The Blood of the Lamb that Allows Our Names to be Written in the Book of Life – Torah Portion Bo (YouTube Video Transcript)

(00:00:00) Your YouTube transcript will appear here (00:00:08) Batalam everybody welcome welcome (00:00:11) sabbatalam today we are on para bo (00:00:16) sometimes translated as go but we at (00:00:19) house translated as come it can mean (00:00:21) both but um as ever when we're reading (00:00:24) through scripture we have to put things (00:00:25) in context you know and we believe this (00:00:29) is come and we'll touch on why we (00:00:32) believe that. (00:00:34) Um (00:00:36) so how did we get here to where we are (00:00:38) today? Just briefly, (00:00:41) last week in part Viraa, um we read how (00:00:45) Pharaoh was refusing to listen to (00:00:47) Moses's please for freedom (00:00:51) despite (00:00:53) him experiencing the unparalleled power (00:00:56) of God which was revealed in the first (00:00:59) seven plagues upon Egypt. I'm going to (00:01:01) say plagues. It's actually signs and (00:01:03) wonders. Some people say calamities. (00:01:06) Yeah. So through force of habits I do (00:01:08) say plagues but it is actually signs and (00:01:11) wonders. Okay. So if you hear me say (00:01:13) plagues forgive me just (00:01:16) go over and just it's signs and wonders. (00:01:20) So even despite the first seven plagues (00:01:23) he refused Moses's please. (00:01:27) And today's para includes the plague of (00:01:30) locusts, the plague of darkness, the (00:01:33) institution of Passover, which was (00:01:35) actually before the death of the (00:01:36) firstborn. (00:01:38) Significantly, (00:01:40) the death of the firstborn, the Exodus (00:01:44) guidelines for Passover and unleaven (00:01:46) bread and also given suppose the (00:01:48) conclusion of the para, the law of the (00:01:51) firstborn, that's para bow. So from a (00:01:54) Hebrew linguistic perspective here (00:01:57) briefly the name of this para is bow and (00:02:00) it's two letters bait and alf bait and (00:02:03) alf from the root word which is also b (00:02:07) but that's spelled with three letters (00:02:08) bait vav alf pronounced the same (00:02:12) and the meaning is basically to enter to (00:02:14) go to come (00:02:17) and as we just mentioned Exodus 10:1 (00:02:19) which is the first verse of the para is (00:02:22) often translated as go in to Pharaoh B (00:02:26) elo (00:02:28) but we believe that God's saying come in (00:02:30) like we just sang in the worship songs (00:02:32) as we just mentioned um he goes before (00:02:35) us and he's our ear god and he's (00:02:37) alongside us we've just been singing (00:02:39) that (00:02:41) and he's for us he's saying come in just (00:02:43) as he did to Noah in back in Genesis 7 (00:02:48) because we believe that God is there in (00:02:50) Pharaoh's palace okay and he's beckoning (00:02:53) ing Moses and Adam to come in. God is (00:02:56) the true ruler, not not Pharaoh. (00:02:59) >> And the Lord spoke to Moses in the land (00:03:02) of Egypt. And the Lord said, "Come into (00:03:06) Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart." (00:03:08) The Lord was already doing a great work (00:03:10) there. And Moses was actually invited to (00:03:13) partake of the Lord's work that he (00:03:15) doing. (00:03:15) >> Yeah. Thank you. And there will be more (00:03:17) further support of God being in the (00:03:19) palace ahead of Moses and Adam as we (00:03:22) read into the paria. So let's begin if (00:03:26) you open your scriptures to chapter 10 (00:03:27) of Exodus. Now the Lord said to Moses (00:03:31) Bo El Prow. (00:03:35) For I've hardened his heart and the (00:03:36) heart of his servants that I may show (00:03:38) these signs of mine before him. and that (00:03:41) you may tell in the hearing of your son (00:03:43) and your son's son the mighty things I (00:03:45) have done in Egypt and my signs which (00:03:48) I've done among them that you may know (00:03:50) that I am the Lord. (00:03:52) So Moses and Aaron came in (00:03:56) to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says (00:03:59) the Lord God of the Hebrews, how long (00:04:02) will you refuse to humble yourself (00:04:04) before me? Let my people go that they (00:04:06) may save me. Or else if you refuse to (00:04:10) let my people go, behold, tomorrow I (00:04:13) will bring locusts into your territory, (00:04:16) and they shall cover the face of the (00:04:17) earth, so that no one will be able to (00:04:20) see the earth, and they shall eat the (00:04:22) residue of what is left which remains to (00:04:25) you from the hail, and they shall eat (00:04:28) every tree which grows up for you out of (00:04:30) the field. They shall fill your houses, (00:04:33) the houses of all your servants, and the (00:04:35) houses of all Egyptians, which neither (00:04:38) your fathers nor your father's fathers (00:04:40) have seen, since the day that they were (00:04:42) on the earth to this day. And he turned (00:04:45) and went out on Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh's (00:04:47) servants said to him, "How long shall (00:04:49) this man be a snare to us? Let the men (00:04:52) go that they may serve the Lord their (00:04:54) God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is (00:04:56) destroyed?" So Moses and Adam were (00:04:58) brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to (00:05:00) them, "Go serve the Lord your God. Who (00:05:03) are the ones that are going?" And Moses (00:05:05) said, "We will go with our young and our (00:05:08) old, with our sons and our daughters, (00:05:10) with our flocks and our herds we will (00:05:12) go. For we must hold a feast to the (00:05:15) Lord." (00:05:16) >> Then he said to them, "The Lord had (00:05:18) better be with you when I let you and (00:05:19) your little ones go. Beware, for evil is (00:05:22) ahead of you. Not so. Go now, you who (00:05:25) were men, and serve the Lord. But that's (00:05:27) what you desired. And they were driven (00:05:29) out from Pharaoh's presence. (00:05:32) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Set out (00:05:35) your hand over the land of Egypt for the (00:05:36) locusts, that they may come upon the (00:05:39) land of Egypt and eat every hair of the (00:05:42) land and all that the hail is left." So (00:05:45) Moses stretched out his rod over the (00:05:47) land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an (00:05:49) east wind on the land all that day, and (00:05:51) all that night. When it was morning, the (00:05:54) east wind brought the locusts, and the (00:05:57) locusts went up over all the land of (00:05:59) Egypt, and rested on all the territory (00:06:01) of Egypt. They were very severe. (00:06:05) Previously there have been no such (00:06:07) locusts as they, nor shall there be such (00:06:10) after them. (00:06:12) For they covered the face of the whole (00:06:14) earth, so that the land was darkened, (00:06:17) and they ate every herb of the land, and (00:06:19) all the fruit of the trees which the (00:06:21) hail had left. So there remained nothing (00:06:24) green on the trees or on the plants of (00:06:26) the field throughout all the land of (00:06:28) Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and (00:06:31) Adam in haste, and said, I've sinned (00:06:33) against the Lord your God, and against (00:06:35) you. Now therefore, please forgive my (00:06:37) sin only this once, and in the Lord your (00:06:40) God, that he may take away from me this (00:06:43) death only." So he went out from (00:06:45) Pharaoh, and thened the Lord, and the (00:06:48) Lord turned a very strong west wind, (00:06:50) which took the locusts away, and blew (00:06:53) them into the Red Sea. There remained (00:06:55) not one locust in all the territory of (00:06:57) Egypt. (00:06:59) But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart (00:07:01) and he did not let the children of (00:07:03) Israel go (00:07:05) and he turned and went from Pharaoh. In (00:07:08) verse 6 we read this (00:07:11) for me. Two things stand out to you cuz (00:07:14) back in verse three it says Moses and (00:07:17) Aaron came into Pharaoh. Moses and (00:07:20) Aaron. (00:07:23) So here it says he turned and went out (00:07:27) from Pharaoh. And we've just read that (00:07:29) Moses and Aaron came into Pharaoh. So (00:07:32) let's just accept for a moment that the (00:07:34) he refers just to Moses. So he turned (00:07:37) and went. Okay. (00:07:40) Turned as in the Hebrew verb pana (00:07:44) meaning to turn toward or to turn away. (00:07:48) It's a throwaway sentence, but when (00:07:50) you're reading it, you're thinking, (00:07:50) "Hang on, Moses turned away from (00:07:53) Pharaoh. Moses, he's very bold. He's now (00:07:56) he's empowered." (00:07:58) Okay, just just put yourself in his (00:07:59) shoes. Um, he's face to face with a (00:08:02) slave driver. He's face to face with a (00:08:05) dabler in the occult, a soon to be (00:08:08) murderer. Okay? (00:08:11) One who could have you hanged there and (00:08:13) then, and he just turns away from him. (00:08:16) Um Moses's obedience to God here even in (00:08:19) the most daunting of situations and it (00:08:21) is if you put yourself in his shoes, his (00:08:24) obedience has shown that that there's (00:08:26) nothing and no one to fear. He's now (00:08:28) bold enough not only to address Pharaoh, (00:08:31) but to actually then turn away from him. (00:08:35) It's customary even nowadays, but (00:08:37) especially then