1 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,080 As the girls and boys go and learn of that truth of who the risen 2 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:17,000 Lord Jesus is. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,920 We're going to look at this longer passage in Exodus. 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:21,640 It was one of those. 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,440 Well, there's two things about this passage. 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,860 First of all, 28 verses, it's longer than what we're used to or 7 00:00:27,860 --> 00:00:32,260 have been used to, but if you notice it repeats itself a number 8 00:00:32,260 --> 00:00:32,780 of times. 9 00:00:32,780 --> 00:00:35,900 And so I felt put it together so that we can see it in its full 10 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:39,500 context of what the people are being told and how they respond. 11 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:43,180 But secondly, it's one of those passages in scripture that 12 00:00:43,580 --> 00:00:46,940 really in its reading it is self explanatory. 13 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:51,260 It would have been enough to read it to know what God's heart 14 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:53,020 is towards his people in this. 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,040 But you expected to be here to half 12. 16 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,040 So I'm going to keep you here to then at least. 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,640 And we're going to look at a few things to understand from this 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,440 passage that aren't simply reserved for Egypt, but that have 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,519 bearing for us still today. 20 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,960 Now I think it's quite universal when we prepare to go on 21 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:14,360 holidays. 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,680 There are different rules for different people in our households 23 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,240 and each one takes a different one on. 24 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:25,060 Perhaps you are the one in your household that does everything 25 00:01:26,020 --> 00:01:27,300 and that's good. 26 00:01:27,380 --> 00:01:28,420 You have your system. 27 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:32,020 You know for sure that when you step out the door you are in 28 00:01:32,020 --> 00:01:33,620 control of absolutely everything. 29 00:01:34,420 --> 00:01:38,660 Or maybe you're in a household where those jobs indeed are shared. 30 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:44,460 Someone packs the suitcases, someone packs the car, someone makes 31 00:01:44,460 --> 00:01:46,120 sure the house is locked up, someone. 32 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:49,790 Someone carries the passport and someone weighs the luggage to 33 00:01:49,790 --> 00:01:52,910 make sure that it doesn't exceed the allowances of the airline. 34 00:01:53,870 --> 00:01:58,030 Now the method of divide and conquer has its strengths. 35 00:01:59,390 --> 00:02:00,830 Until something goes wrong. 36 00:02:01,390 --> 00:02:06,030 Up until this point it feels like a well oiled machine of getting 37 00:02:06,190 --> 00:02:09,390 everything sorted out of the house and into the car. 38 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:13,750 But once there's a bump in the road sign some way by someone forgetting 39 00:02:13,750 --> 00:02:16,070 something, then accusations will come. 40 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:21,070 Well, that was your job and it really can be hit or miss of trying 41 00:02:21,070 --> 00:02:24,390 to get away when you're traveling with others and you've 42 00:02:24,390 --> 00:02:27,230 had a part to play in getting everyone out the door. 43 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:34,030 Now that may be what happens in your household, or maybe particularly 44 00:02:34,030 --> 00:02:34,350 men. 45 00:02:34,750 --> 00:02:38,030 It all just wonderfully happens and all you have to do is 46 00:02:38,030 --> 00:02:40,050 sit in the front seat and that's it. 47 00:02:41,490 --> 00:02:43,890 Well, we are thinking about a journey today. 48 00:02:44,690 --> 00:02:47,250 A journey where the people had to get ready. 49 00:02:48,290 --> 00:02:51,130 It wasn't about suitcases and who did what. 50 00:02:51,130 --> 00:02:54,490 Although I'm sure there were defined rules within these households 51 00:02:54,490 --> 00:02:55,730 of who had to do What? 52 00:02:56,290 --> 00:02:58,610 But the instructions are very clear. 53 00:02:59,330 --> 00:03:02,490 It's almost as if the people are given a laminated sheet of the 54 00:03:02,490 --> 00:03:07,620 steps that they have to do so that they can leave the land of Egypt 55 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:08,700 as God promised. 56 00:03:09,340 --> 00:03:10,340 And they can do that. 57 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:10,700 Well. 58 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:16,340 Well, the children of Israel hadn't had to travel in over 400 59 00:03:16,340 --> 00:03:16,700 years. 60 00:03:17,260 --> 00:03:21,740 Remember, they moved down as 70 when Joseph was there. 61 00:03:21,740 --> 00:03:25,380 And now, 400 years later, their enslavement had meant that 62 00:03:25,380 --> 00:03:30,540 they simply went from house to place of work and back again, day 63 00:03:30,540 --> 00:03:32,180 after day after day. 64 00:03:32,180 --> 00:03:34,020 And that was their enslavement. 65 00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:34,860 That was their lot. 66 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:36,760 There was no leaving the land. 67 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,640 There was no holiday or vacation. 68 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,520 It was simply work and home. 69 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,840 But things have been very different for the children of Israel 70 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,200 in the weeks that have been approaching. 71 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:50,960 Chapter 12. 72 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,560 They had seen the plagues of judgment fall on the Egyptians, and 73 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,960 they were very aware of how their masters were responding. 