The detailed account
of Christ’s redemption
typified in Exodus
indicates that God
intends for us
to remember Christ’s redemption
in a specific and detailed way:
Fallen man ended up
“in a coffin in Egypt” (Gen. 50:26);
this is the reality
of being “dead in your offenses and sins”
and of “having no hope
and without God in the world” (Eph. 2:1, 12).
On the day
we believed into Christ
as our Passover,
we had
a new birth, a new beginning,
and our age
according to the “sacred calendar”
began (Exo. 12:2-3):
The Passover,
a new beginning
for the children of Israel,
was held in the first month
of the sacred year,
the month of Abib (13:4).
Abib, meaning “sprouting,” “budding,”
denotes a new beginning of life
and the beginning of life’s energy;
God’s people have two births, two beginnings:
a physical birth with a physical beginning
and a spiritual birth with a spiritual beginning
for their salvation.
The passover
is a type of Christ,
who is
not only the Passover lamb
but also every aspect
of the passover:
The noun passover,
from the verb pass over (Exo. 12:13),
indicates that the judgment of God
passes over us
because of the blood
of Christ, the real Passover lamb.
The lamb
being for every house
reveals that the unit
of God’s salvation
is the house, the family.
Just as the passover lamb
was examined for four days
and was to be without blemish,
so Christ
was examined
and found to be perfect,
without fault,
before He was killed
on the day of
the Feast of the Passover.
For the lamb
to be a year old
reveals that in the eyes of God,
when the Lord Jesus
was put on the cross,
He was fresh,
never having been used
for another purpose.
Just as the lamb
was killed
by the whole congregation
of the assembly of Israel,
so we all
had a part
in killing the Lamb of God.
Just as the flesh of the passover lamb
was to be eaten for life supply,
so we need to eat Christ
for our life supply:
To solve the problem of the fall of man
and to accomplish God’s original intention,
both life and redemption
are needed.
God’s judicial redemption
through the blood of Christ
is the procedure
to reach God’s goal
of dispensing Christ as life into us
for our organic salvation.
The flesh of the lamb
was to be roasted with fire
and was not to be eaten raw or boiled:
To be roasted with fire
signifies Christ’s suffering
under the holy fire of God’s judgment.
To be eaten raw
signifies
not to believe in Christ’s redemption
but to regard Him
merely as an example of human life
to be imitated.
To be eaten boiled
signifies
regarding His death on the cross
not as death for redemption
but as the suffering of human persecution
for martyrdom.
The children of Israel
were to eat the lamb
with its head, legs, and inward parts,
signifying that we
must take Christ in His entirety,
with His wisdom,
His activity and move,
and His inward affection and feeling.
The lamb was to be eaten
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs,
signifying to eliminate all sinful things
and to have a bitter taste
regarding them.
The children of Israel
were not to break any bones
of the passover lamb:
When the Lord Jesus was crucified,
His bones were not broken.
Christ’s unbroken bone
signifies His unbreakable and indestructible eternal life
that imparts His life into us.
The children of Israel
had to eat the lamb
with their loins girded,
with their sandals on their feet,
with their staff in their hand,
and in haste:
The eating of Christ as the Lamb
energizes us
to move out of Egypt, the world.
The redeemed ones
applied the passover
in such a way
that they could become God’s army
The blood of the lamb
in a basin
was applied to
the lintel and two doorposts of the house
by a bunch of hyssop:
Hyssop, the smallest of plants,
signifies our faith,
which is the smallest in quantity;
it is by such little faith
that the blood of Christ
is applied.
The blood of the lamb
being in a basin,
not a large vessel,
signifies that in our experience of conversion,
the redeeming blood of Christ
was made available to us
in a way
that was small and easy
to apply.
Christ is
not only the lamb,
the unleavened bread,
and the bitter herbs
but also the house
whose lintel and doorposts
have been sprinkled
with the redeeming blood:
The blood
opens the way
for us
to get into Christ,
who is typified by the house,
and protects us
from God’s judgment.
The children of Israel
were required to stay
in the house
whose door had been touched
with the blood;
they were not to go out of it
until the morning:
We should maintain
our identification with Christ,
with a constant realization
that we are nothing
and that He is everything.
The redeeming blood
keeps us
in Christ
The children of Israel
were to observe
the Feast of Unleavened Bread
for seven days
as a continuation of
the Feast of the Passover:
Christ is
our unleavened bread,
our sinless life supply
of sincerity and truth,
absolutely pure, without mixture,
and full of reality.