and especially more so (00:08:39) in Eastern countries (00:08:42) for anyone visiting a member of royalty (00:08:45) to to leave them going backwards. You're (00:08:48) back out the room still facing them. You (00:08:50) have your face toward them, not your (00:08:51) back. (00:08:52) Never wants back (00:08:55) and then you you're bowing and curting (00:08:57) as you go. (00:09:00) In my opinion, here says he turned his (00:09:03) back (00:09:05) to Pharaoh. He left in a display of like (00:09:07) for me it's like my God is above you. He (00:09:10) is the king. You're not the king. He is (00:09:13) the king. And it reminds when Yeshua (00:09:16) said there, get thee behind me, Satan. (00:09:19) Right? I think for me, Moses is (00:09:22) emboldened at this time. He's empowered (00:09:24) by the the the spirit and the presence (00:09:26) of God within him through his obedience (00:09:29) and he recognizes that this one in front (00:09:32) of him is is actually demonic and (00:09:35) represents the demon demonic realm and (00:09:38) God within him saying get behind me and (00:09:40) he's just turned away from him (00:09:42) physically turned away from him (00:09:47) and he turned and went on further down. (00:09:49) The second interesting feature for me (00:09:52) here when we read he turned and went in (00:09:56) the Hebrew it's Vieti via pen (00:10:00) veti via pen vieti via pen. It's written (00:10:04) in the third person masculine singular. (00:10:08) Okay. In other words, it it's just one (00:10:12) he. It's one he. Despite reading in (00:10:14) verse three, Moses and Aaron came in. (00:10:18) Okay. (00:10:22) So you think well if it's one he are it (00:10:24) talking about Moses or is it talking (00:10:25) about Aaron (00:10:27) or are they suddenly referred to as one (00:10:30) person (00:10:31) or is it God the he here? Is it God (00:10:38) the one who told them Bo Elaro? Is it (00:10:41) God that's doing the turning away here? (00:10:43) You could be dead like this (00:10:46) for me that he could well be God. It's (00:10:49) his glory. It's his spirit. (00:10:53) And we read in Isaiah, don't we? For the (00:10:55) Lord will go before you. And the God of (00:10:58) Israel will be your rear God. (00:11:00) >> We know this. We've sang this. We sing (00:11:02) this in worship. And this is the truth. (00:11:05) This is why when God says to come, (00:11:08) he says the same to Moses and Aaron. (00:11:13) So whether the he is Moses or Aaron or (00:11:16) God Almighty himself, (00:11:19) centuries before Isaiah said this, Moses (00:11:21) and Aaron knew that the one and only (00:11:23) true God does go ahead of us. Okay. (00:11:29) The lesson for us that when God tells us (00:11:31) to come, let us turn away from the evil (00:11:33) one and be bold and empowered like Moses (00:11:36) in the certain knowledge that he is (00:11:38) there. (00:11:40) So that verse, as I say, it's a singular (00:11:42) he, it may well be God himself that (00:11:45) turns away from Pharaoh. (00:11:50) And if the he was a subtle reference to (00:11:54) God, (00:11:56) then there should be no surprise that (00:11:58) once God turns away, (00:12:01) i.e. from Pharaoh here, (00:12:03) >> you're cut off and you're plunged into (00:12:05) darkness, (00:12:07) which we've just said at the outset is a (00:12:08) fight worse than death cuz you're lost. (00:12:11) You're cut off with no hope. And (00:12:14) consider what happens immediately after (00:12:16) this turning away from Pharaoh. (00:12:20) The land was darkened (00:12:22) in verse 15. This is the the plague of (00:12:25) the locusts. The land was darkened. (00:12:30) And then we immediately following that (00:12:32) with the uh the plague of darkness, (00:12:34) thick darkness in all the land of Egypt, (00:12:36) three days. So he turned away from (00:12:39) Pharaoh. Darkness (00:12:42) darkened, you know. (00:12:45) If and when he turns away, you're (00:12:49) plunged into darkness. You're cut off. (00:12:51) You're lost. And there is no hope. (00:12:55) He is the light and without him there is (00:12:57) only darkness. (00:13:00) And we see here the futility of trying (00:13:02) to live a life. This is what the world (00:13:04) does. Try to live a life without God and (00:13:07) without his presence. And the world is (00:13:09) in darkness because of it. (00:13:12) Um also (00:13:15) we think when we we forever in Omen (00:13:19) house try to (00:13:23) show how the Tanak and the gospels are (00:13:28) all giving the same message. (00:13:31) And we think here of the (00:13:35) the darkness in Egypt for three days. (00:13:38) It should to take you straight to the (00:13:40) gospels where it says (00:13:44) remember that the the cross the (00:13:46) crucifixion now it was about the sixth (00:13:47) hour and there was darkness over all the (00:13:50) earth until the 9th hour 3 hours 3 days (00:13:53) in Egypt 3 hours it's the three (00:13:57) so we see how this is related (00:14:00) you know Yeshua is not there it's (00:14:03) darkness God turns away it's darkness (00:14:06) this. (00:14:09) Okay. Yeah. Verse 20. (00:14:14) Verse 20. And he did not let the (00:14:16) children of Israel go. It says (00:14:20) now besides the being like, yeah, wow. (00:14:22) The the 10 plagues. Wow. What an (00:14:24) episode. What a life. There's lessons in (00:14:27) life we can learn from this. You know, (00:14:30) verse 20, he didn't let the children of (00:14:32) Israel go over and over. Pharaoh goes (00:14:35) back on his word over and over. (00:14:38) Conversely, on the other hand, our God (00:14:41) keeps his word. You can see that the the (00:14:44) opposite straight away. (00:14:47) And we're given here a stark contrast (00:14:49) between what is godly contact uh (00:14:51) conduct, godly conduct, and what is not (00:14:54) by contrast. (00:14:57) So as we see these signs and wonders, (00:15:01) we don't only regard the whole episode (00:15:03) as a display of his might against false (00:15:06) deities and against the worship of them, (00:15:08) which it is. Also, we don't only see (00:15:10) that God is showing both the Egyptians (00:15:13) and the Hebrews, i.e. the whole world, (00:15:15) that he is the only way, the truth, and (00:15:18) the life. There is only one thing. (00:15:23) Also the whole episode demonstrates the (00:15:25) futility of a world trying to live (00:15:27) without its creator. (00:15:31) And as I say, we can get lessons from (00:15:33) this for our own lives. (00:15:36) >> We are given guidelines here on godly (00:15:38) conduct versus ungodly conduct. (00:15:44) Pharaoh's double-minded. (00:15:47) He goes back on his word repeatedly, (00:15:49) backtracks, backtracks. We are to hate (00:15:51) double-mindedness. (00:15:53) It says it. I love the Torah. It's King (00:15:55) David says it. Psalm 119. I hate the (00:15:59) double-minded, but I love your law. The (00:16:01) Torah. (00:16:03) Fear says yes, then no. Fah says no, (00:16:06) then yes. And we're told how God says to (00:16:09) us in Matthew, let your yes be yes and (00:16:12) your no. For whatever is more than these (00:16:15) is from who? The evil one. The evil one. (00:16:19) We're to be as good as our word. We (00:16:21) ought to be as good as our word. People, (00:16:22) if we're following him, it's the (00:16:24) biblical way. (00:16:28) Pharaoh isn't. And he bases promises. By (00:16:31) the way, never make a promise to a child (00:16:32) or toddler. They will never forget and (00:16:36) they will keep you to it. You can say, (00:16:38) "I'll time me best if I'll time me best, (00:16:41) but don't say I promise, but they will (00:16:43) never forget." Just a quick one for you. (00:16:46) Um, I wasn't going to include this, but (00:16:48) it's just come to mind now. (00:16:50) I promised my granddaughter when she was (00:16:52) about four or five (00:16:55) to take it to the top of the cathe (00:16:57) Liverpool Cathedral, the Anglican, the (00:16:59) big one. This Liverpool's got two (00:17:01) cathedrals, (00:17:04) but the oldest one, the Anglican (00:17:05) Cathedral, it's it's tall. It's really (00:17:07) tall, you know. So, I promised her this (00:17:10) when she was four or five. (00:17:12) And by the time she was about 12, 13, (00:17:16) her mom rang me up and said, "Dad, she (00:17:20) said that you promised to take her up." (00:17:21) And I went, "Oh gosh, no." Cuz by that (00:17:24) time, I'd developed a fear of heights in (00:17:28) the meantime. And I'd forgotten all (00:17:30) about this promise that I give, you (00:17:33) know, and the child once the promise (00:17:35) fulfilled, you oh my, no way. So anyway, (00:17:39) I said, "Yeah, of course." I'm like, (00:17:40) "Oh, no. (00:17:42) Yeah, of course. Yeah, but what day and (00:17:44) what's anyway? So, we arranged it, (00:17:47) >> takes it there (00:17:48) >> and I'm thinking actually I'm all right. (00:17:50) So, go and um for some reason when you (00:17:54) get in there this day, it's free by the (00:17:57) way for anyone who wants to do it. Yeah, (00:17:59) but don't ask me to go with you when you (00:18:02) get there. Now, for on this day, I never (00:18:04) I've been there previously when I was a (00:18:05) lot younger and I don't remember it (00:18:07) being like this, but we get there and (00:18:09) you go in a lift for a couple of floors, (00:18:10) then you go up a set of flights, then (00:18:12) the lift again, and then a set of (00:18:14) stairs, a flight of stairs, then a lift, (00:18:16) and then stairs again. I don't