Just-Christianity-The-Story-of-Salvation-for-Adults by STEVE COPLAND

Author:STEVE COPLAND [COPLAND, STEVE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Passover:

Signposts from God

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From the very beginning of human civilization

God has used events in human history to foretell,

illustrate, and explain the way of salvation. Salvation

is only by faith, which simply means that people

act upon the knowledge or revelation that they have

received, without proof of the outcome. Faith is NOT

acting on presumptions, or leaping into darkness

without particular certainties. That is simple stupidity

and God does not command us to act as idiots. God

hasn’t made it easy to find Him, after all, He is invis-

ible to us as a being. God doesn’t want superficial

relationships, therefore only those who seek eagerly,

sincerely, even desperately will find truth. The truth

is plain to see for those with pure motives, but for the

skeptic who is clinging onto his own ego as if it were

the greatest prize, the signposts to salvation will flash

past his eyes like a driver moving too fast to read

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them. If any person will humble themselves and ask

God to open their eyes, He will do it; however, the

Bible tells us repeatedly that He also actively opposes

the proud.

The instructions for Passover can be found in

Exodus chapter twelve. Throughout Scripture yeast is

used as a symbol for sin. When yeast is used for bread

making, it works through the entire lump of dough.

When left uncooked the dough turns black. The Bible

teaches that human beings have a sin nature, that is

a capacity and inclination to do those things which

are against the laws of God. Our entire beings are

contaminated with this nature. Left unchecked, sin

can lead the person into total darkness. God says we

must turn away from sin and turn towards Him. This

is the idea of repentance, to turn around. Only unleav-

ened bread, that is, without yeast, was able to be used

in any religious ceremony, as God was teaching the

people that they must clean the sin out of their lives

in order to have a relationship with a holy God. The

Jews were instructed to clean all of the yeast out

of their homes ten days prior to the Passover. They

were not allowed to touch any food which contained

yeast for this period of time. They had no idea why

they were receiving these instructions, but they were

warned that if they disobeyed, they would be cut off

from the Jewish community forever. We will see why

shortly.

The Jews were also ordered to prepare a lamb

for a special meal. The lamb must be chosen exactly

four days before it was killed. It must be in the

prime of its life and perfect in every way. The lamb

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must be killed in the late afternoon. They were to

take the blood of the lamb and place it on the top

and sides of their doorposts. The lamb must then

be attached to a forked piece of wood using metal,

with its front legs apart, so that when it was cooked

over a fire it could be turned. None of the bones of

the animal were allowed to be broken. They must

eat all of the meal inside and must not share the

meal with any foreigner. They must eat the meal

while dressed as if ready to leave at once. They

must eat it with bitter herbs.

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