The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 12:21-23
Exodus 12:21-23Strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood.Three great truths taught by the PassoverI. The universality of condemnation. Israelite and Egyptian are brought under one common charge of guilt, and there they all stand, “condemned already.”II. The great truth of substitution. The lamb instead of the firstborn. “Behold the Lamb of God,” etc.III. The third truth taught is appropriation. The Israelite would not have been safe if he had merely killed the lamb; he had to... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 12:1-51
Exodus 12:2. The first month of the year. This is called Abib, Exodus 13:4; and Nisan, Esther 3:7. It was before the seventh month, hence the earth is supposed to have been created in September; but now in commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt, the ecclesiastical table which regulated the festivals, was ordered to begin with Abib. Many nations have reckoned their existence from some important era in their history: and in this view it was highly proper for the christian church to... read more