God therefore struck down the Egyptian firstborn while He spared the Israelite firstborn. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. (2) The Passover and its related celebrations, the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the redemption of the firstborn, were intended to serve as a means of instruction for the future generations of Israel (Exod. The New Testament teaches a number of practical applications of the Passover for contemporary Christians. Aggelos is best defined as a messenger, and generally a messenger from God, one who conveys news from God to men. 26 Your children will ask you, What are we celebrating? 27 And you will answer, The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(BO) to Sukkoth. In this passage and in 2 Samuel 24, the destroying angel is actually called the angel of the Lord, which many scholars take to be a reference to Christ in a pre-incarnate appearance. The month of Abib approximates to our month of April. 24:14). 5:7). Let us remember that when we come to the Passover celebration and the plague of the firstborn, we are now dealing with the tenth and concluding plague which God has brought upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians. And also bless me.. Nevertheless, Gods actions here (and similar actions elsewhere) are explainable. WebWhen I see the blood, I will pass over you. Much of Johns teaching and research is available on the extensive range of DVDs and CDs available from Creation Research. (4) The participants of the Passover. Instead, verses 4-8 are Moses final retort to Pharaoh, made immediately after his demand that Moses leave. (1) The redemption of the firstborn (Exod. 138-139. The purpose of this revelation thus dictates its form. 31During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! WebThe book gives the following examples of angels being executors: Angels were involved in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1, 12-13). 1 Pet. If you like checking the Hebrew the word destroyer here, is shachath (see Strongs number 7843) which as a verb means to decay, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin. (3) The plague of the firstborn was an appropriate punishment of Egyptians for their oppression of Israel (Gen. 15:14; Exod. Therefore, to answer the specific question: Was the Angel of Death a created being? Since God the Lord Jehovah/Yahweh was the bringer of death and He is eternal and uncreated, the answer is no on all counts. But when He sees the blood-markings across the tops of your doorways and down your two doorposts, He will pass over your houses and not allow His messenger of death to enter into your houses and strike you down. WebThe Passover. 7:23). Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abrahams bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. God had told Abraham that the oppressive nation (which we now know to be Egypt) which would enslave Israel would be punished (Gen. 15:14). For UK tax deductible donations click here. I fear that all too many presentations of the gospel do not inform people that when they come to faith in Christ, they cease to own themselves, and that they become Christs possession. Not at all. The meat was eaten along with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (12:8). He then quotes this passage from Psalm 44 to show that we, like Christ, are called to suffer as sheep: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered (Rom. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. (4) The Passover was another evidence of the grace of God in the lives of His people. Moses pronouncement to Pharaoh: the coming of the final plague (Exodus 11:4-8). In the context of this chapter in First Corinthians, Paul has been speaking of a Christian who was living with the wife of his father (5:1). The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. The word which is translated move literally means to cut into, to sharpen, or to bring to a point. The allusion here is to the fact that none would bring injury to Israel (cf. He will see the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes. Ezekiel 9:4,6 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof, LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct, Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed, To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance, Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular, Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural, The Israelites are driven out of the land, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 12:23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike (Exo. Romans 9). NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand ( Exod. But to decrease your confusion, lets ask; are there any angels in the entire Bible who do function as Death Angels, or perhaps we can ask about any created angelic beings who have brought or do bring death? The Passover necessitated the suffering of the Son of God. All those who remained within the house which had blood applied to its door frame were spared. TIM KELLER ON EVOLUTION & ADAM: Is evolution compatible with Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man? Since the Passover was the commencement of a new life, the month (of Abib129, cf. The firstborn of Israel were spared due to the grace of God alone. (Z) On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off(AA) from Israel. Although angels, if given the command of God, can take away a life, they will not do so unless they have received that command or if God wills it. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! WebSurah 32:11 mentions an angel of death identified with Azrael. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Israel was Gods possession. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men (1 Cor. (v12), Note well the text records it is not an angel who was sent to strike down the people, but the striker is named as the Lord God Himself. Thus the story of the Exodus was to be retold, and its meaning reinforced. Eat it in haste; it is the Lords Passover (v11) The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. 