know why. (00:18:18) It may just been that day. Maybe there's (00:18:20) work going on or something. (00:18:23) Refurbishment. I don't know. But it was (00:18:24) lift, stairs, lift, stairs, lift, (00:18:26) stairs. So, we go up on the lift like (00:18:28) the third floor or something. Then we're (00:18:30) on the stairs lift stairs and I'm (00:18:32) thinking, "Hey, I'm okay. I'm all right. (00:18:35) It's okay." You know? Then we come off (00:18:38) the lift again and I saw this massive (00:18:40) huge bell bigger than this house. It was (00:18:42) a bell just in midair. I was like, (00:18:46) and it starts getting a bit woozy. (00:18:49) Back in the lift up, stairs up. Next (00:18:52) minute, I'm thinking, "Oh no, it's (00:18:53) happening again." I could feel it. This (00:18:54) weird sensation. I thought, "Oh no, not (00:18:57) now." And she said, "You're okay, (00:18:58) Grandon." And I went, "Yeah." (00:19:04) Gets to the very top. (00:19:06) And as soon as we get out onto the top, (00:19:09) there's like a hut there where someone (00:19:10) works. And then you can just see the (00:19:13) sky. And further out, you can see like (00:19:15) land and buildings and whatever. And I (00:19:18) thought, "Oh, no. No. I can't do this." (00:19:20) And she, she's only like young, five or (00:19:23) six. She ran straight to the edge. I (00:19:26) said, "Grandd, is that our house there? (00:19:28) Look." And I'm like, she turns around. I (00:19:30) am now on all fours. And I'm not (00:19:32) exaggerating. I am literally physically (00:19:34) on me hands and knees on the floor. And (00:19:37) she goes, "Grandd, what's wrong?" And I (00:19:39) went, "Oh, it's me back. Me back. (00:19:42) Oh, me back." (00:19:45) So (00:19:46) anyway, it's Yeah, that's Don't promise (00:19:48) anything to a child, okay? Don't (00:19:51) promise. Just say, "I'll try me best and (00:19:54) they will not forget it." Did you see (00:19:56) your out? (00:19:58) >> Yeah. No, I know cuz it's not that far, (00:20:01) you know. I took her word for it, but (00:20:05) I ain't never again. Never again. But (00:20:08) we're to be as good as our word. It's (00:20:09) the biblical way. Okay. Pharaoh was just (00:20:12) backtracking. Yes. No. No. Yes. And (00:20:15) we're shown no. You let yes be a yes. Do (00:20:17) not be double-minded. God hates it. (00:20:25) For whatever is more than these is from (00:20:27) the evil one. The ESB. Yes. You know, be (00:20:30) know. (00:20:33) Now, there are two things that will try. (00:20:36) They can't do it. But they will try to (00:20:38) stand up against truth. One is ignorance (00:20:40) and one is lies. Okay? Nothing can stand (00:20:44) up against the truth. But these will (00:20:45) try. Ignorance or lies. We are to seek (00:20:48) truth. Pharaoh, (00:20:51) he's the evil ruler of this world. Think (00:20:55) through that. He's the evil ruler of the (00:20:57) world. Okay? He's a liar and a murderer. (00:21:01) And we read in John John 8:44, he was a (00:21:04) murderer from the beginning and doesn't (00:21:06) stand in the truth because there is no (00:21:09) truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he (00:21:12) speaks from his own resources for he is (00:21:14) a liar and the father of it. For me, (00:21:16) I've mentioned this previously, but (00:21:19) I couldn't avoid saying it because it it (00:21:22) was on me to say it. For me, Hastan is (00:21:26) or at least represents the devil. He (00:21:29) wouldn't accept God's superiority even (00:21:32) when it was in his face. (00:21:35) Even his own colleagues, his magicians (00:21:38) in Exodus 8 said to Pharaoh, "This is (00:21:42) the finger of God." (00:21:44) And he he entrusted them with all kinds (00:21:46) of advice and knowledge. But when he (00:21:48) said, "This is the fear of God," Pharaoh (00:21:50) was harly hard and he didn't heed them (00:21:52) just as the Lord had said. Even when it (00:21:55) was in his face, he would not accept (00:21:56) that God was superior to him. (00:22:00) This is the ungodly Pharaoh. (00:22:04) He even went as far as to say back in (00:22:06) Exodus 5, "Who is the Lord that I should (00:22:08) obey his voice to let Israel go? I don't (00:22:11) know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go. (00:22:16) He enslaved them in hard labor, probably (00:22:18) even on the Sabbath. (00:22:21) He wouldn't allow observance of Torah (00:22:24) and the Moedim, nor would I let Israel (00:22:26) go, but to hold a feast, a mo to the (00:22:29) Lord. So, we see what he's of here in (00:22:32) contest to our God. (00:22:35) When Daniel was prophesying (00:22:38) about uh pagan kings, these demonic (00:22:41) forces which are to be judged and (00:22:43) defeated by God, he could well have been (00:22:46) describing this pharaoh. (00:22:49) It says here in Daniel 7, he shall speak (00:22:53) pompous words against the most high. He (00:22:56) shall persecute the saints of the most (00:22:58) high and shall intend to change times (00:23:01) and law. Just remember that by the way (00:23:03) because we're going to touch on that (00:23:04) later. He shall intend to change times (00:23:07) and law. (00:23:09) So Pharaoh kindly, thanks Pharaoh. He (00:23:12) kindly demonstrates for us how not to (00:23:14) be. This is ungodly conduct, tolessness, (00:23:18) double-mindedness, lies, broken (00:23:21) promises, (00:23:22) and these are all prevalent in the (00:23:24) world. So where to avoid such conduct? (00:23:28) Okay. A lot of people can still (00:23:31) experience that in the world in their (00:23:33) jobs or in the careers that we have in (00:23:35) the world. Like the same thesis still (00:23:38) remains like the pharaohs of Egypt. They (00:23:41) don't want you to take the madim off the (00:23:43) moment you say you want the Sabbath. No, (00:23:45) you you can't go and worship the Lord (00:23:47) your God on the Sabbath day. People have (00:23:50) to put like holiday forms in years in (00:23:52) advance to try and get the madm off. And (00:23:54) still even now people get challenged in (00:23:56) the workplace. They have the same (00:23:59) rhetoric as being spouted in Babylon. (00:24:01) It's like, "No, you can't go and do that (00:24:03) in the world. You got to come in and (00:24:04) work. You can't go out and worship uh (00:24:06) the Lord your God and hold a feast to (00:24:08) him. You're bound by this." So, we still (00:24:11) see it today because even now, Tom, (00:24:14) there's people in this fellowship who've (00:24:16) really struggled and had like showdowns (00:24:18) with their (00:24:19) >> employers, (00:24:19) >> employers and work because they say, (00:24:21) "Hey, I'm going to go and keep the (00:24:22) feast." And they say, "No, you're not." (00:24:24) And it is spiritual. You can see it (00:24:26) firsthand. Thank you to that's exactly (00:24:28) the point I'm trying to make. You said (00:24:30) it better than me. (00:24:31) >> Um, this is why he's our minister. You (00:24:34) have a way of words, but that's exactly (00:24:36) the point I'm trying to make. This is (00:24:38) what we to avoid cuz that's what the (00:24:39) world wants and it's prevalent in the (00:24:41) world. To listen, don't do the mad dem (00:24:45) where to avoid that conduct and to obey (00:24:47) him. (00:24:48) >> And when you see it firsthand, know what (00:24:50) you're dealing with. It's the same (00:24:52) spirit that was behind Pharaoh. And I (00:24:54) love that you tied in there that (00:24:56) actually he was saying no, you won't go (00:24:57) and worship the Lord. And that's what (00:25:00) the enemy is all about. Trying to (00:25:01) prevent you from coming to worship the (00:25:03) king all the time. That's always what (00:25:06) they're trying to do. It's not just like (00:25:07) about redemption like you can go and be (00:25:09) free and it's safety alone and freedom (00:25:11) alone. It's actually trying to prevent (00:25:13) you from worshiping the king. And the (00:25:15) moment you detect that, the moment you (00:25:17) know you're in a you're in a spiritual (00:25:19) issue there and you you have to like (00:25:22) love God and choose God and choose life. (00:25:24) >> Yeah. And have the faith just to carry (00:25:26) through what's right for God. (00:25:28) >> Thank you. So that's godly conduct and (00:25:31) ungodly conduct. So you can thank fair (00:25:33) fear of it own is what's not godly (00:25:35) conduct. Here we go. It's there. (00:25:37) Tolessness, doublemindedness, lies, (00:25:40) broken promises. That's how the world (00:25:42) is. Come out of here. (00:25:45) Okay, we're going to read chapter 11 now (00:25:46) verses 1 to 10. And the Lord said to (00:25:49) Moses, "I will bring one more plague on (00:25:52) Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward, he will (00:25:55) let you go from here. When he let you (00:25:57) go, he will surely drive you out of here (00:25:59) altogether. (00:26:00) Speak now in the hearing of the people, (00:26:03) and let every man ask from his neighbor, (00:26:05) and every woman from her neighbor (00:26:07) articles of silver and articles of (00:26:09) gold." And the Lord gave the people (00:26:11) favor in the sight of the Egyptians. (00:26:13) Moreover, the man Moses was very great (00:26:16) in the land of Egypt, in the sight of (00:26:19) Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of (00:26:21) the people. (00:26:23) Significant. (00:26:25) Then Moses said, "Thus says the Lord, (00:26:28) about midnight, I will go out