74 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,960 With nine plagues coming onto the land, the people of Egypt were 75 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,240 having a bit of a respite. 76 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,540 Now, they were probably getting their homes sorted again 77 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:10,740 or out in the fields to look at the devastation of the crops. 78 00:04:11,060 --> 00:04:14,660 But while the Egyptians were focusing on the plagues of the past, 79 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:19,140 the children of Israel were preparing for the final plague yet 80 00:04:19,140 --> 00:04:19,620 to come. 81 00:04:20,340 --> 00:04:23,300 But the instructions given to them here in chapter 12 were not 82 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:27,460 simply for the night in which they would leave the land of Egypt, 83 00:04:27,860 --> 00:04:31,540 but it was to be a memorial that they would practice each year 84 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:34,960 as a reminder of the Lord's deliverance of his people from. 85 00:04:35,030 --> 00:04:35,670 From Egypt. 86 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:39,510 And verse one confirms that the instructions are given to Moses 87 00:04:39,510 --> 00:04:43,350 and Aaron so that they could then retell them to the people. 88 00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:48,070 Verse two tells us that the current month in which they're in 89 00:04:48,070 --> 00:04:51,510 in Egypt will now be the start of their year. 90 00:04:52,630 --> 00:04:54,510 Now, this is significant for the people. 91 00:04:54,510 --> 00:04:58,990 It's not just a little detail for us, but what is God telling his 92 00:04:58,990 --> 00:05:02,760 people there to do as they move from one year into the next? 93 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,880 And we know the significance of that from the 31st of December 94 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,040 over to the 1st of January. 95 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,960 Well, he was telling them that as they started a new year, they 96 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,960 were to remember how God had brought them out of slavery and redeemed 97 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,040 them from the hands of the Egyptians. 98 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:27,130 And so their calendar will now begin with a reminder of the Lord's 99 00:05:27,130 --> 00:05:27,770 redemption. 100 00:05:29,690 --> 00:05:32,410 Initially, this month, first month of the year for the children 101 00:05:32,410 --> 00:05:36,890 of Israel will be called Abib, which is an Egyptian or sorry, a 102 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:37,850 Canaanite word. 103 00:05:38,010 --> 00:05:41,690 And then later it will become Nisan, which comes from the Babylonian. 104 00:05:41,690 --> 00:05:45,610 So that as they came out of exile, the first month was renamed 105 00:05:46,090 --> 00:05:49,730 and it falls sometimes between or sometime between March and April. 106 00:05:49,730 --> 00:05:52,970 Now, I hope there's a few dots being joined up for you here. 107 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,360 Passover links to Easter. 108 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,880 And when is Easter, March or April, which is the traditional start 109 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,800 of the Jewish calendar. 110 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:07,920 But the Lord continues in his instructions that on the 10th day 111 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,440 of this first month, each household is to get ready and to 112 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:12,520 get a lamb. 113 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,720 But you know, the Lord remains good even in these instructions. 114 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,920 He's caring for his people. 115 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,800 He knows that they're not all the same. 116 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,560 And so look at what he says in verse four. 117 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,800 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share 118 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,640 one with their nearest neighbor. 119 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,760 Having taken into account the number of people there are, you are 120 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,760 to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with each 121 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,880 person that will eat. 122 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,640 So just like today, the households of Israel were varying 123 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,920 in sizes, and no one was to be left out, nor were they to be overboard. 124 00:06:49,430 --> 00:06:52,670 So if a whole lamb provides too much meat for a household, then 125 00:06:52,670 --> 00:06:54,470 neighbors are to share in the lamb. 126 00:06:55,110 --> 00:06:57,510 And the lamb cannot have physical blemishes. 127 00:06:57,510 --> 00:07:01,670 Now, it could be taken from the sheep or the goats and it would 128 00:07:02,310 --> 00:07:02,950 have this. 129 00:07:02,950 --> 00:07:06,190 It would be without blemish, because then if it had a blemish, 130 00:07:06,190 --> 00:07:09,190 it would be less valuable and it would be an improper sacrifice 131 00:07:09,670 --> 00:07:10,950 brought before the Lord. 132 00:07:11,830 --> 00:07:16,120 The Lord says it also must be male, and we link this to what is 133 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:16,960 about to happen. 134 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,880 A male is given by blood sacrifice, and who will be sacrificed 135 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,440 by way of punishment for their rejection of God? 136 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,080 The firstborn sons of Egypt. 137 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,280 But it must also be a year old. 138 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,080 And this seems now to be what is the ideal age for sacrificial 139 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,840 animals as recorded in other parts of the Old Testament. 