Exodus 12:21-42

First Passover

Exodus 3 Burning Bush – God talked to Moses

Exodus 7-10 Moses and Pharaoh met

Exodus 8 Ten Plagues - Frogs

Exodus 12 Pharaoh let the Jews leave

Exodus 14 Crossing the Red sea (1)

Exodus 14 Crossing the Red sea (2)

Discuss

Jews’ Reactions

God’s Actions

First Passover

Passover Festival – Important??

Passover Festival vs Last Supper

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3 Importance

v21 – v23 How to prepare for the First Passover 

v24 – v27 Need to obey forever & the reason 

v28 Israelites obeyed 

Ex 12:21-42 First Passover

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Ex 12:21-42 First Passover

v29-36 What happened that night    First born sons and animals were killed & Loud crying throughout Egypt (v29-30)

    King asked the Jews to leave (v31-32)

    The Jews left in hurry with unleavened dough; Egyptians also gave them gold and silver jewlellery (showing respect) (v33-36)

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v37-39     600000 men left    baked unleavened dough (no time to get their food ready or to prepare leavened dough) 

v40-v42 v42 a night God kept watch to bring them out of Egypt

Ex 12:21-42 First Passover

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2 Passover Festival and Its Importance

(a) Passover meal was like the historical event it remembered in the

following 4 ways:

- A lamb : (from Mk 14:12)

- Unleavened bread (from Mk 14:22)

- Wine (from Mk 14:23)

- Families ate together

(b) Importance of Passover to the Jews

• It commemorated the exodus from Egypt

• It marked the end of slavery from Egyptian rule

See word list about the whole historical events remembered

2 Passover Festival and its importance

3 Significance of Last Supper

3 Significance of Last Supper

(a) New meaning given to bread and wine / Passover

meal:

3 Significance of Last Supper

(a) New meaning given to bread and wine / Passover

meal:

- wine = Jesus’ blood :

(a) seals God's covenant (Mk 14:24)

(b) poured out for many (Mk 14:23-24)

(c) to save people from the sins and death.

- bread = Jesus’ body: (a) was broken (Mk 14:22)

3 Significance of Last Supper

(b) Jesus' death at this time of the year, Passover Festival

Why? Importance?

3 Significance of Last Supper

(b) Jesus' death at this time of the year, Passover Festival

Why? Importance?

Passover Jesus’ death at Passover

A lamb (no sickness) was killed

Jesus (pure and sinless) = lamb was killed

Remembers freeing of Jews from slavery in Egypt

Remembers Jesus’ death free all sinners from slavery of sins

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Discuss

Jews’ Reactions

God’s Actions

First Passover

Passover Festival – Important??

Passover Festival vs Last Supper

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2

3 Importance

Discuss

Jews’ Reactions

God’s Actions

First Passover

Passover Festival – Important??

Passover Festival vs Last Supper

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2

3 Importance

PF – free from slavery in Egypt -- Jews

LS – free from slavery from Sin – All people

Salvation

Refer to notes :

(1) General notes Unit I(2) ERS P.1