Holy days start with obedience
In this night everything changed. In this night the angel of Lord would go through the entire country of Egypt, not just a single city, but the entire country, and kill the first born of man or animal of rich or poor of highest station to lowest station.
But, when the Israelite people celebrated that first passover, none of that had yet happened. They were not yet free from Egypt. They had witnessed 9 plagues but through each Pharaoh’s heart was increasingly hardened. They still were slaves. They still had no possessions. Pharaoh’s army was still one of the strongest in the world and they were among the lowest of the low. What was there to celebrate?
The answer to that question is truly at the heart of why passover was such an important holiday. What was being celebrated in heaven and earth was the fact that at twilight on that night the Hebrew people, the adopted people of the Lord God, had made the choice to be obedient and submit to protection under the blood of the lamb.
That is the day God chose to make a holy day (holiday), to be celebrated year after year. Not the day they left Egypt. Not the day they crossed the Red Sea. But, this night. This night when these people heard His promise of salvation and, although they did not fully understand it yet, they obeyed and accepted His promise.
I believe the same is true today. I believe each time someone accepts the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and makes the decision to be obedient and paints the doorway to their heart with the blood of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world a party breaks out in Heaven and a Holy Day is celebrated!
My Answers:
3.
a.
I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely
b.
This is what the LORD says… he then laid out the entire plague of the death of the first born, when, who, how, what will happen afterward
c.
His heart was hardened. As Moses began telling Pharaoh all that would happen Pharaoh said “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.” Ex 10:28
4.
a.
Started new, 10th day, take lamb for family, share w/neighbor, year old males without defect (sheep or goats), care for from 10th through 14th, slaughter @ twilight, take blood and put on sides and top of doorframes (where eat lambs), roast over fire with bitter herbs, bread w/no yeast, roast it whole (not boiled), no left overs, dressed ready to go, eat in haste
b.
This was the night in which the angel of death of the lord passed over the obedient households where the blood was a sign
c.
JTB announced Jesus as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”, Christ our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
d.
Yes
The Notes are Good 