140 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,040 So even though God is not setting down sacrificial laws at 141 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,840 this point, he's already getting the people ready for what 142 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,440 he expects of his community beyond Egypt and how they will worship 143 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:49,760 Him. 144 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,480 God is truly gracious. 145 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,840 He doesn't take them out and then tell them, but he's warming 146 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,360 their hearts to this sense of worship. 147 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,400 What does it mean to truly worship God? 148 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,400 Yes, it means to worship him his way. 149 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,880 But he is gracious enough to lead us into worship. 150 00:08:11,670 --> 00:08:12,870 We don't have to make it up. 151 00:08:13,590 --> 00:08:17,390 He's given it to us in His Word, and this is what we see here 152 00:08:17,390 --> 00:08:18,150 with his people. 153 00:08:19,670 --> 00:08:23,030 And so people who desire to worship God today, because they know 154 00:08:23,030 --> 00:08:27,710 Christ as their Savior, follow that way of worship as God has given 155 00:08:27,710 --> 00:08:33,470 it to us in Scripture so that we can be faithful in what he commands 156 00:08:33,470 --> 00:08:33,750 us. 157 00:08:34,870 --> 00:08:38,350 Now, verse six tells us that the Lamb is not to be slaughtered 158 00:08:38,350 --> 00:08:39,790 until the 14th day of the month. 159 00:08:39,790 --> 00:08:43,090 And no reason is given for this four day wait from when they 160 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:47,930 go out to get it and when it is slaughtered and then the instruction 161 00:08:47,930 --> 00:08:51,730 is given that these lambs are all to be slaughtered at the same 162 00:08:51,810 --> 00:08:56,290 time, twilight perhaps, since that's the beginning of the night, 163 00:08:56,450 --> 00:08:59,810 the time when the Lord will pass through the land and therefore 164 00:08:59,810 --> 00:09:03,490 when the lamb's blood would come to play its significant role. 165 00:09:04,530 --> 00:09:07,850 And the passage tells us on three occasions that the blood is 166 00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:10,250 to be smeared, and it's the third one that we're told, it's with 167 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,720 Hyssop that is to be smeared on each house's doorposts and lintel, 168 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,840 the sides and the top of the doorposts, signifying to the Lord 169 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,280 that he should not enter that door to kill the firstborn, since 170 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,760 the lamb's lifeblood stands in its place. 171 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:33,520 And so the Lord will therefore pass over that home in peace. 172 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,280 Again, are you joining the dots? 173 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:37,680 Why is it called Passover? 174 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,760 Because quite literally, as the Lord moves throughout Egypt, 175 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:49,280 as we discover a name, the Destroyer, he passes over the homes 176 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,800 with blood on their doors so that the people can enjoy this meal 177 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,720 that will forever be called the Lord's Passover. 178 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,960 Verse 9 tells us that the meat of the lamb is to be eaten, roasted, 179 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,080 not raw or boiled. 180 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,680 And living in this part of the world, I have discovered that the 181 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:13,120 eating of lamb is quite a debate. 182 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,680 It's quite literally, half of you love it and half of you hate 183 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:18,000 it. 184 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:21,120 I didn't realize it could be so divisive. 185 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,560 The children of Israel had no choice. 186 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,160 There was no likes or dislikes in this one. 187 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:35,320 The Lord told them clearly it was to be a lamb roasted and eaten. 188 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,960 You see, the rule against consuming blood in Genesis 9:4 explains 189 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,600 why the meat cannot be raw. 190 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:45,280 But the reason why it cannot be boiled, which is allowed in other 191 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,720 sacrifices, as we will see under sacrificial law. 192 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:52,120 It's not given to us here, but what we do know is the entire lamb 193 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,000 is to be eaten with the accompaniment of unleavened bread, 194 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,520 that is bread without yeast, and also bitter herbs. 195 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,000 Now, the unleavened bread will commemorate the haste with which 196 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,440 the Israelites leave Egypt. 197 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:06,440 Yeast has to rise. 198 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:07,720 There was no time for this. 199 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,400 So they simply made what they normally made without the yeast and 200 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:12,520 ate flat bread. 201 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,760 But the bitter herbs have a more significant meaning. 202 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,280 And it actually takes us back to the very beginning of Exodus. 203 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,860 You see, the word for bitter is related to the verb describing 204 00:11:25,860 --> 00:11:30,780 how the Egyptians had made the Israelites lives better with hard 205 00:11:30,780 --> 00:11:31,260 labor. 206 00:11:31,660 --> 00:11:34,300 And this is what's told us there in the first chapter in verse 207 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:37,380 14, they made their lives better. 