12:1-2). The similarity of the deaths in Israel in Davids day to the Egyptian Passover are what has often given rise to the thought that a similar death angel was involved in the tenth plague in Egypt. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! (3) The Passover celebrations was a means of incorporating or excluding the Gentiles in the covenant of God to Abraham (Exod. On the first day you are to get rid of all the yeast in your houses, for if anyone during those seven days eats bread made with yeast, he shall no longer be considered one of my people. Just as Gods claims on the Israelites were spelled out in the Law, given a little later on in Israels history, so Gods claims on our lives as believers are given to us in the Scriptures. 16:1) which literally means ear-month because it was at that time that the grain was in the ear. As the tenth and final plague, the smiting of the firstborn of Egypt conclusively proved that the gods of Egypt were powerless, non-existent, while the God of Israel was all-powerful. The Lord will go through Egypt to kill the Egyptians. 19For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. NOAH: What Race was Noah? Lu. 2 Samuel 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. 11:7). But the importance of this Passover account is that it was this God Himself, who came as the God-man Jesus, as a first-born Son who would give up His life, as payment for the sins of the people of God. John the Baptist could thus identify and introduce our Lord as Israels Messiah by the words, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29). English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. God used angels in bringing the plagues on Egypt (Psalm 78:43, 49) and sent the destroying angel to execute the firstborn in Egypt at the Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23). God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, Enoughs enough! (3) The Passover meal. 3Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a](C) for his family, one for each household. Our text informs us that this slaughter (no need to use a more euphemistic term) was directed at the Egyptians alone, and without regard to social or economic status. 2 Thes. Therefore honor God with your body (1 Cor. The plagues revealed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt, and the power of the God of Israel. In chapter 11, verses 1-3 and 9-10 are parenthetical explanations.127 The statements which are quoted have been made previous to the event, but are interspersed to explain why things are happening as described. The degree to which He suffered can only be estimated in the light of the holiness of God and the dread which our Lord experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane when He anticipated the cross. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Passover thus was a kind of dividing line between a true believer and an outsider. 12:5), but since our Lord was referred to as the Lamb, I have chosen to speak of the sacrificial animal as a lamb. The suffering of the Passover lamb is the pattern for the saints to follow when they suffer. But when the Angel of Death saw the blood on the door posts of the people of Israel, he passed over so none of them was afflicted by the Angel of Death. However what surprises most people is the discovery that the term Death Angel or Angel of Death appears in no Bible translation at all. Although angels, if given the command of God, can take away a life, they will not do so unless they have received that command or if God wills it. Hence all angels, celestial or earthly, came about as a result of creation by God. God used angels in bringing the plagues on Egypt (Psalm 78:43, 49) and sent the destroying angel to execute the firstborn in Egypt at the Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23). He debated many academics and theologians on the creation/evolution issue, including Richard Dawkins and John Polkinghorne. It is used 176 times in the NT with the vast majority (150) of the messengers being angelic spiritual beings, but only the context determines whether a human or celestial messenger is intended. WebWhen I see the blood, I will pass over you. This blood was to serve as a sign, which would protect the Israelites from the death angel (12:13, 23). 12:38, 43-49). The instructions concerning the Passover celebration alternate between the present and the future. It may not be possible to determine with any degree of certainty, nor is it necessary that we do so. At midnight, the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain, from the king of Egypt to its cattle, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh to that of the prisoner. Let us learn to value and to practice those times of remembrance and anticipation which God has established and commanded us to do. WebThe Passover. The power of God was made manifest by the Passover and the plagues. All rights reserved worldwide. 11:4-8; 12:29). The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. No uncircumcised person could partake of the Passover, but by receiving circumcisionthat is, by identifying oneself with the Abrahamic Covenanteven a foreigner could partake of Passover, and with no distinctions between this individual and an Israelite. The classic example is in 2 Samuel 24:12-17 where we read; Go and tell David, This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. (2) Verses 21-30, the revelation which Moses conveyed to the Israelites. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth (Isa. All things were created through Him and for Him. A new religious calendar was given to the nation at this time. The account of the Passover plague (Exodus 12:29-30). 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