Exodus 12 Part 2: Armies of the Lord

It is midnight. A great cry goes up across Egypt — there is not a house without death. Pharaoh, broken at last, calls for Moses and Aaron in the dark. "Go," he says. "Take everything. And bless me also."Two million people walk out of Egypt that night. They go with silver and gold from their neighbours — the unpaid wages of generations of slavery, given freely in a night. A mixed multitude goes with them. And with every step, they are no longer called the congregation of Israel. They are called the armies of the Lord.This episode concludes our journey through Exodus chapter 12, exploring the Feast of Unleavened Bread as a call to total freedom from sin, the seven-day completeness of the feast, and why the Passover is to be observed "forever." We also explore the stunning detail that not a bone of the Passover lamb was to be broken — a detail the Gospel of John will remember at the cross.Key questions explored:• What does the removal of leaven (yeast) from the home symbolise spiritually?• Who was the "mixed multitude" that left Egypt — and what does this say about the universal scope of salvation?• Why does God insist that the Passover is observed "forever," and how does this relate to the Eucharist?• What does the unbroken bone of the Passover lamb reveal about the crucifixion of Jesus?