208 00:11:37,380 --> 00:11:41,500 That's the Egyptians made the lives of the Israelites lives better 209 00:11:41,740 --> 00:11:44,940 with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work 210 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:45,740 in the fields. 211 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:50,750 In all their hard labor, the Egyptians used them rich, ruthlessly. 212 00:11:52,030 --> 00:11:53,710 These were people who didn't have lives. 213 00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:56,910 And what was the best word to describe what they were living in? 214 00:11:56,910 --> 00:12:01,070 Enslavement, Bitter or bitterness? 215 00:12:02,190 --> 00:12:04,750 It wasn't that they had an attitude, but I'm sure they did. 216 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:09,470 But it wasn't that bitterness towards the Egyptians and the taskmasters 217 00:12:09,470 --> 00:12:09,950 they had. 218 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:13,470 It was actually that their lives were bitter. 219 00:12:14,110 --> 00:12:18,380 Be that with the taste of the sweat going down their brow, be it 220 00:12:18,380 --> 00:12:21,900 with the limbs that were aching and sore each day, and the 221 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:25,060 bitter medicine they would have to take to try and heal and 222 00:12:25,060 --> 00:12:25,540 restore. 223 00:12:26,740 --> 00:12:31,500 It was this work of slavery that made the children cry out to 224 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:34,900 the Lord to cry out that their lives were better. 225 00:12:36,020 --> 00:12:39,060 And he has heard and he has answered, but he wants them to remember 226 00:12:39,060 --> 00:12:42,500 what they have been redeemed from, what they've been rescued from. 227 00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:46,150 And so these bitter herbs will now remind the Israelites and that 228 00:12:46,150 --> 00:12:49,310 the Lord is delivering them from a bitter existence. 229 00:12:50,510 --> 00:12:53,790 Well, the Lord goes on to tell the people that all the meat is to 230 00:12:53,790 --> 00:12:56,830 be eaten that night, and any leftovers are to be burned. 231 00:12:57,150 --> 00:12:59,870 And again, the Lord gives no reason for why this is. 232 00:12:59,870 --> 00:13:03,470 But the same requirement will be applied to peace offerings of 233 00:13:03,470 --> 00:13:06,670 Thanksgiving in Leviticus 7:15. 234 00:13:07,390 --> 00:13:11,230 And the context there suggests that the meat is considered holy. 235 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,480 And so it is to be burned to lessen the chance of it coming, becoming 236 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,240 defiled by insects or rodents coming and eating it. 237 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,160 And as they're eating this meal, the children of Israel are 238 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,520 to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. 239 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,520 They're to be dressed. 240 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,640 Did you get that? 241 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,160 In the third recounting of their cloaks hitched into their belts 242 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:34,800 with their sandals on their feet. 243 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,600 This is not what they would do in their homes. 244 00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:41,050 They certainly wouldn't be holding a staff, a walking aid ready 245 00:13:41,050 --> 00:13:41,490 to go. 246 00:13:42,210 --> 00:13:46,810 A meal was to be enjoyed and timely enjoyed where you could relax 247 00:13:46,810 --> 00:13:49,890 and not have your work sandals on or not have your cloak on. 248 00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:53,650 And so this was a very different meal altogether, because 249 00:13:53,650 --> 00:13:56,890 they were to be ready for a journey, and they were to eat the 250 00:13:56,890 --> 00:14:01,130 food quickly, as though in anxious haste, waiting for that first 251 00:14:01,130 --> 00:14:02,530 light of the new day to come. 252 00:14:03,670 --> 00:14:06,790 The people are not to be comfortable and thereby miss their 253 00:14:06,790 --> 00:14:11,150 opportunity to leave the land of Egypt at The end of verse 11, 254 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:15,990 we're told the name of this sacrifice, and it is the Lord's Passover. 255 00:14:16,870 --> 00:14:20,110 The significance of that name is not simply a Jewish festival or 256 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:21,830 holiday that's still celebrated today. 257 00:14:22,630 --> 00:14:25,670 It is actually telling us what the Lord did to his people. 258 00:14:25,910 --> 00:14:31,550 He passed over them the judgment that should have been theirs, 259 00:14:32,430 --> 00:14:35,950 but because of the blood of the Lamb, he passed over. 260 00:14:36,830 --> 00:14:40,110 And the significance of this is explained in verses 12 and 13. 261 00:14:40,670 --> 00:14:43,990 Verse 12 retells what has already been told to Pharaoh, that 262 00:14:43,990 --> 00:14:46,670 the Lord's judgment will fall on both men and animals. 263 00:14:47,070 --> 00:14:50,710 But the Lord goes further here and says that this will bring judgment 264 00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:52,510 on all the gods of Egypt. 265 00:14:52,910 --> 00:14:55,910 Now, the Egyptians believed in many gods, and we've been introduced 266 00:14:55,910 --> 00:14:58,250 to some of them throughout through these plagues. 267 00:14:58,810 --> 00:15:02,450 And while previous strikes may have highlighted that certain ones 268 00:15:02,450 --> 00:15:06,650 of their gods were powerless before the Lord, the crushing devastation 269 00:15:06,650 --> 00:15:11,010 of this strike will make clear that they are all powerless before 270 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:11,370 Him. 271 00:15:11,450 --> 00:15:13,050 What does he declare about himself? 272 00:15:13,290 --> 00:15:14,890 That he is the Lord God. 273 00:15:15,130 --> 00:15:18,490 He is Israel's God, and he is the only true God. 274 00:15:18,810 --> 00:15:23,580 None of these false gods worshipped by the Egyptians can deliver 275 00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:25,180 them from his hand. 276 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:28,220 The Lord Almighty is God. 277 00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:30,380 The other gods are not. 278 00:15:31,420 --> 00:15:33,260 But the Lord continues in verse 13. 