The Passover gives the greatest insight in the work of Christ on the cross in the Old Testament.
God had to redeem Israel from the slavery of Egypt.
The Passover was the fulfillment of a prophecy given to Abram (Abraham) by God.
The people had to follow God’s instructions exactly.
The lamb had to be without spot or blemish.
Anyone who left the safety of the house marked with blood would die.
The same movement of God that saved also judged and condemned those who rejected the plan of salvation.
God sanctified the firstborn unto Himself.
Study: Genesis 15:13-14, Exodus 11:1-10, 12:1-13, 12:29-42
Introduction
To begin our study of the Bible, we want to look at an event that will help us understand the rest of the holy Scriptures. In America,
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Well, the Jews, or Israelites, have a very special day. This is called the Passover. Today, we will read the story behind this holiday.
The Israelites had been living in Canaan, the land promised to them by God. All was going well until a severe famine came. Does anyone know what a famine is? A famine is a time when no food will grow. The Israelites could not find food in Canaan, so they left and went down to Egypt where there was still food. As they stayed in that country, the king of Egypt decided that they would turn the Israelites into slaves. Does anyone know what a slave is? A slave is someone who is forced to work without pay. Slavery is wrong; it robs a person of the freedom to decide how to live his own
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In every house that did not have the blood on the door, someone died. Death passed through the nation that night, and only those who had the blood between them and death were safe. Have you ever heard a preacher say that you need the blood of Christ to be safe from death? Here we can see how this works. God’s judgment on people for sin is coming to everyone. This judgment is death. But you can be protected by the blood of a perfect, spotless sacrifice. This perfect sacrifice is Christ, who poured out His blood on the cross to stand between us and death. When we accept Christ and apply His blood to the door of our heart, then we are safe from God’s
Robert Green Ingersoll, American lawyer and Civil War veteran, once said, “There is no slavery but ignorance” (“Robert Green Ingersoll Quote”). Slavery is the condition in which a person is held under involuntary servitude and exposed to undesirable conditions. It first began in America when millions of Africans were taken from their homeland and put on a boat to travel down the infamous Middle Passage. This photo on the right shows the journey millions of Africans had traveled in order to get to America (. This passage, however, marked the first of the many trials and tribulations slaves had to face. The conditions on the ship were grueling with many slaves dying or jumping overboard in order to escape the turmoil of the ship. Around thirteen
"The Death Of Christ: Fulfillment of the Old Testament Sacrifices." Shawn Hall :. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 May 2014.
Slavery in the Bible is a difficult topic to discuss because our paradigm or idea of slavery is influenced for the most part by the enslavement of Africans in the 17th-19th centuries. This, however, is not the type of slavery that is mentioned in the Bible. Slaves in recent history were more than likely tricked/kidnapped and forced to work. They received no pay and they had no human rights—they were the property of another person, no different than an animal or tool.
The Latin Cross displayed in nearly most if not all Protestant Churches throughout the world tells the story that Jesus is no longer on the cross but has risen. Jesus conquering death is the proclamation of our faith. The death and resurrection tells only some of the story. In the book Resurrection: The power of God for Christians and Jews, gives any reader the deeper meaning of what the kingdom of God means to us today, what it meant to Christians in antiquity and what it meant to the Jews primarily during the Second Temple period. Many of the things I was taught or learned throughout my Christian life have been challenged, as I will sprinkle some of them in this book review. As challenging as it was, this also provided me answers to questions
Slavery is a form of forced labor in which people are taken as property of others against their wishes and will. They are denied the right to leave or even receive wages. Evidence of slavery is seen from written records of ancient times from all cultures and continents. Some societies viewed it as a legal institution. In the United States, slavery was inevitable even after the end of American Revolution. Slavery in united states had its origins during the English colonization of north America in 1607 but the African slaves were sold in 1560s this was due to demand for cheap labor to exploit economic opportunities. Slaves engaged in composition of music in order to preserve the cultures they came with from Africa and for encouragement purposes..
There are many different cultures that surround us everyday; each one with its own unique customs and lifestyles. The Jewish culture contains some of the oldest traditions and customs that date back thousands of years. This culture has survived everything from exile to almost being diminished during the Holocaust. The Jewish culture has a unique culture, that has much to share with the world around them.
Slavery is defined as a person being owned by someone, a state of bondage, servitude, or work performed under harsh conditions for little or no pay. Both continental African slavery and external commercial slavery deprived people of freedom. Continental slavery focused on adding people to a group to be productive members of the society and for other reasons beside monetary benefits. External slavery consisted of obtaining slaves for monetary means while inducing physical, emotional as well as psychological detriment to ensure compliance (Reader, 1997). With the emergence of European colonies, a system of trade with American Indians was created ...
Similar celebrations on or around those dates are Day of the Dead, Halloween, Reformation Day, and All Saint's Day, Feast of Apples, All Hallows Eve.
...fter Rosh Hashanah by fasting and praying all day. Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish year. Every Saturday of the week is called Shabbat and is described as the day that God used as a day to rest after creating the world. There are also three traditional “Pilgrimage festivals”. Passover and season of rejoicing are both eight-day fruit harvested festival that celebrate Israelites success while Festival of weeks is a wheat-harvest festival that commemorates God’s revelation of the Torah on Mount Sinai. In the modern state of Israel a few other national Holidays are acknowledged to commemorate a historical event. These holidays include Jerusalem day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, and day of the Shoah. Day of the Shoah or Yom Hashoah is remembrance of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. 50-70% of the victims of the Holocaust were Orthodox Jews.
The Jewish tradition of the Passover has been very important for the welfare and freedom of the Jews since the Old Testament. Each part of the Passover brings forth the knowledge of what God promises to his people. “The name “Passover” is derived from the Hebrew word Pesach which is based on the root “pass over” and refers to the fact that G-d “passed over” the houses of the Jews when he was slaying the firstborn of Egypt during the last of the ten plagues.” The Christian belief is that the Last Supper fulfills the promise made to the Jews through Jesus Christ. The Passover and the Last Supper are important in understanding the relationship between the Jewish belief and Christian belief. They are also important to help grasp what it means to be free with a God.
“Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights. But we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of human person; of the individual conscience and so a personal redemption; of collective conscience and so of social responsibility; of peace as an abstract ideal and love as the foundation of justice, and many other items which constitute the basic moral furniture of the human mind. Without Jews it might have been a much emptier place” (Paul Johnson).
It was through the atonement of Christ on the cross that earned us salvation. It
Excepted, however, shall be those who repent and attain to faith and do righteous deeds: for it is they who will enter paradise and will not be wronged in any way (19:60)
Slavery was the practice of taking a human being and making them do the work of another by force. This was practiced through out the ancient world and especially in Rome and Greece. Slaves were nothing more than just property to the ancient peoples. They didn't have the rights of citizens nor were they able to do what they want in most cases. Slaves had many tasks that they had to do, many of which included taking care of the masters house and kids, cooking and cleaning that house, herding the cattle for the farming families, being guards for some prisons, fighting for entertainment of the masses, and more common was sexual activities with the slaves.
Formerly, Easter and the Passover were closely associated. The resurrection of Jesus took place during the Passover. Christians of the Eastern church initially celebrated both holidays together. But the Passover can fall on any day of the week, and Christians of the Western church preferred to celebrate Easter on Sunday, the day of the resurrection.