No leaven
was to be seen
with the children of Israel;
this signifies
that we must deal with the sin
of which we are conscious,
with any sin
that is manifested,
that is seen:
To deal with manifested sin
is to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread;
if we tolerate sin
once it is exposed,
we will lose the enjoyment
of the fellowship of God’s people.
The only way
to eliminate sin
is to daily eat Christ
as the crucified, resurrected, and sinless life,
signified by the unleavened bread.
The entire Christian life
(signified by seven days),
from the day of our conversion
to the day of rapture,
should be
a feast,
an enjoyment of Christ
as our banquet,
the rich supply of life.
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Day 7
According to Exodus 12:22,
the blood of the passover lamb
was in a basin,
not in a large vessel.
Many can testify
that in their experience of conversion
the redeeming blood of Christ
was made available to them
in a way
that was small
and easy to apply.
It was
not necessary
to have great faith.
Even a very small amount of faith
was sufficient
for them
to be saved.
This is the significance
of using a bunch of hyssop
to apply
the blood of the passover lamb.
Both the basin and the hyssop
were small
and could be handled easily
by anyone.
How easy
it is
to apply Christ!
To deal with manifested sin
is to observe
the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Christ is
the unleavened bread.
The more
we eat Him,
the more
we shall become unleavened.
The only way
to eliminate sin
is to eat
Christ’s crucified, resurrected, and sinless life.
Only Christ
is the life supply
of sincerity and truth,
absolutely pure,
without mixture,
and full of reality.
The feast
is a time
for the enjoyment of the banquet.
The entire Christian life
should be
such a feast,
such an enjoyment of Christ
as our banquet, the rich supply of life.
Day 6
The children of Israel
were not to eat leavened bread
for a period of seven days.
According to 12:19,
no leaven was to be found
in the houses,
and according to 13:7,
no leaven was to be seen
with the children of Israel.
During the days
of the feast of unleavened bread,
the children of Israel
were not to eat leavened bread,
leaven was not to be found
in their houses,
and leavened bread
was not to be seen
with them.
In the Bible
leaven signifies
what is sinful, evil, corrupt, and unclean
in the eyes of God.
In 1 Corinthians 5:8
Paul speaks of
the “leaven of malice and evil.”
The children of Israel
were to observe
the Feast of Unleavened Bread
as a continuation
of the Feast of Passover.
Exodus 12:18 says,
“In the first month,
on the fourteenth day of the month
in the evening,
you shall eat unleavened bread,
until the twenty-first day of the month
in the evening.”
When the children of Israel
ate the passover lamb,
they were also required
to eat unleavened bread.
The Feast of the Passover
lasted one day,
whereas the Feast of Unleavened Bread
continued for seven days.
Therefore,
the Feast of Unleavened Bread
was a continuation
of the Feast of Passover.
The flesh of the passover lamb
signifies the sinless life of Christ.
We received Christ
not only in His death and resurrection,
but also in His sinlessness,
for His life
is not only a crucified and resurrected life,
but also a sinless life.
Therefore,
we must eat the flesh of the lamb
and also the unleavened bread.
This means
that from the time
we received Christ
and were saved
and had a new beginning in life,
we began to live
a life without leaven,
a life without sin.
Exodus 13:7 says
that no leaven
was to be seen
with the children of Israel.
In our Christian life
no leaven should be seen.
It is impossible
for us
to have no leaven at all,
but it is possible
for the leaven
not to be seen.
Although it is
not possible
for us
to be without sin,
we must deal with any sin
that is manifested,
with any sin
that is seen.
This means
that we are responsible
to deal with the sin
of which we are conscious.
Whenever we discover
something sinful
in our lives,
we must eliminate it.
This, however,
does not mean
that we shall have
no sin.
There may be much sin
in our lives
or in our environment,
but we may not be conscious of it.
However,
as soon as we become conscious of it,
we must deal with it.
We must forsake the sin
of which we are conscious.
We should not tolerate
any manifestation of sin.
In 12:19
to be cut off
from the assembly of Israel
was to be cut off
from the fellowship of God’s chosen people.
This serious word
corresponds to
Paul’s word in 1 Corinthians 5:13:
“Remove the evil man
from among yourselves.”
To put away such a one
is to cut him off
from the fellowship of the church.
If we tolerate sin
once it has been exposed,
our fellowship
will be cut off.
This indicates
that as Christians
we should live
a sinless life,
not tolerating any sin
that has been exposed.
