Exodus 12 Part 1: The Feast of Liberation

"This month shall be your beginning of months." God doesn't just deliver Israel — he resets their entire calendar. Everything before this moment is prologue. This is where it truly begins.In Exodus 12:1–7, God gives the Passover instructions in extraordinary detail, and almost every detail is a portrait of Christ. The lamb chosen on the 10th day — the day Jesus entered Jerusalem. The lamb kept in the house for five days, becoming part of the family, before being sacrificed — just as we must come to know Christ before we can understand what his sacrifice means. The lamb without blemish, male, in its prime — because Christ died in his prime, offering his very best. And the blood, placed not on the floor (we do not trample the blood of Christ), but on the two doorposts and the lintel — the sign of the cross.We also explore the striking phrase "congregation of Israel" — used here for the very first time in Scripture — and how it mirrors the Church established by the new Passover, the Eucharist. And we tackle the question many have wondered about: if every household had their own lamb, how is it "one" Passover? The same question people ask about the Eucharist being the same sacrifice in every church, in every city, at the same time.Key questions explored:• Why does God say "this month shall be the first of months" — and what does this new beginning point to?• What does it mean that the lamb was chosen on the 10th day, kept for five days, then sacrificed on the 14th?• Why must the lamb be without blemish, male, and one year old — and what does each detail reveal about Christ?• Why is the blood placed on the doorposts and lintel but not on the floor?• How is the Eucharist the "one sacrifice" when it is offered simultaneously in churches all over the world?