into the (00:26:30) midst of Egypt, and all the firstborn in (00:26:33) the land of Egypt shall die, from the (00:26:35) firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on the (00:26:37) throne, even to the firstborn of the (00:26:39) female servant who is behind the (00:26:41) handmill. and all the firstborn of the (00:26:44) animals. Then there shall be a great cry (00:26:46) throughout all the land of Egypt, such (00:26:48) as was not like it before, nor shall be (00:26:51) like it again. But against none of the (00:26:54) children of Israel shall a dog move its (00:26:57) tongue against man or beast, that you (00:27:00) may know that the Lord does make a (00:27:01) difference between the Egyptians and (00:27:04) Israel. and all these your servants (00:27:06) shall come down to me and bow down to (00:27:08) me, saying, "Get out, and all the people (00:27:10) who follow you. After that, I will go (00:27:14) out." Then he went out from Pharaoh in (00:27:16) great anger. But the Lord said to Moses, (00:27:19) "Pharaoh will not heed you, so that my (00:27:22) wonders may be multiplied in the land of (00:27:24) Egypt." So Moses and Aaron did all these (00:27:27) wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord (00:27:29) hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not (00:27:31) let the children of Israel go out of his (00:27:34) land. (00:27:37) Now, there's something worthy of note (00:27:39) here in the first two verses straight (00:27:40) away 1 and two. (00:27:43) I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh (00:27:45) and on Egypt. Afterward, he will let you (00:27:48) go from here. When he lets you go, he (00:27:50) will surely drive you out of here (00:27:51) altogether. (00:27:53) Speak now in the hearing of the people, (00:27:55) and let every man ask from his neighbor, (00:27:56) and every woman from her neighbor, (00:27:58) articles of silver, and articles of (00:28:01) gold. (00:28:02) Now, in verses four and five, (00:28:05) Moses announces the ensuing deaths of (00:28:08) the firstborn. That's what's going to (00:28:09) come. (00:28:11) But note that God doesn't even tell (00:28:12) Moses what the final plague will be. He (00:28:14) doesn't tell him. (00:28:16) >> Yeah. (00:28:17) >> Cuz Moses already knows. (00:28:21) We go back a few chapters. Exodus 4. And (00:28:24) the Lord said to Moses, "When you go (00:28:26) back to Egypt, see that you do all those (00:28:28) wonders before Pharaoh, which I put in (00:28:30) your hand. But I will harden his heart (00:28:32) so that you will not let the people go." (00:28:34) Then you shall say to Pharaoh, "Thus (00:28:36) says the Lord, Israel is my son, my (00:28:38) firstborn." So I say to you, "Let my son (00:28:42) go that I may serve me. But if you (00:28:44) refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill (00:28:46) your son, your firstborn." (00:28:48) So here at the onset of this death of (00:28:52) the firstborn, (00:28:54) God doesn't have to tell Moses cuz he's (00:28:55) already told him. So Moses pronounces it (00:28:58) without being told here, he already (00:29:00) knows. (00:29:03) that there's a midrash here um (00:29:07) that besides the grief and the horror (00:29:12) of the firstborn in every house going (00:29:18) there's a mid saying that there were (00:29:20) actually many firstborn in lots of the (00:29:23) families due to marital infidelity (00:29:26) you know (00:29:29) we read in Luke nothing is secret that (00:29:31) will not be revealed nor anything hidden (00:29:33) that would not be known and come to (00:29:35) light. So watch in the darkness will (00:29:37) come to light. And there's a midrash (00:29:39) there saying due to marital infidelity (00:29:42) there was more than one firstborn in the (00:29:43) lots of houses, you know. So you can (00:29:47) imagine on top of the grief and the (00:29:49) horror you can imagine the anger and the (00:29:51) humiliation going on, you know, and you (00:29:54) don't think of these things, do you? You (00:29:55) just really think, wow. And then you (00:29:57) think, oh gosh, yeah, that's that's (00:29:59) quite feasible or plausible, I should (00:30:01) say. That's quite plausible. you know, (00:30:05) you think, "Wow, you know, that's (00:30:08) okay. I'm moving on." (00:30:11) So, you might be reading this and (00:30:13) thinking, "But why the death of the (00:30:16) firstborn? (00:30:18) Why the death of the firstborn?" (00:30:21) Now, there's a couple of schools of (00:30:22) thought on this. (00:30:25) Um, (00:30:27) now different Midrash and tradition (00:30:29) claims that this plague of the firstborn (00:30:31) may have been the most severe. (00:30:33) You may claim it was the plague of (00:30:35) darkness. You know, it's okay. (00:30:38) I don't know which is the worst to be (00:30:40) honest. Um, (00:30:45) probably both as bad as each other. (00:30:47) But anyway, away from that, the fact is (00:30:51) this is the one which Moses was told (00:30:54) prior to his return to Egypt. This was (00:30:57) the one he was told. We just read it (00:30:59) there. (00:31:00) So therefore, it would indicate that (00:31:02) this plague was one of the objectives of (00:31:04) the Exodus. Okay, that's the one he was (00:31:07) told. So you think, okay, so there's (00:31:10) something about it. This is one of the (00:31:11) objectives of the whole Exodus. (00:31:16) You might say why the punishment of the (00:31:17) firstborn. So let's look go back to (00:31:19) Genesis. Look, God said to Abraham in (00:31:22) Genesis 15 to try and work out what why (00:31:25) why did this really have to happen? It (00:31:27) reads like this. He said to Abraham, (00:31:30) "Know certainly that your descendants (00:31:32) will be strangers in a land that's not (00:31:34) theirs and will serve them and they will (00:31:36) afflict them 400 years and also the (00:31:40) nation whom they serve I will judge. (00:31:43) afterward they shall come out with great (00:31:45) possessions. (00:31:50) So the nation which afflicts the (00:31:52) descendants of Abraham will be judged. (00:31:54) We're not told what kind of judgments. (00:31:56) We just know that they will be judged. (00:31:58) So we got that already. Now we look at (00:32:01) Moses at the burning bush. Exodus 3, (00:32:04) God says, "I will stretch out my hand (00:32:08) and strike Egypt with all my wonders (00:32:11) which I'll do in their midst." and after (00:32:13) that he will let you go. (00:32:15) And I will give this people favor in the (00:32:17) sight of the Egyptians. And it shall be (00:32:20) when you go that you shall not go (00:32:21) empty-handed, but every woman shall ask (00:32:24) of her neighbor, namely of her huge (00:32:27) wells near her house, articles of (00:32:29) silver, articles of gold, and clothing. (00:32:34) And you shall put them on your sons and (00:32:36) on your daughters. So you shall plunder (00:32:38) the Egyptians. (00:32:40) So in Genesis only a judgment is (00:32:42) mentioned but now here in Exodus we read (00:32:45) both the judgment of the oppressors and (00:32:48) the wealth which was to accompany the (00:32:50) Hebrews on their departure. Now at least (00:32:53) one midrash claims that the judgment (00:32:56) would be concerned with determining (00:32:58) whether the oppressing nation Egypt (00:33:02) had followed the divine plan of (00:33:04) enslaving the Hebrews or if they were to (00:33:07) go too far. (00:33:09) Are you following it at the moment up to (00:33:11) now? In other words, on the face of it, (00:33:15) the Egyptians could have been judged and (00:33:17) found innocent since Genesis as such (00:33:20) doesn't mention any punishment. (00:33:23) For example, if the Hebrews were to have (00:33:25) left Egypt with great wealth, that would (00:33:27) have sufficed as fulfillment of God's (00:33:30) promise to Abraham. (00:33:33) But as we know, Pharaoh and his (00:33:36) colleagues, his collaborators, they were (00:33:37) not acquitted. They had assumed the role (00:33:40) of oppressors with wicked evil (00:33:42) enthusiasm and vengeance and cruelty. (00:33:46) There's ways of doing things. It was (00:33:48) God's plan that he was enslaved, but (00:33:50) these did it with with evil and cruelty (00:33:53) and with enthusiasm for it as well. The (00:33:56) prophecy given to Abraham specified (00:33:59) enslaving in a foreign land, not (00:34:01) infanticide. (00:34:04) So once the Egyptians started casting (00:34:06) male children into this the Nile, that's (00:34:08) when the plagues ensued. (00:34:11) See, (00:34:13) now some say some scholars say that this (00:34:17) firstborn plague was to be the only (00:34:19) plague and that the other plagues were a (00:34:22) reaction to Pharaoh's insulence. (00:34:26) a submitted reconsideration. (00:34:29) Anyway, I thought that was interesting (00:34:30) to note so we can get a a picture of (00:34:32) what what and why what and why. But we (00:34:35) see it there. Um it it was God's (00:34:39) plan, but the Egyptians (00:34:43) were evil in how they did it, so they (00:34:45) had to be punished. We're going to read (00:34:48) chapter 12 now, verses 1 to13. Now the (00:34:51) Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the (00:34:53) land of Egypt, saying, "This month shall (00:34:56) be your beginning of months. It shall be (00:34:59) the first month of the year to you. (00:35:02) Speak to all the congregation of Israel, (00:35:04) saying, on the 10th of this month, every (00:35:06) man shall take for himself a lamb (00:35:09) according to the house of his father, a (00:35:11) lamb for a household. (00:35:14) And if the household is too small for (00:35:15) the lamb, let him and his neighbor next (00:35:17) to his house take it according to the (00:35:20) number of persons. According to each (00:35:22) man's need, you shall make your account (00:35:24) for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without (00:35:27) blemish, a male of the first year. You (00:35:31) may take it from the sheep or from the (00:35:33) goats. Now you shall keep it until the (00:35:36) 14th day of the same month. Then the (00:35:38) whole assembly of the congregation of (00:35:40) Israel shall kill it at twilight or (00:35:43) between the evenings. It reads, "And (00:35:46) they shall take some of the blood and (00:35:48) put it on the two doorposts and on the (00:35:50) lentil of the houses where they eat it. (00:35:53) Then they shall eat the flesh on that (00:35:55) night roasted in fire with unleaven (00:35:57) bread and with bitter herbs they shall (00:35:59) eat it. Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at (00:36:03) all with water, but roasted in fire. its (00:36:06) head with its legs and its entrails. You (00:36:10) shall let none of it remain unto. And (00:36:12) what remains of it until morning you (00:36:14) shall burn with fire. (00:36:17) And thus you shall eat it with a belt on (00:36:19) your waist, your sandals on your feet, (00:36:22) and your staff in your hand. So you (00:36:24) shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's (00:36:28) Passover. For I will pass through the (00:36:30) land of Egypt on that night, and will (00:36:32) strike all the firstborn in the land of (00:36:35) Egypt, both man and beast, and against (00:36:38) all the gods of Egypt, I will execute (00:36:41) judgment. (00:36:42) I am the Lord. Now the blood shall be a (00:36:46) sign for you on the houses where you (00:36:48) are. And when I see the blood, I will (00:36:50) pass over you, and the plague shall not (00:36:53) be on you to destroy you when I strike (00:36:56) the land of Egypt." (00:36:58) So we can see from verses 12 and 13 (00:37:01) there, you probably still got the page (00:37:03) open that this calamity was to befall (00:37:06) everyone in the land. (00:37:08) Everyone, (00:37:10) even the Hebrews, (00:37:12) the only escape (00:37:14) was have the blood of the lamb on your (00:37:17) doorway. (00:37:20) And really the same applies today. This (00:37:24) we are saved by the blood of the lamb. (00:37:28) But not only the Hebrews. (00:37:33) We read a few verses on (00:37:36) that a mixed multitude went up with (00:37:38) them. Also remember that Egypt (00:37:40) represents the world. And this mixed (00:37:42) multitude was probably a a lot of (00:37:44) different nationalities. (00:37:46) Wasn't just Egyptians and Israelites (00:37:48) there. There would have been a lot of (00:37:49) nationalities there. You know, it was a (00:37:53) it was a center of commerce and (00:37:55) everything. It was it was big at the (00:37:57) time. It would have been very (00:37:58) cosmopolitan. (00:38:01) Okay. So, we read a few verses further (00:38:03) on that a mixed multitude went up with (00:38:05) them also. (00:38:10) And there's a little glimpse of what it (00:38:11) might have looked like on the image. (00:38:14) And it reminds me straight away to be (00:38:16) with Ruth. It's beautiful, beautiful, (00:38:18) beautiful. (00:38:19) And this really should resonate with all (00:38:21) of us. For wherever you go, I will go, (00:38:25) and wherever you lodge, I will lodge. (00:38:28) Your people shall be my people, and your (00:38:31) God my God. That's Ruth one. And (00:38:36) you could see how the heart of the mixed (00:38:40) multitude (00:38:42) would have would have sung this within (00:38:45) them. Even if they didn't know the (00:38:47) words, the hearts were for God and his (00:38:50) people. (00:38:51) And in reality, we are that mixed (00:38:54) multitude (00:38:56) that choose to ally ally ourselves with (00:38:59) the God of the Hebrews. (00:39:02) Okay? The God of Abraham and Isaac and (00:39:05) Jacob. (00:39:08) Just give thanks and praise that he made (00:39:10) a way. And we see it here with the (00:39:12) Exodus. He come to save the world. And (00:39:15) these people have come out with with God (00:39:17) people to worship to God. (00:39:22) We even see it in the instruction of (00:39:24) Passover when it's instituted says in (00:39:26) Exodus 12, "And let him and his neighbor (00:39:30) next to his house (00:39:32) >> take it according to the number of (00:39:34) persons." So it's him and his neighbor (00:39:39) who's next to his house. So God was even (00:39:41) given an opportunity there for other (00:39:44) people to potentially be involved in (00:39:46) this. Like we we understand that without (00:39:50) this institute, where would we be? Where (00:39:52) would we be? (00:39:54) God so loved the world that he gave his (00:39:56) only begotten son. And we have an (00:39:58) opportunity now to become God's people (00:40:01) because we take the blood of the lamb (00:40:02) and apply it to our doorposts in little (00:40:05) little and we even see the instruction (00:40:07) for the neighbor being there that the (00:40:09) neighbor who's next to your house. It's (00:40:10) like wow, (00:40:11) >> it's beautiful. That's instituted a (00:40:12) basso. (00:40:13) >> Love got to love your neighbor as (00:40:14) yourself. And for me, and we're going to (00:40:17) touch on this coming up actually, (00:40:18) Joseph, for me, undoubtedly, they would (00:40:21) have been physically live next door to (00:40:23) each other, Egyptians and Israelites, (00:40:25) surely, you know, and other (00:40:27) nationalities. Not like, oh, well, the (00:40:29) Egyptians live over there and they live (00:40:31) over there and they No, it would have (00:40:33) been intermingled surely for me, my (00:40:34) belief. And we're going to touch on that (00:40:36) just now there. Thanks, Joe. (00:40:42) Let's say let's say then all right that (00:40:45) it wasn't even the people that come out (00:40:47) there we understand that it was a mixed (00:40:49) multitude that came out. We read right (00:40:50) throughout the wilderness that the Lord (00:40:52) was dealing with a lot of people that (00:40:53) had been mingled in with this mixed (00:40:55) multitude that come out. So even by the (00:40:57) outstretched arm and the great signs and (00:40:59) wonders, they still they're still coming (00:41:01) out. The Lord still has a plan to bring (00:41:03) them out. So (00:41:04) >> thank you John. Thank you. (00:41:08) >> But there you go. the same (00:41:12) your people shall be my people and your (00:41:14) God my God that that should resonate (00:41:16) with all of us really. Now (00:41:19) this mixed motive those people that (00:41:21) joined the Hebrews in leaving Egypt (00:41:23) probably had lots of reasons to do so. (00:41:26) You know, they will probably be (00:41:28) disgusted with Pharaoh themselves. (00:41:31) It's not unlike now where we have prime (00:41:34) ministers and presidents and politicians (00:41:36) and the pharaohs of the world. Now (00:41:39) they're doing things in thinking I'm (00:41:40) don't don't count me in with this. You (00:41:44) know, someone may come from another (00:41:46) nationality or another country saying (00:41:48) your president said this or your prime (00:41:50) said listen don't I don't agree with (00:41:52) that. Don't put that on me cuz I don't (00:41:55) agree with that. And these people must (00:41:58) been thinking, look, um, Yseph or (00:42:01) Abraham, whoever the neighbors are, (00:42:05) Pharaoh said this, but don't print it on (00:42:06) me. I don't agree with him. You know, (00:42:09) you know, they were probably disgusted (00:42:12) with Pharaoh and his decrees. (00:42:15) Many of them would have been (00:42:16) disillusioned or disgusted with the (00:42:18) worship of false gods. They may have (00:42:21) seen that the enslavements and the (00:42:22) Hebrews and thought this is wrong. (00:42:25) We've had slavery in this country and (00:42:26) people stood up and said, "Hey, this is (00:42:28) this is wrong." (00:42:31) They might have seen the cruel labor and (00:42:33) the beatings inflicted upon them and (00:42:34) said, "No, m don't listen. This is don't (00:42:37) do this. This is not in our name. We (00:42:39) disagree with the pharaoh as well. In (00:42:41) fact, we're more like you than than what (00:42:43) he's like him or what he wants. We don't (00:42:46) want his world." (00:42:49) They must have seen the mandate to kill (00:42:50) all male children and think, "Wow, they (00:42:53) must have had many, many reasons to want (00:42:55) to disregard the ways of the world they (00:42:57) were in (00:42:59) and to follow the ways of the one true (00:43:01) God and his people. (00:43:03) Nothing new under the sun. It's no (00:43:05) different today where people are (00:43:07) sickened and disillusioned with the (00:43:09) antics of world rulers, prime ministers, (00:43:12) presidents, politicians, pharaohs. They (00:43:16) all come with a bit of pee, don't they? (00:43:17) noticed that. Yeah. So, sorry, Phillip. (00:43:20) Um, (00:43:23) but if people see what's going on out (00:43:25) there, and we all do, and it's (00:43:28) sickening, we need to understand that (00:43:30) it's all designed (00:43:33) for people to realize that you can (00:43:35) choose good