279 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:37,420 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. 280 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:41,980 And when I see the blood, I will pass over you. 281 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:47,420 No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. 282 00:15:48,950 --> 00:15:52,510 Now, by this stage, I'm sure the people may wonder why they have 283 00:15:52,510 --> 00:15:54,790 to go through all of this. 284 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:58,750 And here the Lord tells them that it's all about their salvation. 285 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:02,470 Because their salvation is not just coming out of the land of slavery, 286 00:16:02,870 --> 00:16:05,750 but their salvation is in the blood of the Lamb. 287 00:16:06,870 --> 00:16:10,350 As the angel of death, or as the Lord the Destroyer will move 288 00:16:10,350 --> 00:16:13,630 through the land of Egypt, the sign of salvation will be the blood 289 00:16:13,630 --> 00:16:14,950 on the doorposts. 290 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,880 In many churches around the world, their church doors are red 291 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,920 to signify this very moment. 292 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,760 Not that they believe the Lord is going to pass over judgment, but 293 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,840 it's that sign of redemption. 294 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,600 Their redemption is not in the footsteps out of Egypt. 295 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,960 Their redemption comes by trusting in the blood of the Lamb. 296 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,800 And so this sign on the doorpost will direct the angel to 297 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,220 move on and so save that household from death. 298 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:54,140 Again, I remember, or I'm reminded of the 1956 film starring 299 00:16:54,140 --> 00:16:57,340 Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in the Ten Commandments. 300 00:16:57,340 --> 00:17:00,260 This scene that I've just described is portrayed with people 301 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:00,980 waiting. 302 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:05,460 They're waiting in their homes, around tables, and there's 303 00:17:05,460 --> 00:17:06,900 an eerie silence. 304 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:11,300 It's a Tense moment as you see them dressed and ready to go. 305 00:17:12,229 --> 00:17:15,789 But it's a moment when they trust in the blood of the Lamb on 306 00:17:15,789 --> 00:17:19,349 their doorposts to be their salvation. 307 00:17:20,389 --> 00:17:25,709 And as the Lord continues, he transforms this one night feast into 308 00:17:25,709 --> 00:17:29,589 a festival that is to be annually remembered again at the 309 00:17:29,589 --> 00:17:30,629 start of each year. 310 00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:34,269 And all the generations to follow are to take seven days to 311 00:17:34,269 --> 00:17:38,760 celebrate the Lord, reminding the children of Israel their deliverance 312 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:40,400 by the Lord God Almighty. 313 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:45,040 Again, there's repetition now as we go through this passage, where 314 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,960 they're told that the bread that they're to eat is to be unleavened 315 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,520 bread for this celebration, no yeast whatsoever. 316 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,560 Verse 15 tells us that in fact, all that yeast is to be thrown 317 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:56,080 out of the house. 318 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,080 It isn't even to be anywhere near them. 319 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,400 Verse 16 commands them to gather as a people to worship God. 320 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,440 And this is new now to what we've been told, that on the first 321 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,720 day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. 322 00:18:09,150 --> 00:18:12,790 Do no work at all in these days, except to prepare food for 323 00:18:12,790 --> 00:18:13,870 everyone to eat. 324 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:16,270 That is all you may do. 325 00:18:16,510 --> 00:18:18,110 What did the people want to do? 326 00:18:18,110 --> 00:18:19,750 They wanted to gather and worship God. 327 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:22,750 And now God is saying, this you will do in the Passover, not 328 00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:26,670 just on this night, but for the generations that will follow. 329 00:18:27,390 --> 00:18:30,510 So this festival is to begin and end with that holy assembly. 330 00:18:31,070 --> 00:18:34,110 It's a command of communal celebration. 331 00:18:35,250 --> 00:18:38,690 And because it is a holy day, then no work is to be done, allowing 332 00:18:38,690 --> 00:18:41,250 people to focus on celebrating before the Lord. 333 00:18:41,890 --> 00:18:46,610 The only exception is to prepare the food that's necessary 334 00:18:46,610 --> 00:18:47,490 for the festival. 335 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:51,450 And then the Lord repeats most of what he's just said in order to 336 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:55,730 underscore to Moses and Aaron that this festival is to be observed 337 00:18:55,730 --> 00:18:57,010 throughout the coming generations. 338 00:18:57,410 --> 00:19:01,060 It is a festival to celebrate the Lord, not the people, but to 339 00:19:01,060 --> 00:19:04,140 celebrate him and his deliverance, his redemption of them. 340 00:19:04,380 --> 00:19:07,580 And it will last for a week, seven days long, with the start and 341 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:08,620 end times specified. 342 00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:12,860 And no leavened bread will be eaten during this time, whether by 343 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,580 native Israelite or resident alien. 344 00:19:15,980 --> 00:19:18,780 And on a side, whenever we get to that point, when the children 345 00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:23,020 of Israel will leave Egypt, it wasn't just native Jews or children 346 00:19:23,020 --> 00:19:23,860 of Israel who leave. 