Exodus 12:1-4 (5-10) 11-14                                        

 

This chapter gives an account of one of the most memorable ordinances, and one of the most memorable providences, of all that are recorded in the Old Testament. Not one of all the ordinances of the Jewish church was more eminent than that of the Passover, nor is any one more frequently mentioned in the New Testament; and we have here an account of the institution to it. The ordinance consisted of three parts

 And the Israelites’ obedience to these orders (v. 28). II. Not one of all the providences of God concerning the Jewish church was more illustrious, or is more frequently mentioned, than the deliverance of the children of Israel out of Egypt.

 

The sprinkled blood was a means of the preservation of the Israelites from the destroying angel, who had nothing to do where the blood was. If the blood of Christ be sprinkled upon our consciences, it will be our protection from the wrath of God, the curse of the law, and the damnation of hell, Rom. 8:1. 3.

Parellels between the paschal lamb and Christian Eucharist in the early church according to Matthew Henry:

 

For a practical application of the Passover in light of a Christian messianic interpretation refer to the Messianic-Jewish Seder service on this site.