or evil or life or death. Is (00:43:38) Is this what you want? Is that what you (00:43:39) want? You can have it. Or do you want to (00:43:41) choose the right righteous way, God's (00:43:43) way? cuz we see things and we hear (00:43:46) things and we're thinking, "Oh, God, (00:43:47) please no." (00:43:50) And it's designed so that people make a (00:43:51) choice. You can have this if that's what (00:43:54) you want or you want this. Choose life. (00:43:59) Choose good. (00:44:01) And the these people came out and made (00:44:03) the choice. (00:44:07) Verse three. And the Lord gave the (00:44:09) people favor in the sight of the (00:44:10) Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was (00:44:12) very great in the land of Egypt, in the (00:44:14) sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the (00:44:17) sight of the people. That's all the (00:44:19) people. (00:44:21) I believe many of the Egyptians have (00:44:22) been on good terms with the Israelites. (00:44:25) They've been there for generations. (00:44:28) And we just outline some of the things (00:44:30) they must know. Well, we don't we don't (00:44:32) agree with that either. You know, don't (00:44:34) count us along with that. We we like (00:44:36) you. We get on well together. I think (00:44:39) they were on good terms with them long (00:44:41) before the night of the Exodus. (00:44:44) Most likely mingling with them on a (00:44:46) daily basis, (00:44:48) conversing, debating, sharing things. I (00:44:52) can just see, forgive me here, but I (00:44:53) just I can just picture little Ysef (00:44:56) playing in the street with little Omar (00:45:00) in ancient Egypt. And actually, we do (00:45:03) see evidence in the scripture here of (00:45:05) interaction. (00:45:07) It's quite subtle, but let's have a look (00:45:09) at it now. (00:45:11) It's not explicit, but it's there. (00:45:13) Chapter nine of Exodus, (00:45:17) uh, where this interaction (00:45:19) surely must have taken place (00:45:22) of, um, (00:45:25) people who weren't Hebrew and the (00:45:28) Hebrews (00:45:31) in chapter 9 verse 6. Now this is the (00:45:33) plague of the livestock. (00:45:35) Says so the Lord did this thing on the (00:45:38) next day and all the livestock of Egypt (00:45:41) died. It says but of the livestock of (00:45:44) the children of Israel not one died. And (00:45:47) a few verses later in the plague of (00:45:49) hail. Therefore send now and gather your (00:45:52) livestock (00:45:54) and all that you have in the field cuz (00:45:56) the hail shall come down on every man (00:45:58) and on every animal which is found in (00:46:00) the field and is not brought home. and (00:46:02) they shall die. Gather your livestock. (00:46:05) But it just says 13 verses prior all the (00:46:09) livestock had died. Gather what (00:46:12) livestock? For me, and I submit this for (00:46:14) your consideration, it's only my opinion (00:46:18) that after the calamity of the (00:46:21) livestock, all the livestock of Egypt (00:46:23) dying. In verse six, little Yseph's dad (00:46:27) and his friends went to Little Omar's (00:46:29) dad and his friends and gave them some (00:46:30) livestock. (00:46:32) cuz they were friends. They've been (00:46:33) mingling for years. (00:46:36) So all their livestock's dead and says, (00:46:38) "G livestock. What livestock?" They've (00:46:41) been given some livestock (00:46:44) otherwise they would have suffered. (00:46:47) So to me, there was interaction already (00:46:49) going on. It wasn't just on the night of (00:46:51) the Exodus. Let's just throw blood on (00:46:53) our lints and get off with them. This (00:46:56) had been coming. This had been coming. (00:46:58) They were disillusioned with the world (00:47:00) they were in. (00:47:01) and the decrees of the people that ruled (00:47:03) over them. (00:47:06) And there surely is evidence all the (00:47:08) livestock died. And then says, "Gather (00:47:11) your livestock." What livestock? They (00:47:13) must have got it from somewhere. (00:47:17) Okay, we we continue where we left off. (00:47:20) And then chapter 12, another first. We (00:47:22) have the first born and now we have the (00:47:24) first month. (00:47:26) It just reminded me of new beginnings (00:47:29) and this the whole affair of these signs (00:47:31) and wonders and the Exodus in many ways (00:47:33) it reflects the the creation account. (00:47:36) The lamb is the firstborn slain from the (00:47:38) foundation of the world. We have the (00:47:40) division of light and darkness. We have (00:47:43) the formation of a people and a new (00:47:45) world. You know back in Exodus 10, the (00:47:48) plague of darkness. Egypt dwelt in (00:47:50) darkness. Israel was in the light. Adam (00:47:53) and Eve were created and placed in Eden. (00:47:55) The nation of Israel is born (00:47:58) and they departed the land. (00:48:00) So what we see here in chapter uh 12 and (00:48:04) other parts of the part, it's very (00:48:06) reflective. It mirrors in many ways the (00:48:08) creation account. There's a first going (00:48:11) on here. (00:48:15) Verse seven. And they shall take some of (00:48:18) the blood and put it on the two (00:48:19) doorposts and on the lentil of the (00:48:21) houses where they eat it. (00:48:26) Now I believe that the those in the (00:48:28) mixed multitude followed this (00:48:30) instruction also. Well, they had to (00:48:34) so that the the angel of destruction (00:48:36) passed over their homes. (00:48:39) I believe that (00:48:41) those that came out with the Israelites (00:48:43) must have followed this instruction. (00:48:46) Remember, wherever you go, I will go. (00:48:49) Wherever you lodge, I will Lord. Your (00:48:50) people shall be my people and your God (00:48:52) my God. Says here, take some of the (00:48:54) blood and put it on two doorposts and on (00:48:57) the lint of the houses where they eat (00:48:58) it. Now, why was this instruction given? (00:49:01) We can read it and accept it of course, (00:49:03) but you think, well, why couldn't God (00:49:05) just have saved the people anyway? Bing, (00:49:07) they're out. I've saved them. So, (00:49:09) there's for a reason for it. And there's (00:49:11) lessons. Obviously, if there's a reason, (00:49:12) there's a lesson, a message for it is. (00:49:14) He could have just gone, I've saved my (00:49:16) people. Bingo. (00:49:18) Bye, Pharaoh. Here's my people. But it (00:49:21) does different things. You got these (00:49:23) signs and wonders and then you got this (00:49:24) instruction. Now (00:49:27) the blood on the two door post and on (00:49:29) the lint of your houses. (00:49:32) Why the doorpost and lint? It would have (00:49:34) been easier just a door of your door. (00:49:36) Surely just put the blood on the door. (00:49:40) Why the door posts and the lintil you (00:49:43) know and I don't know (00:49:48) fully (00:49:49) but I've got maybe a suggestion to make. (00:49:54) Now first let us remind ourselves what (00:49:56) we read in the book of the revelation of (00:49:58) Yeshua. Revelation 3. He who overcomes (00:50:03) shall be clothed in white garments. And (00:50:06) I will not blot out his name from the (00:50:09) book of life but I will confess his name (00:50:13) before my father and before his angels. (00:50:16) So we know that there's a book of life (00:50:18) which contains names. We know that. And (00:50:21) then we read that this is the book of (00:50:23) life of the lamb. This same book of life (00:50:27) is the book of life of the lamb. (00:50:31) This is the lamb that slain from the (00:50:32) foundation of the world. (00:50:36) So we understand that our names and the (00:50:38) book of life and the blood of the lamb (00:50:40) are all interconnected. We read it here. (00:50:46) Now let us consider the Hebrew alphabet, (00:50:49) the alfbait. (00:50:51) Now before anyone says to me, "Ah, yeah, (00:50:53) but well the letters look different then (00:50:55) and they're not the same formation now." (00:50:57) Yeah, I I know that. I do know that. (00:51:01) Everyone should know that. (00:51:05) But our God is past, present, and (00:51:06) future. Okay? He's past, present, and (00:51:09) future. He knows that in time to come, (00:51:11) the letters would look like this. (00:51:15) And what was an act of obedience then (00:51:20) for the people in the past in the past (00:51:23) has huge meaning for us now in the (00:51:26) present and the future. (00:51:29) So God convey a me can God can convey a (00:51:32) message right throughout the ages. He's (00:51:34) past, present and future. So it doesn't (00:51:37) matter that the letters look different (00:51:38) now cuz we are here now with the letters (00:51:40) like that now. Then it was obedience. (00:51:43) Now we see something more in it as well (00:51:45) as obedience. So putting blood on the (00:51:48) doorpost, a little of one's doorway (00:51:51) would form a shape (00:51:54) similar to this. (00:51:55) >> There's the little there's the (00:51:57) doorposts. Now that nowadays this is the (00:52:00) shape and form of the letter hey. It's (00:52:02) the fifth letter means number five. (00:52:06) It it represents something to behold or (00:52:09) hear is or it's it's divine breath, (00:52:12) divine presence. (00:52:16) They're all very significant. The the (00:52:17) letters of the Hebrew alphabet. (00:52:20) This hey is connected to the divine name (00:52:25) or to the five books of the Torah, the (00:52:28) five senses, spiritual revelation. (00:52:31) It