347 00:19:23,860 --> 00:19:26,710 They become now known as Hebrews, because there are other 348 00:19:26,710 --> 00:19:29,830 slaves who will leave with them who will be adopted into the 349 00:19:29,830 --> 00:19:31,590 family of God through circumcision. 350 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:35,150 And so that's where we get this phrase, resident alien who will 351 00:19:35,150 --> 00:19:36,870 live amongst the people of God. 352 00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:42,109 Disobedience of all of this, then, is warned to the people in 353 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:45,710 verse 19 that anyone who breaks it will be exiled from the 354 00:19:45,710 --> 00:19:51,270 community, because this is a holy ordinance given by God and therefore 355 00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:54,540 must be obeyed, because it is his standard. 356 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:59,540 The third part of this chapter then closes it out, because Moses 357 00:19:59,540 --> 00:20:02,740 now goes to the elders of the people and to the people with the 358 00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:04,540 instruction of what they're to do. 359 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:09,300 And he commands them in verse 24, to obey these instructions as 360 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:12,220 a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 361 00:20:12,860 --> 00:20:16,260 This act of God will not be easily forgotten, nor should it be 362 00:20:16,260 --> 00:20:17,260 easily forgotten. 363 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:20,380 It won't be forgotten by the generation experiencing it. 364 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,280 But it was now put in place by way of celebration for all generations 365 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,200 to remember what the Lord God had done, a testimony of his goodness 366 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:30,880 to his people. 367 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,720 That's why we're told in verses 26 and 27. 368 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,720 And when your children ask, what does this ceremony mean to you? 369 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:43,000 Then tell them it is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord who 370 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,890 passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our 371 00:20:46,890 --> 00:20:48,970 homes when he struck down the Egyptians. 372 00:20:49,690 --> 00:20:55,690 And still to this day, the Jews around the world at Passover 373 00:20:55,690 --> 00:20:58,170 remind themselves of this event. 374 00:21:01,290 --> 00:21:05,770 And so it is now fulfilled that indeed, the people were never 375 00:21:05,770 --> 00:21:07,850 to forget all that God had done for them. 376 00:21:08,570 --> 00:21:11,930 They were to remember, because the Lord's Passover wouldn't just 377 00:21:11,930 --> 00:21:16,370 remind them of the past and but it would cause them to look forward, 378 00:21:17,090 --> 00:21:22,530 as on that very night, to look forward to freedom and to redemption. 379 00:21:23,730 --> 00:21:27,050 But it should also cause them to look forward to the Lord's Savior 380 00:21:27,050 --> 00:21:32,690 who will come, prophesied by Isaiah and Jeremiah and Ezekiel, 381 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:36,450 foretold by the Lord himself in the Garden of Eden. 382 00:21:37,010 --> 00:21:41,470 Not to look to human salvation, but to look to the one 383 00:21:41,470 --> 00:21:44,950 who would come, the Savior, who would rescue them from their 384 00:21:44,950 --> 00:21:45,390 sins. 385 00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,310 And what God did to the Egyptians was no surprise. 386 00:21:50,190 --> 00:21:53,550 But what may seem surprising is the way he treated his people, 387 00:21:53,550 --> 00:21:54,190 Israel. 388 00:21:55,070 --> 00:21:59,030 Because, like the Egyptians, the Israelites were under a sentence 389 00:21:59,030 --> 00:21:59,550 of death. 390 00:22:00,510 --> 00:22:04,350 They still not by birthright, were God's people. 391 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,080 They weren't saved because they were born. 392 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,160 They had to worship him for who he was and obey his commands. 393 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,760 And so, the same night that God brought death to every house 394 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,560 in Egypt, he also visited the home of every Israelite with the 395 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,680 purpose of killing their firstborn sons. 396 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,560 But in his mercy, of course, God provided his people with a way 397 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,000 to escape his wrath. 398 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,320 On the first Passover, the Israelites huddled in their homes, 399 00:22:32,020 --> 00:22:34,180 waiting for God to come in judgment. 400 00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:40,420 That night, he would claim a life from every household in Egypt. 401 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:46,500 But the Lord's Passover points us to the death of another firstborn 402 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:49,780 son and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. 403 00:22:49,780 --> 00:22:54,060 For that is the meal to which we now look as the memorial that 404 00:22:54,060 --> 00:22:56,100 we call communion and the Lord's Supper. 405 00:22:56,980 --> 00:23:02,280 God's way of salvation has always been through life, giving 406 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,200 blood for the children of Israel. 407 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,040 On that night of the first Passover, it was through the blood 408 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,960 of the sacrificial lamb that as they spread that blood on their 409 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:16,640 doorposts, they trusted in the Lord that as the destroyer moved 410 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,520 through the land, he would see the blood and he would save them 411 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:21,080 from death. 412 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,400 And this would continue through the sacrificial system. 