The plague of the first-born: Exodus 11 and 12
Consider the weight of Exodus 12:30 when it says that not one Israelite family in Egypt was not effected by the final plague. It is amazing to think about how it would have struck fear in an already fearful nation after the previous plagues. Every family with children was effected at least once. Some families would lose mother, father, and children. God showed that He is the Sovereign God through this. I cannot fully grasp what happened but I am just amazed.
The people of Israel were charged with remembering what God did to save them from the Egyptians. I wonder how many generations it took from the passover for the true significance to be lost and it to just become a ritual? I think about Easter and Christ dying for my sins and I am ashamed at how easily we just think of it as another ‘holiday’. Easter is so much more and I pray that I will never take for granted what happened.
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