To deal with manifested sin
is to observe
the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Christ is
the unleavened bread.
The more we eat Him,
the more we shall become unleavened.
The only way
to eliminate sin
is to eat
Christ’s crucified, resurrected, and sinless life.
Only Christ
is the life supply
of sincerity and truth,
absolutely pure, without mixture, and full of reality.
The feast
is a time
for the enjoyment of the banquet.
The entire Christian life
should be such a feast,
such an enjoyment of Christ
as our banquet, the rich supply of life.
Day 5
Exo. 12:22-23
And you shall take
a bunch of hyssop
and dip it
in the blood
that is in the basin,
and you shall apply
some of the blood
that is in the basin
to the lintel
and to the two doorposts;
and none of you
shall go outside the entrance of his house
until the morning.
For Jehovah will pass through
to smite the Egyptians;
and when He sees the blood
upon the lintel and on the two doorposts,
Jehovah will pass over the entrance
and will not allow the destroyer
to come into your houses
to smite you.
Notice in Exodus 12:22
that the blood
was put on the entrance of the house,
not on the roof.
The function of the entrance
is to allow the proper persons and things
to come into the house.
Anyone or anything
that is not proper
is shut out by the entrance.
The fact that the blood of the passover lamb
was put on the lintel
and the two side posts of the door
implies that the blood
opens the way
for us
to get into Christ,
who is typified
by the house.
Coming into Christ
through the door
sprinkled with the blood,
we receive
a warm welcome.
Furthermore,
the blood on the door
protected the redeemed ones
from God’s judgment.
As Exodus 12:13 says,
the blood
was to be “a sign
…upon the houses”
where the children of Israel were.
The same blood
opened the way
for the redeemed ones
to get into the house
and closed the gates
to the destroyer,
thereby guarding God’s redeemed ones
from judgment.
A bunch of hyssop
was used to put the blood of the lamb
on the lintel and the doorposts.
First Kings 4:33 says
that, in his wisdom, Solomon
“discoursed about trees,
from the cedar
that is in Lebanon
to the hyssop
that shoots forth
out of the wall.”
Hyssop was
among the smallest of the plants.
According to the revelation
in the New Testament,
the thing that is the smallest in quantity
is our faith (Matt. 17:20).
Hence,
hyssop signifies faith.
God requires
that we have
just a little faith.
Even if our faith
is very small,
we still can apply
the Passover lamb.
If a sinner prays,
“Lord Jesus,
thank You
for dying for me,”
he will be saved.
Even such a small amount of faith
will save him.
Actually,
one can be saved
just by saying,
“Lord, thank You.”
This is faith
that is like hyssop
that springs out of the wall.
It is
by such little faith
that the blood of Christ
is applied.
According to Exodus 12:22,
the blood of the passover lamb
was in a basin,
not in a large vessel.
Many can testify
that in their experience of conversion
the redeeming blood of Christ
was made available to them
in a way
that was small
and easy to apply.
It was
not necessary
to have great faith.
Even a very small amount of faith
was sufficient
for them
to be saved.
This is
the significance of using a bunch of hyssop
to apply the blood of the passover lamb.
Both the basin and the hyssop
were small
and could be handled easily
by anyone.
How easy
it is to apply Christ!
The children of Israel
were required to stay in the house
whose door had been touched
with the blood;
they were
not to go out of it
until the morning.
To understand the significance of this
we need to see
that the basic concept in the Bible
with respect to redemption
is identification or union.
Without identification
there can be
no substitution,
which is necessary
for redemption.
On the cross
Christ died
as our substitute.
However,
His being our substitute
requires us
to be identified with Him.
Our entrance into Christ
is through the door
to which the blood
has been applied.
When we use hyssop
to put the blood on the door,
we are able to enter into Christ.
After getting into Christ,
we need to remain in Him.
We should simply maintain
our identification with Christ,
with a constant realization
that we are nothing
and that He is everything.
We need to see
that we are in Him
and that He is in us.
As long as we abide in Him,
He will abide in us.
As the Lord Himself said
in John 15:4,
“Abide in Me
and I in you.”
The redeeming blood
keeps us in Christ.
Let us remain
in the place of redemption,
in the house
with the blood-sprinkled entrance.
We should stay in the house
where we participate in the Passover.
Day 4
According to Exodus 12:8,
the children of Israel
were to eat the flesh of the lamb
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
To eat with unleavened bread
means to eliminate all sinful things.