413 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,240 On that day of atonement, as the blood was shed for all the people, 414 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:34,170 the hyssop was still dipped in the blood and sprinkled against the 415 00:23:34,170 --> 00:23:36,170 altar of worship to the Lord. 416 00:23:37,210 --> 00:23:40,930 And so God was reminding his people now, even in the sacrificial 417 00:23:40,930 --> 00:23:45,290 system, that it was by the blood and the correct worship of 418 00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,610 him that they would know salvation. 419 00:23:49,290 --> 00:23:53,570 But it is for us now to look to Jesus on Calvary's cross, who 420 00:23:53,570 --> 00:23:55,530 is our sacrificial lamb. 421 00:23:56,250 --> 00:24:00,530 The blood on the cross has the power to save because it is the blood 422 00:24:00,530 --> 00:24:06,240 of Jesus, who is the very Son of God, the firstborn Son of God. 423 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:13,120 There is no more precious blood than this in all the universe. 424 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,840 Unlike the blood of even the most perfect Passover lamb, it has 425 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:19,760 infinite value. 426 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:25,120 And so Scripture tells us in Hebrews chapter 9 and verses 12 and 427 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:29,280 14, that Jesus entered not by means of the blood of goats and calves, 428 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:34,140 but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 429 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:37,820 How much more would the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal 430 00:24:37,820 --> 00:24:41,180 Spirit, offered himself without blemish to God, purifying 431 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:45,260 our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. 432 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:52,140 The only way to be saved from sin and delivered from death is by 433 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:55,260 Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. 434 00:24:56,060 --> 00:24:59,180 God calls everyone to trust in his blood. 435 00:24:59,970 --> 00:25:02,650 And this is what the Israelites did at the first Passover. 436 00:25:02,650 --> 00:25:04,130 They trusted in the blood. 437 00:25:04,690 --> 00:25:07,730 Putting blood on the doorpost was an act of faith. 438 00:25:08,610 --> 00:25:12,170 In order to be delivered from death, they had to believe God's 439 00:25:12,170 --> 00:25:15,250 word quite literally, to take him at his word. 440 00:25:16,050 --> 00:25:20,530 And that meant doing what God had communicated through Moses. 441 00:25:21,570 --> 00:25:25,250 It was by faith that each family chose a perfect lamb. 442 00:25:25,820 --> 00:25:29,500 By faith that they took its life and roasted it with bitter herbs. 443 00:25:29,980 --> 00:25:33,820 And by faith that they spread its blood on the door. 444 00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:40,460 The blood was a public confession of their faith, a sign 445 00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:43,900 that they trusted in the atoning work of the sacrificial lamb. 446 00:25:44,780 --> 00:25:48,940 So they were saved by grace, through faith. 447 00:25:50,060 --> 00:25:53,280 God provided the lamb, demonstrating his grace. 448 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,360 But the Israelites had to trust in the lamb, which is where 449 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,400 faith comes in again. 450 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,240 Hebrews tells us, by faith, Moses kept the Passover and sprinkled 451 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,680 the blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn might 452 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,080 not touch them. 453 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:18,400 If you'd been there for that first Passover, would you have sacrificed 454 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:18,920 a lamb? 455 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:26,480 Would you have done it to save your family and no freedom in the 456 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,160 Exodus, would you have done it? 457 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:31,960 Of course you would have done it. 458 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,600 You would have done whatever it would take to ensure that indeed 459 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:41,040 the Lord would pass over with his wrath, so that you could know 460 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:46,370 his mercy and his grace and know your salvation. 461 00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:51,570 So why aren't we doing anything different today? 462 00:26:52,530 --> 00:26:57,530 Why are we still rejecting the lamb that was slain, the Lamb on 463 00:26:57,530 --> 00:27:00,930 Calvary's cross, where the blood is no longer spread on our 464 00:27:00,930 --> 00:27:04,130 doors, but it was shed from Calvary's cross. 465 00:27:05,010 --> 00:27:10,010 And that as a memorial around this table, we take the bread and 466 00:27:10,010 --> 00:27:14,930 the wine to remind us of all of this, our public confession of 467 00:27:14,930 --> 00:27:15,370 faith. 468 00:27:15,450 --> 00:27:19,250 Just as in that first Passover was on the doors, that public confession 469 00:27:19,250 --> 00:27:22,410 is now in the wine that we drink at communion. 470 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:28,050 You see, the blood of the lamb is still the only thing that can 471 00:27:28,050 --> 00:27:28,489 save us. 472 00:27:28,489 --> 00:27:31,210 But it's not a sacrificial lamb that is roasted. 473 00:27:33,290 --> 00:27:36,570 It is the blood of the risen Lord Jesus Christ, who died for you, 474 00:27:36,570 --> 00:27:41,450 but rose again so that you can be certain that passing through death, 475 00:27:42,170 --> 00:27:47,850 so too resurrection promises yours and heaven for all eternity. 476 00:27:51,690 --> 00:27:56,890 Romans, chapter three and the first half of verse 25 tells us God 477 00:27:56,890 --> 00:28:00,570 presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his 478 00:28:00,570 --> 00:28:00,970 blood. 479 00:28:01,690 --> 00:28:05,210 It goes on that he says he did this to demonstrate his justice, 480 00:28:05,780 --> 00:28:10,260 because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand 481 00:28:10,580 --> 00:28:11,540 unpunished. 