evolved from ancient pitigraphs (00:52:33) representing a window or a person with (00:52:35) raised arms signifying breath or or (00:52:39) that's the letter hey. And we can see (00:52:41) how if you're putting the blood of the (00:52:43) lamb on your lint line on your doorpost, (00:52:45) it could well have looked like that or (00:52:48) the letter. (00:52:49) The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (00:52:52) number eight represents eternity life. (00:52:55) It's the root of the word for life (00:52:59) or for wisdom and grace. (00:53:04) The the original form suggest it look (00:53:07) like a wall or a ladder which symbolizes (00:53:09) shelter or protection (00:53:11) or spiritual ascent. It's like a (00:53:14) gateway. Basically, it's it's like a (00:53:18) partition. If you're inside, you're (00:53:20) safe. If you're outside, you're not. (00:53:23) And eight being one more than seven, it (00:53:27) signifies something beyond the natural. (00:53:29) It's supernatural. (00:53:31) Okay. So you can once again you can see (00:53:34) well that's the lint of the two door (00:53:35) post. I can see that (00:53:37) or that letter tav (00:53:40) little two door posts the final letter (00:53:42) of the alphabet. This is a mark or a (00:53:46) sign. Now the ancient form of this look (00:53:48) like crossed sticks like an X or a (00:53:51) cross. This is why it's associated with (00:53:54) the cross. The sign of the cross. It (00:53:56) means sign, covenant, truth, finality. (00:53:59) It's the last letter of the alphabet and (00:54:01) it's the last letter of the word for (00:54:03) truth. A met. This letter symbolizes (00:54:06) God's seal or mark. We read it across (00:54:08) scriptures. Ezekiel 9 for example. So (00:54:12) did it look like this or like this? (00:54:16) or like this. The blood of the lamb (00:54:18) could have looked like this on a (00:54:20) doorway. It could well be that the blood (00:54:22) on the door post and the little took the (00:54:24) form of any of these or all of them. (00:54:26) There was no specific like, oh, you got (00:54:28) to do it like that or do a little tear (00:54:30) like that like a T or leave a gap there. (00:54:32) So, it's okay. There was no specific (00:54:34) instruction on how to do it as long as (00:54:36) it was the door posts and the lint. So, (00:54:38) it could have looked like any of those (00:54:40) those letters really. (00:54:43) As I said, for the people then, they (00:54:45) were saved through obedience to God's (00:54:47) instruction. That's what's key. They (00:54:50) just obeyed. (00:54:52) For us today, we can look at these (00:54:54) letters and see the blood of Yeshua, the (00:54:57) lamb of God who takes away the sin of (00:54:59) the world. It's his blood on the (00:55:01) doorpost and little of the homes of the (00:55:04) ancient Hebrews. (00:55:06) And we see that it he is the word of God (00:55:10) and the lamb of God who saved the world (00:55:13) with his blood and that's why we obey (00:55:15) him. So it's obedience for us now. (00:55:19) So it's the h or the ket or the tav. (00:55:22) It could have been any one of them or (00:55:25) all of them depending who was doing it. (00:55:27) Behold the breath of God, the word of (00:55:29) God. He protects us for eternity. The (00:55:31) only sign we need is the cross and (00:55:33) that's the truth. (00:55:35) Now you still might ask well (00:55:38) why wasn't the door door you could have (00:55:40) just done that on the door why the why (00:55:42) the it's quite this is specific (00:55:46) not the design or the shape but the why (00:55:48) the door post and the lint why not just (00:55:50) the door just as easy (00:55:54) you could have been inside the door post (00:55:56) and lint and just done the door like (00:55:57) that (00:55:59) um or any shape just as long as it's on (00:56:01) the door but he says the door post and (00:56:04) the lintle. It seems quite mysterious (00:56:06) really. So, I'm going to invite you to (00:56:08) step inside my little time machine. (00:56:11) Okay. And just buckle up cuz we're going (00:56:13) to go on a little uh journey to ancient (00:56:16) Egypt 3 and a half thousand years ago to (00:56:20) unravel this. So, we're going to travel (00:56:22) to unravel. Okay. Now, remember we're in (00:56:26) the time machine and we're going back (00:56:27) and we're going to have a little look at (00:56:28) what's going on to try and see why the (00:56:31) door post and the lintle. All right. (00:56:35) Bear in mind (00:56:37) that the Hebrews (00:56:40) obviously originally would have been a (00:56:42) distinct people. They've kept themselves (00:56:44) to themselves and nothing in common with (00:56:46) the Egyptians as far as customs and (00:56:48) religions went, religion, faith. So (00:56:51) therefore, they would have retained the (00:56:53) knowledge of God that was passed down. (00:56:56) However, this this set of partners has (00:56:59) faded especially after the death of (00:57:01) Joseph. And by the time of Moses, their (00:57:04) spirit had dwindled as well. We read (00:57:06) this in Exodus 6, their spirit, anguish (00:57:10) of spirit. So, they'd fallen really in (00:57:14) um in their piety, (00:57:17) you know, and in their set apartness (00:57:20) to the state they were in now. (00:57:23) So, we're going to step inside me time (00:57:24) machine and go back. (00:57:29) By the way, also we read in this para (00:57:32) 12:22 that they were no longer nomadic. (00:57:35) They were dwelling in houses, not tents (00:57:38) now, but in houses. This is an Egyptian (00:57:41) custom that they had adopted. The (00:57:42) Egyptians had houses. We had tents. Now (00:57:44) they're in houses. We need So, in short, (00:57:48) they're becoming very much like the (00:57:50) world they're in. (00:57:51) >> Yeah. to become an Egyptian. (00:57:53) Now, the Egyptians believed in an (00:57:55) eternal afterlife and their building (00:57:58) practices which the Hebrews adopted (00:58:01) reflected this belief. (00:58:03) Whoever you were, poor or rich. (00:58:07) From the lowly slave house to the (00:58:08) luxurious palaces, the Egyptians built (00:58:11) their homes with the same building (00:58:13) material. Mud brick. (00:58:16) Mud brick. The theory being that since (00:58:20) present life was temporary, they used (00:58:22) temporary building materials for their (00:58:24) dwellings. (00:58:26) In contrast, they built their temples (00:58:29) and tombs out of stone, reflecting that (00:58:32) their belief was the afterlife was (00:58:34) eternal. You see, so any building that (00:58:38) was to be used for the afterlife, like (00:58:39) temples, tombs, etc., had to be made out (00:58:42) of a material that would last forever. (00:58:45) Now, so they're all made out of mud (00:58:46) brick. (00:58:47) >> Okay. (00:58:48) >> The only exception to this architectural (00:58:50) feature was the door posts and dentals (00:58:54) of the mud brick homes. Okay. (00:58:58) >> Made out of mud brick except the little (00:59:00) and the door post. These weren't made (00:59:02) out of mud brick. These were made out of (00:59:03) stone. (00:59:05) >> It suggested that this reflected their (00:59:07) belief in what constituted a human (00:59:09) being. Now, by the way, I'm I'm not I'm (00:59:11) just going to read out what was going on (00:59:13) at the time. I'm not promoting their (00:59:15) belief system here. I'm just explaining (00:59:18) what was going on at the time. So, we're (00:59:21) still in me. We're still in the time (00:59:22) machine looking out the window and (00:59:24) seeing what was going on. I'm not (00:59:25) endorsing this, but they believed that (00:59:31) this constituted a human being. They (00:59:34) believed in five parts of the human (00:59:36) being. And if any one of these parts (00:59:38) ceased to ex cease to exist, that person (00:59:41) would cease to exist forever. Yeah, (00:59:44) >> right. Some people have studied this or (00:59:46) know about these things. Yeah. The bat (00:59:49) and the cat is coming up. Joe, thank (00:59:50) you. (00:59:52) As I said, I'm not endorsing this and (00:59:53) just explaining what was going on. (00:59:56) So, the physical body was one part and (00:59:59) this is why the mummified bodies. (01:00:01) Mummification was important to them. (01:00:04) The body had to survive death if the (01:00:06) person in the afterlife was to survive. (01:00:09) The shadow was another part of this uh (01:00:12) fivep part belief. Another was the ka (01:00:15) which is akin to like what we call (01:00:17) spirit. The four part of a person was (01:00:19) the ba which is a part of the soul which (01:00:22) represents one's personality. (01:00:26) The final part of humanity in Egyptian (01:00:28) society and their thinking was the name. (01:00:32) The name. Now, here's where mechanically (01:00:35) with ancient Egypt because as Bible (01:00:37) students, we know that one's name (01:00:39) equates to one's existence and our God (01:00:42) knows each of us by name. (01:00:46) Okay, (01:00:48) we can't underestimate the importance of (01:00:50) names and we have spoken on this (01:00:52) previously and to the ancient Egyptian (01:00:55) the name was a very real part of a (01:00:57) person and it is therefore visitors even (01:01:00) today that go to Egypt will find (01:01:02) examples of names having been erased (01:01:06) chiseled off of monuments and statues (01:01:09) etc. (01:01:10) For example, Akenatan (01:01:14) Hatship (01:01:16) hats trusted advisor Senut among others. (01:01:20) It was a deliberate act to delete their (01:01:23) name from history and or more (01:01:25) importantly to deny them access to the (01:01:27) afterlife (01:01:30) just through the erasure of their name. (01:01:36) So to combat the potential loss of their (01:01:38) names, royalty and nobility built great (01:01:41) stone monuments with their names etched (01:01:43) in as many places as possible. (01:01:46) The less the less wealthy the Hypoy (01:01:50) couldn't afford to do this. Instead, (01:01:53) their houses, although mainly of (01:01:55) mudbrick, were constructed with stone (01:01:58) doorposts and lentils. (01:02:02) on on these in they would inscribe the (01:02:04) names of those who lived in inside (01:02:07) within (01:02:10) because (01:02:11) they're thinking like Egyptians now (01:02:14) >> where we become like the world and say (01:02:16) yeah we just put our names in the stone (01:02:18) we'll live forever once we die we can (01:02:20) live forever in the afterlife our names (01:02:22) are in stone (01:02:25) so this is what they do and it seems (01:02:27) that it it seems to have worked (01:02:30) cuz (01:02:32) archaeologists and ex excavationists (01:02:36) um are finding these doorpost and (01:02:38) lentils with the names of their ancient (01:02:40) owners still on them on them. (01:02:43) Um these archaeologists who've been who (01:02:46) excavate the delta region of Egypt where (01:02:48) we were dwelling the Hebrews have (01:02:50) discovered many of these doorpost and (01:02:52) lentils dating to the time of the Exodus (01:02:57) and the the Delta region being very (01:02:59) damp. Little really remains except (01:03:02) anything of stone. (01:03:06) Now when the Hebrews originally lived in (01:03:08) Egypt they dwelt in tents. Over time, (01:03:11) they learned how to construct houses, (01:03:14) maybe even as part of their enslaved (01:03:15) labor, and they used that knowledge to (01:03:18) build their own homes in like fashion. (01:03:20) You would, wouldn't it? (01:03:23) So, when Moses returned to Egypt, he (01:03:25) found us people living in houses, not (01:03:27) tents. So, we we as a people had to a (01:03:31) lot to unlearn (01:03:34) before we can learn. And the signs and (01:03:37) wonders were going to be a part of that (01:03:39) process. (01:03:43) They had to learn of God's superiority (01:03:45) over the gods of Egypt and the beliefs (01:03:48) therein to which they'd been exposed for (01:03:51) generations. (01:03:53) So God's signs and wonders were were not (01:03:54) only for Pharaoh (01:03:58) but for his people and for the whole (01:04:00) world. (01:04:03) And through signs and wonders, God (01:04:04) gradually told them to trust him. And (01:04:07) when God instructed them to paint the (01:04:08) blood of the Passover lamb on the (01:04:10) doorpost and the lentils, he was asking (01:04:13) them to cover their names with the blood (01:04:15) of the lamb. (01:04:18) It's the blood of the lamb that saves (01:04:19) you. (01:04:21) That's two salvation. (01:04:24) Not writing your name in a stone. It's (01:04:27) the blood of the lamb. Their names on (01:04:29) stone didn't ensure eternity in the (01:04:32) afterlife. Only the blood of the lamb (01:04:35) does. And this is the lesson. (01:04:42) The whole world, all of us has to learn (01:04:44) the same lesson. Behold the lamb of God. (01:04:46) It takes away the sin of the world. (01:04:49) So it really does matter where our name (01:04:53) is written. We want our names to be (01:04:55) written in the lamb's book of life. (01:04:58) The book of life of the lamb whose blood (01:05:01) saves us. All hail Yeshua. He is the (01:05:04) king. Now that picture looks nice, (01:05:06) doesn't it? (01:05:07) >> But let us remember the reality of what (01:05:09) it took for us to be saved. Looks nice (01:05:12) and all cuddly. Oh, look at that little (01:05:13) lamb. (01:05:15) Remember the reality of what it took. (01:05:19) That is innocent life (01:05:22) whose blood was sacrificed that we may (01:05:24) live. That's what our king did for us. (01:05:28) All hail our king Yeshua, (01:05:31) the lamb of God. He takes away the sin (01:05:32) of the world with his blood. All (01:05:37) right. To conclude (01:05:41) in this part, we read of the last of the (01:05:43) 10 plagues. (01:05:46) The world must and will accept that the (01:05:49) God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is God (01:05:51) Almighty. (01:05:53) And we as his people are to be that (01:05:55) light in the darkness of the world. (01:06:00) in this part should be read about (01:06:01) firstborn and first month. (01:06:05) There's no coincidences. There must be a (01:06:06) connection. And for me, it's we exodus. (01:06:12) We depart from the ways of the world and (01:06:14) then we're born again. It's a new to be (01:06:17) born again. It's a new start. It's a new (01:06:19) first. It's the beginning of your life. (01:06:22) The first of months. (01:06:26) First first (01:06:28) we see from this para and scripture as a (01:06:31) whole that being a child of God (01:06:32) transcends nationality and lineage (01:06:38) and that being a firstborn of God is not (01:06:40) a question of like sequence of chron (01:06:43) chronological sequence of birth but (01:06:46) about how we lead our lives in saving (01:06:48) him. When I was young my mom used to (01:06:51) call me a number one son. Now there (01:06:54) there's me and me brother and then me (01:06:56) sisters born years later number one son (01:06:58) and I used to think I'm number one son (01:07:01) and then I realized years later when I (01:07:04) was older it's an old film series called (01:07:07) Charlie Chan and he called him number (01:07:09) one son because he was the first born (01:07:11) not because he's the number one. I went (01:07:13) all right I get it now. Yeah. I thought (01:07:15) okay so I'm not the apple of your eye. (01:07:17) I'm just the first born. Oh gosh. All (01:07:20) them years I thought yeah I'm number one (01:07:22) son. (01:07:23) And it was just no, you're just the (01:07:24) first born. That's what I mean. Ah, (01:07:26) right. So, okay. So, anyone knows (01:07:28) Charlie Chan? That's it. Yeah. But it's (01:07:31) not about being the firstborn. (01:07:34) And we read this in scriptures over and (01:07:36) over. (01:07:38) It's hardly ever. David wasn't the first (01:07:41) born. Jacob wasn't the first born. Esau (01:07:43) was technically. It's It's hardly ever (01:07:46) the firstborn. We're taught this. Look, (01:07:48) it's not about you being the firstborn. (01:07:50) is about how you how you lead your life (01:07:52) and saving him. (01:07:54) It's not about where you were born or (01:07:57) when you were born. It's not about your (01:07:59) nationality or being the eldest in the (01:08:00) family or the youngest. It's not about (01:08:02) that. It's about giving our lives to the (01:08:04) one who gave his blood so that we may (01:08:07) live. (01:08:08) >> It's to save him. That's what it's (01:08:09) about. And we must see this in in the (01:08:12) pasture. At least he's the firstborn (01:08:14) that we look to. His blood has saved us (01:08:17) from being lost. (01:08:20) and from being cut off without any hope (01:08:22) in his internal darkness. (01:08:26) All hailed the king, not Pharaoh, the (01:08:28) true king, Yeshua Hamashiach. (01:08:32) Hallelujah. Now remember before we read (01:08:34) Daniel 7, (01:08:37) where Hassatan or these demonic despots (01:08:42) intend (01:08:44) to change times and the seasons. They (01:08:47) intend to, but they can't. Cuz (01:08:50) there's always a remnant. There's always (01:08:52) a remnant that will observe. (01:08:55) >> You can't fool all the people all the (01:08:56) time. The evil one intends. (01:09:01) It says in in Daniel 7 to change times (01:09:06) and seasons. But we read in chapter two (01:09:08) of Daniel. Blessed be the name of God (01:09:11) forever and never for wisdom and might (01:09:13) are his and he changes the times and the (01:09:17) seasons. (01:09:21) Not no Pharaoh of the world or any evil (01:09:24) ruler of the world. They try. They (01:09:25) intend to. It's written. But it's God (01:09:28) who does it. And it's he who removes (01:09:31) kings and raises up kings. (01:09:34) >> He's the true ruler. He gives wisdom to (01:09:37) the wise and knowledge to those who have (01:09:39) understanding. He reveals deep and (01:09:41) secretive things. He knows what's in the (01:09:44) darkness and light dwells with him. (01:09:50) That practically sums up the whole of (01:09:53) what we just departure. Basically, (01:09:56) it's him. He's the ruler. He's almighty. (01:10:00) Now you might not have lentils and door (01:10:02) posts at home, stone ones, but actually (01:10:06) we all do have doorposts and lentils. (01:10:08) Our eyes and ears are doorways. (01:10:12) The choices we make, the decisions we (01:10:14) take, the paths we we choose to go along (01:10:18) in life. These are all doorways in our (01:10:22) lives. (01:10:24) We need to keep our savior Yeshua on our (01:10:27) doorways. He's our guidance and (01:10:29) protection and he's our direction. (01:10:36) That's part B. (01:10:39) >> Thank you. (01:10:41) >> Have a blessed week people (01:10:46) the king the true king (01:10:49) shalom. (01:10:52) >> Shalom everyone and thank you for (01:10:54) watching. 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