When we enjoy Christ as our Passover,
we must purge away everything sinful.
At the same time,
we need to eat bitter herbs.
This means
that we need to regret and repent,
to experience a bitter taste
regarding sinful things.
When we believed in the Lord Jesus,
many of us
received Him
as our life supply
and also gave up
everything sinful.
At the same time,
we experienced
regret and repentance.
This indicates
that we ate Christ
with bitter herbs.
Whenever you receive Christ
as your supply,
you receive a life
without sin, without leaven,
that gives you
a bitter feeling
when you sin,
that repents
when you make a mistake.
This life
is sensitive to sin,
to any kind of wrongdoing,
to anything of the self.
To keep yourself unleavened,
you have to repent.
Exodus 12:46 says
that the children of Israel
were not to break
any of the bones
of the passover lamb.
When Christ was crucified
as our Passover lamb,
His legs were not broken.
The fact that Christ’s legs
were not broken
signifies that in Christ, the Passover lamb,
there is something
unbreakable and indestructible.
This unbreakable and indestructible element
is His eternal life.
The Roman soldiers and Jewish people
could come together
to put Christ on the cross,
but they could not break His eternal life.
Christ’s unbroken bone
signifies His unbreakable and indestructible eternal life
that imparts His life into us.
In Christ as our Passover lamb
there is such an unbreakable and indestructible life
that can impart life into us.
Exodus 12:11 says,
“And this is
how you shall eat it:
with your loins girded,
your sandals on your feet,
and your staff in your hand;
and you shall eat it
in haste.
It is Jehovah’s passover.”
As the children of Israel
were eating the passover lamb,
they were
like an army.
Exodus 12:51 says
that the Lord brought
the children of Israel
“out of the land of Egypt
by their armies.”
Not many Christians today
realize that they
should be an army.
On the contrary,
the prevailing concept
seems to be
that anyone who believes in the Lord Jesus
should be placed in a palanquin
and carried away to heaven.
However,
according to the picture
in the book of Exodus,
the redeemed ones
applied the Passover
in such a way
that they could become
God’s army.
According to 12:11,
the children of Israel
ate with their loins girded.
Before we were saved,
we were somewhat loose;
our being
had not been girded up.
To be girded
is part of the preparation
to be a soldier in the army.
By girding ourselves
we make ourselves ready
to fight.
The children of Israel
were also told
to have shoes on their feet.
This indicates
that they were to make themselves ready
for a journey.
In an army
all soldiers
need proper shoes.
Before we were saved,
our feet were not shod.
If we would fight
the battle for the Lord,
we need the right kind of shoes
on our feet.
Furthermore,
in 12:11
the children of Israel
were told
to eat the passover
with their staff in hand.
The staff
was also to be used
for the journey.
In ancient times,
when people went
on a long journey,
they often took a staff.
The girdle, the shoes, and the staff
were all for the journey
that the children of Israel
were about to make.
This journey was
not to be a journey of peace,
but a journey of war,
for, in a sense, they
had to fight their way
out of Egypt.
Day 3
The flesh of the passover lamb
was to be eaten
for life supply.
The same is true
of the Lord Jesus
as the fulfillment of the type.
Each of the Gospels
speaks of the blood of Christ.
The Gospel of John, however,
goes on to say
that the flesh of Christ
is edible.
In John 6:53
the Lord Jesus says
that we must eat
the flesh of the Son of Man,
and in verse 55
He declares,
“My flesh is true food.”
Flesh here
signifies the life of Christ.
The life of Christ
is edible;
it is
our life supply.
This is mentioned
in the Gospel of John
because this Gospel,
in contrast to the others,
is focused on life.
Therefore,
this Gospel reveals
that the blood of Christ
redeems
and that the life of Christ
supplies.
Hallelujah,
we have the blood of the Lamb
for redemption
and the flesh of the Lamb
for the supply of life!
In Exodus 12:8
the children of Israel
were given the proper way
to eat
the flesh of the passover lamb:
roasted with fire.
Fire here
signifies God’s holy wrath
exercised in judgment.
When Christ was on the cross,
the holy fire of God
judged Him
and consumed Him.
Psalm 22:14 and 15
say,
“My heart is like wax;
/ It is melted within me.
/ My strength
is dried up like a shard,
/ And my tongue
is stuck to my jaws.”
Then He cried,
“I thirst” (John 19:28),
because He was being burned
by the holy fire of God’s judgment.