482 00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:14,500 Do you see what God's done for you? 483 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:21,180 Do you see that he wants you to accept the Lamb of God, Jesus 484 00:28:21,180 --> 00:28:27,580 Christ, by faith, knowing his grace to you, so that you will know 485 00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:32,860 your salvation in the only blood that has infinite value. 486 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:38,860 Don't reject him again this morning. 487 00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:44,220 But I say that to each and every one of us, because that rejection 488 00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:45,740 comes in two ways. 489 00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:50,620 Yes, we can reject him for our salvation, but we can reject him 490 00:28:50,780 --> 00:28:53,660 by simply not living for him, even though we profess his name. 491 00:28:54,460 --> 00:28:57,580 We simply go through life like everybody else and then all of a 492 00:28:57,580 --> 00:29:01,000 sudden get cleaned up to come here and look the part. 493 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,240 But there's actually no difference in our lives. 494 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,160 So we talk like the world, we act like the world, and that is no 495 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,320 part in the kingdom of God, because God's standard in worship 496 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,520 and in how we Live is to be so different. 497 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,440 Because God gave us His Son as a sacrifice of atonement. 498 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,640 And it's all through faith in his blood. 499 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:25,720 And why did he do it? 500 00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:29,550 He did it to demonstrate his justice, that his wrath would not 501 00:29:29,550 --> 00:29:33,550 fall on us, but would fall on His Son, Jesus. 502 00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:37,070 You see, each of us need the blood of Jesus today. 503 00:29:37,710 --> 00:29:41,630 Each of us need to know that we are saved for all eternity. 504 00:29:41,710 --> 00:29:44,110 And as we are, then we must live for Him. 505 00:29:44,110 --> 00:29:48,990 Otherwise that sacrifice on the cross is worthless to us. 506 00:29:50,910 --> 00:29:53,630 And in my life, I never wanted to be worthless. 507 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,760 The blood of Jesus must mean more to me than anything else, so 508 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:03,040 that I will know full assurance of glorious hope, resurrection, 509 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,160 glory of that day when Jesus will come again. 510 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,040 God has provided the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world, 511 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,440 your sins and mine. 512 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:22,610 And everyone who trusts in his blood will be saved now and for all 513 00:30:22,610 --> 00:30:23,290 eternity. 514 00:30:25,930 --> 00:30:31,490 If you were a child of Israel, on that first passover, you would 515 00:30:31,490 --> 00:30:35,930 have run to get a lamb so that the destroyer would not come near 516 00:30:35,930 --> 00:30:36,250 you. 517 00:30:37,610 --> 00:30:42,810 Well, Jesus invites you to come to him, the living Son of God, 518 00:30:43,130 --> 00:30:47,980 whose blood was shed, so that once again you would not fear the 519 00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:48,740 destroyer. 520 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:52,980 But no assurance, full assurance of home in heaven. 521 00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:56,100 Come to the Savior. 522 00:30:57,460 --> 00:31:02,180 And the words of our hymn that we'll sing by response, by way of 523 00:31:02,980 --> 00:31:05,300 think of what this means is Beneath the cross of Jesus. 524 00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:08,140 And verse one tells us why we need to come to this blood. 525 00:31:08,140 --> 00:31:11,180 Because it says, beneath the cross of Jesus, I find a place to 526 00:31:11,180 --> 00:31:15,700 stand and wonder at such mercy that calls me as I am. 527 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:22,100 For hands that should discard me hold wounds which call me Come. 528 00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:30,100 Beneath the cross of Jesus, my unworthy soul is won. 529 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:35,980 I will be singing this verse as a testimony of my faith in Jesus 530 00:31:35,980 --> 00:31:38,500 Christ, and many of you will be doing likewise. 531 00:31:39,550 --> 00:31:43,630 But for others who do not have that testimony of faith, will this 532 00:31:43,630 --> 00:31:48,230 be the realization and your prayer this day of the living Lamb 533 00:31:48,230 --> 00:31:52,990 of God, who indeed takes away your sins forever. 534 00:31:54,110 --> 00:31:54,910 Let us pray. 535 00:31:55,870 --> 00:31:58,190 Our Father God, we thank you for your word. 536 00:31:58,190 --> 00:32:02,150 Again, a passage that has to make us think a little bit because 537 00:32:02,150 --> 00:32:06,330 of its detail, but yet so much in it that points us to your goodness, 538 00:32:06,330 --> 00:32:06,690 to us. 539 00:32:06,690 --> 00:32:10,650 And so, while there is yet time, Father, convict us to live 540 00:32:10,650 --> 00:32:11,530 lives for you. 541 00:32:11,770 --> 00:32:15,090 Convict us to come to the Savior and his blood that was shed 542 00:32:15,090 --> 00:32:16,650 so that we can know life in him. 543 00:32:17,370 --> 00:32:20,770 So that we can know that beneath the cross of Jesus, indeed 544 00:32:20,770 --> 00:32:25,290 our unworthy souls are won because of what Jesus has accomplished. 545 00:32:26,650 --> 00:32:31,930 So, Lord, may we not fear you, but may we stand firm in Christ. 546 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,680 Change our hearts, change our minds that we will be people who 547 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:43,640 are faithful to you, to your gospel, and to the home that is waiting 548 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,240 for us in heaven when Christ will return. 549 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,600 So may we respond well this day. 550 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,480 In Jesus name, amen.