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Series 3:
Lesson 38: |
MOSES
THE PASSOVER IN EGYPT |
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Passages to study: Exodus 11 and 12.
To read with the class: Exodus 12:1-13 and 28-33.
Memorization Text: Younger children - Ex. 12:13. "When I see the blood, I will
pass over you"
Older children- 1 John 1:7.
OBJECTIVES: To teach:
1. That Pharaoh is representative of many who pay no attention to the many warnings they
receive.
2. The grace and mercy of God in providing a way of salvation for all.
3. That freedom from death for the firstborn depended on the death of a substitute.
4. That not only did the blood have to be shed, but also each one had to obey God by
applying it to the door.
5. That it is necessary to put one's faith in Christ while there is opportunity.
SCENE No. 1. Pharaoh's palace where Moses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh for the
last time.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON:
- Moses and Aaron ask for freedom for the people of Israel, who are suffering under the
lash of the Egyptians.
- Moses and Aaron warn the king of coming judgment, from which there is only one means of
escape, the death of a sacrifice.
- Ex. 11:5. Everyone, Egyptians and Israelites alike, would be affected by the divine
judgment.
Lxn. Apply Rom. 3:25. None were exempt from God's decree of judgment on the sinner.
- Pharaoh and his people receive the news in unbelief.
- The extensive amount of death among the Egyptians afterwards showed that they did not
take the necessary steps to avoid it. Apl. Ask the students what reasons the
Egyptians might have had for not taking the word of God into account. (Unbelief,
pride, self-sufficiency). Then, ask them why young people don't believe the gospel.
SCENE No. 2. At a sheepcote where Israelites choose a lamb which meets the
requirements of God.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON:
Sug. (For a flannelgraph lesson, the figures can show the great care an Israelite would
take when choosing a lamb for his household, making sure that the animal was TOTALLY
healthy and without blemish as an adequate
sacrifice to God.)
- God's instructions to Moses were very specific. Only a perfect animal would do.
Cns. The demand for perfection is important for it is a figure of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- The animal chosen could have been kept as a pet for the family, but it would never have
saved from death had it remained alive. Cns. It is not the life of Christ as an
exemplary man that saves, but His death that atones for sin.
- The value of an animal without blemish was that it was qualified to be offered to God.
Sug. Talk with the students about the need of a perfect sacrifice in order to lead the
conversation into showing that we are unable to offer God anything that is perfect.
For that reason, He who is our substitute must be perfect.
SCENE No. 3. Outside an Israelite home.
FIGURES: A father paints the door outside the house while the first born son observes with
a mixture of interest and contentment. A dead animal is close by. A mother with a
child in her arms observes the scene, happy that measures are being taken to save the life
of the firstborn.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON:
- The slain lamb would be found near at hand.
- Factors to consider for application:
a) The condition of the animal;
b) The test period, (3 days);
c) The importance of putting the blood on the door, and not leaving it in the bowl;
d) The requirement to eat the meal roasted, not raw;
e) To eat with shoes on and staff in hand, ready to depart.
- The animal is a figure of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- The test period applies to the time the Lord Jesus went about among men. No defect was
ever found in Him.
- Applying the blood to the door answers to the act of faith which claims the shed blood
(the death) of the Lord Jesus Christ for oneself.
- The blood in the basin did not provide safety. It had to be applied to the door.
Apl. Christ died. One must believe this and make it personal to one's self.
- To eat the meat of the lamb is equivalent to feeding on the Word of God which teaches
the meaning of the work of Christ.
- The roast lamb is a figure of Christ sacrificed for our sins. He passed through
the fire of judgment.
Sug. Imagine with the children of your class how the firstborn might go out of the house
to glance up at the marked doorway that assured of his safety.
Apl. We go to the Bible to find the certainty of the promises of God.
- The blood was placed on the door for the eye of the Destroying Angel. Ex. 12:13 God was
to see the evidence of faith and obedience to His Word.
SCENE No. 4. Somewhere in Egypt, after midnight on the 14th of the month. Different family
groups can be shown, some of them Israelite, contrasting with a sorrowing Egyptian family.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON:
- A family group of Israelites enjoys the meal of roast lamb.
- Others rejoice in the protection given by the blood applied to the door.
- At the same time, the families of the Egyptians are weeping over the death of a
firstborn.
Sug. Ask the students who is to blame for the death of the firstborn.
- The same night witnesses the joy of those who had been obedient and the desperation of
those who were disobedient.
- Note how final death was. None could go back to correct an erroneous choice.
- For many days, warnings had been given about coming judgment. When it arrived,
there was no time for changing one's mind. Apl. We must remind the children of the
need to trust Christ while there is still time. |
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