In Exodus 12:9
the children of Israel
were charged
not to eat of the lamb raw.
Today
those who do not believe in
Christ’s redemption
attempt to eat Him “raw.”
This means
that they regard Christ
as a model or example of human living
for them
to imitate.
In effect,
to do this
is to eat the Passover lamb raw.
Furthermore,
the children of Israel
were not to eat
the lamb boiled with water.
To eat of Christ
as if He were “boiled with water”
is to regard His death on the cross
not as death for redemption
but as martyrdom.
Many today do not believe
that Christ died as the Redeemer.
According to their concept,
He was persecuted by man
and died as a martyr,
having sacrificed Himself
for His teachings.
To apply Christ’s death in this way
is to eat
the lamb boiled with water.
To be boiled in water
is to undergo suffering
but not the suffering of holy fire.
Rather,
this suffering
is simply the suffering of persecution.
Today
people try to use three ways
to take Christ.
As fundamental Christians,
we believe
that on the cross
Christ suffered for us
under God’s judgment.
He was burned and “roasted”
by the holy fire of God’s wrath.
As our Redeemer,
He was judged for us.
This is
to take
Christ roasted with fire.
This is
the proper way
ordained by God.
A second way,
advocated by modernists,
is to take Christ “raw.”
This is
to take Christ
as an example
and to imitate the way
He behaved.
The third way
is to take Christ “boiled.”
This is
to regard Christ’s death on the cross
as persecution and martyrdom,
not as death for our redemption.
How do you take Christ
—roasted, raw, or boiled?
If you believe
that Christ died on the cross as a martyr
because of man’s persecution,
then you eat the Passover lamb
by boiling it in water.
However,
if you believe
that He died as our Redeemer,
being roasted by the holy fire of God,
then
you eat Him
as the Passover lamb
roasted in fire.
The children of Israel
were to eat the lamb
with its head, legs, and inward parts.
The head
signifies wisdom,
the legs
signify activity and move,
and the inward parts
signify the various inward parts
of Christ’s being.
To eat the Passover lamb
with the head, legs, and inward parts
is to take Christ
as a whole, in His entirety.
As we eat Him,
we take
His wisdom,
activities, move,
and inward parts.
Day 2
All Christians
know that Christ
is the Lamb of God
who accomplished redemption for us.
However,
not many
have seen a clear picture of Christ
as the redeeming Lamb of God.
This picture
is presented in Exodus 12.
The passover
is a type of Christ.
In 1 Corinthians 5:7
Paul says
that “Our Passover, Christ,
also has been sacrificed.”
Christ is
not only the Passover lamb
but also every aspect
of the passover.
The lamb, the bread, and the bitter herbs
are all related to Christ.
In principle, therefore,
Christ is
not only the lamb of the Passover,
but the very Passover itself.
The word passover
means that the judgment of God
passes over us.
In Exodus 12:13
the Lord says,
“When I see the blood,
I will pass over you.”
Eventually,
the Passover
became a proper noun
in English.
The proper noun Passover
has its source
in the words “pass over” in 12:13.
According to Exodus 12,
God passed over the children of Israel
because the blood of the passover lamb
had been sprinkled
on the lintel and the doorposts
of their houses.
The children of Israel
had been commanded
to eat the flesh of the lamb
in their houses.
This indicates
that the house
was to be their covering
under which and in which they
could eat the flesh of the passover lamb.
The house that covered them
was to have blood sprinkled
on the lintel and the doorposts.
When God saw the blood,
He passed over the children of Israel.
Hence,
this passing over
was due to
the sprinkled blood.
The crucial point in Exodus 12:3
is that the passover lamb
was not for every individual,
but for every house.
The unit of God’s salvation
is not the individual;
it is
the house, the family.
For example,
in Joshua 2 and 6
Rahab was saved
with all her father’s household.
In Luke 19,
the Lord Jesus
said to Zaccheus the publican,
“Today
salvation has come to this house” (v. 9).
According to Acts 11:14,
the promise
was made to Cornelius
that he and all his house
would be saved.
Furthermore,
when the jailer asked
what he must do to be saved,
Paul and Silas
told him,
“Believe on the Lord Jesus,
and you shall be saved,
you and your household” (Acts 16:30-31).
Exodus 12:5 says,
“Your lamb
shall be without blemish.”
To be without blemish
is to be perfect.
This signifies
that Christ is perfect,
without fault.
