The Passover LambExodus 7-13

There was a need in the Hebrew community

Moses was chosen, called, commissioned and sent

Moses must confront pharaoh

The first three plagues

The water turns to blood

Frogs everywhere

Gnats galore

The rest of the plagues happen only to the Egyptians

Flies everywhereLivestock dieBoils abound

The land of Goshen is tranquil but everywhere else in Egypt…

Hail destroys and killsLocust eat and obliterateDarkness for three days; a darkness “that can be felt”

Pharaoh will not let the people goThe last sign will change everything

Plague of every firstbornThis time Goshen and the Hebrews

living there must prepare

A lambSlaughtered at twilight

Its bones are not to be brokenThe doorframes of Hebrew homes must be painted with the blood of the lambWhen the angel of death comes it will

see the blood of the lamb ( the sacrifice) and Passover the believers

They must eat a meal in hasteLamb, bread without yeast and

bitter herbsThis meal would prepare them for

the journey aheadAfter 430 years they were free

Today as we celebrate Christ’s advent

We celebrate his death

Jesus came for this

Jesus, the first-born of God is…

The Lamb of God who would not be spared

As we celebrate the advent of Jesus’ birth

As we remember the Passover

We now celebrate Communion which is in remembrance of the blood of the lamb

And we eat the bread in remembrance of His life and suffering…

To set us free once and for all