrews was the only true God.
They entreated to be permitted to come to the houses of the Israelites
with their families, upon that fearful night when the angel of God
should slay the first-born of the Egyptians. They were convinced that
their gods whom
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they had worshiped were without knowledge, and had no power to save
or to destroy. And they pledged themselves to henceforth choose the
God of Israel as their God. They decided to leave Egypt, and go with
the children of Israel to worship their God. The Israelites welcomed
the believing Egyptians to their houses.
The passover pointed backward to the deliverance of the children
of Israel, and was also typical, pointing forward to Christ, the Lamb of
God, slain for the redemption of fallen man. The blood sprinkled upon
the door-posts pre-figured the atoning blood of Christ, and also the
continual dependence of sinful man upon the merits of that blood for
safety from the power of Satan, and for final redemption. Christ ate the
passover supper with his disciples just before his crucifixion, and the
same night instituted the ordinance of the Lord’s supper, to be observed
in commemoration of his death. The passover had been observed to
commemorate the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt. It
had been both commemorative and typical. The type had reached the
antitype when Christ, the Lamb of God without blemish, died upon
the cross. He left an ordinance to commemorate the events of his
crucifixion.
Christ ate the passover supper with his disciples, then arose from
the table and said unto them, “With desire have I desired to eat this
passover with you before I suffer.” He then performed the humiliating
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office of washing the feet of his disciples. Christ gave his disciples
the ordinance of washing feet for them to practice, which would learn