Exodus 12:5
goes on to say
that the lamb
had to be “a year-old male,”
taken either out
“from the sheep
or from the goats.”
What does it mean
that the lamb
was to be
a male of the first year?
To be of the first year
is to be fresh
and not to be used
for any other purpose.
In the eyes of God,
when the Lord Jesus
was put on the cross,
He was
of the first year.
He was fresh,
never having been used
for another purpose.
Just as the passover lamb
was examined for four days,
so Christ
was examined for the same period of time.
After He was arrested,
the Lord was subject
to six examinations,
three at the hands of the priests
who examined Him
according to the law of God,
and three under the Roman rulers,
who tested Him
according to Roman law.
Eventually,
Pilate had to declare
that he could not find fault in Him.
In fact,
Pilate declared three times
that he found no fault
whatever in Him.
Christ as the Passover lamb
was faultless, without blemish.
Speaking of the passover lamb,
Exodus 12:6 says,
“The whole congregation
of the assembly of Israel
shall kill it
at twilight.”
Do you know
who killed the Lord Jesus?
He was killed
by the congregation
of God’s people.
This means
that we all
had a part
in killing Him.
Day 1
The record of the passover
given in Exodus
is very detailed.
The reason for all the detail
is that God wants us
to know the redemption of Christ
in such a thorough way
that we could never forget it.
Twice
the word memorial
is used (12:14; 13:9).
This indicates
that it is God’s intention
that we
neither neglect
the redemption of Christ
nor forget it.
Rather,
we are to remember Christ’s redemption,
not in a general way
but in a specific and detailed way.
In this long period of time
from Genesis 3 to Exodus 12,
the fall of man
is recorded.
This fall
started from Adam
and went on to the children of Israel.
The first verse of Genesis
says,
“In the beginning
God created…,”
and the last verse says
that man was
now “in a coffin in Egypt.”
Because man
was now in a coffin in Egypt,
he needed
redemption, deliverance.
This is
why the book of Exodus
is needed.
The time of the Passover
is related to
a certain month and a certain date.
The Hebrew people
had two calendars,
a sacred calendar and a civil calendar.
The civil calendar
was common,
whereas the sacred calendar
was related to
the experience of God’s salvation.
We who believe in Christ
also have two calendars,
a civil calendar and a sacred calendar.
As God’s redeemed ones,
we have had
two births, two beginnings:
a physical birth with a physical beginning
and a spiritual birth with a spiritual beginning.
On the day
we believed in the Lord Jesus,
our age according to the sacred calendar
began.
On that day
we had
a new birth and a new beginning.
Exodus 12:2
speaks of the month of the Passover:
“This month
will be
the beginning of months for you;
it shall be the first
of the months of the year
to you.”
This verse indicates
that the Passover was held
during the first month
of the sacred year.
Originally,
this month
was the seventh month
of the civil year.
According to Genesis 8:4,
Noah’s ark
landed on the mountains of Ararat
on the seventeenth day
of the seventh month.
Many Bible teachers
believe that this seventh month
was the first month of Exodus 12.
The Passover
was on the fourteenth day
of this month.
This means
it was held three days before the day
that marked the landing of the ark
on the mountains of Ararat.
This landing of the ark
was a type of
the resurrection of Christ.
Christ was killed on the fourteenth day,
and He was resurrected on the seventeenth day.
Exodus 13:4 says,
“On this day
in the month of Abib
you are going out.”
The word Abib
means “sprouting,” “budding,”
“tender,” and “green,”
and it refers to
green ears of wheat.
After the Babylonian captivity,
this month was called
Nisan (Neh. 2:1; Esth. 3:7).
Sprouting and budding
signify the beginning of life’s energy.
Our experience
confirms this.
On the day
we first called on the name of the Lord,
believed in Him,
and were saved,
life began to bud and sprout
from within us.
Anyone who has not experienced this
is not a genuine believer.
We all can testify
that after we believed in the Lord Jesus,
something began to bud and sprout
from within us.
Eventually,
this sprouting
produced tender green ears of grain,
the issue of the inner life.
This indicates
that the divine life within us
is productive.
It is
a budding, sprouting, producing life.
This began the day
we were saved,
and it is still going on today.
According to Exodus 12:3,
in the tenth day of the month
the children of Israel
were to take “each man…a lamb
according to his fathers’ house,”
and prepare it
for a period of four days.
Then on the fourteenth day of the month,
the actual date of the Passover,
the lamb was killed.
The Lord Jesus
was killed
on the same day of the month.