The Feast of the Passover

"It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover." Exodus 12:27

Once Pharaoh said they could go, the Israelites were already packed and dressed for the journey, just like God had told them. They started the journey, happy there would be no more making bricks, no more work for the Egyptians, and their children were safe. They were free, and God was leading them to a beautiful country that He said long ago He would give them.

To remind them how they were saved from the Egyptians, God told them that on the same day each year they should kill a lamb and roast it and put the blood on the doorpost of their home, just as they had before, and eat the lamb while dressed to go on a journey. This way, they would always remember what had happened and how God had made them free. 

This was called the Passover, because the angel passed over the houses where blood marked the doors.

They Israelites started their journey and God appeared in a pillar of cloud and lead them away from Egypt. 

Our Lord Jesus was crucified when He had come to celebrate the Feast of Passover many years later. He is called the Lamb of God, because he was pure and gentle, and His blood saves us and sets us free from the devil just as the lamb's blood saved the Israelites. Because of Jesus, we celebrate Passover and remember on Easter Sunday that after Jesus died on the cross, He rose again from the dead and now lives forever.

QUESTIONS

1. What did Pharaoh say that the Israelites could do?

2. What made him let them go at last ?

3. Who were set free ?

4. What were the Israelites to do every year?

5. What was this eating the lamb called ?

6. Why was it called the Passover ?

7. Why were the Israelites glad ?

8. Who set us free?

9. What did our Lord do on Easter Sunday?

10. In what is He like a lamb ?

11. How did God lead them?