The animal was to be roasted whole over the fire, not boiled or eaten raw. WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. What do you think of the book Creation Unfolding by Ken Coulson? WebAnd when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lordrelented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lordwas by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. (4) Verses 43-51 conclude with further instructions for the Israelites regarding the celebration of the Passover in the future, especially focusing on the participation of foreigners. (1) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was a defeat of Egypts gods: On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstbornboth men and animalsand I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt; I am the Lord (Exod. For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to slay you. Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. In the context of this chapter in First Corinthians, Paul has been speaking of a Christian who was living with the wife of his father (5:1). The principle on which Paul based his instruction was that of the relationship between the sacrifice of the Passover lamb and the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The Passover necessitated the suffering of the Son of God. There were several purposes for the Passover celebration, some of which were to be understood at a later time. Therefore, to answer the specific question: Was the Angel of Death a created being? Since God the Lord Jehovah/Yahweh was the bringer of death and He is eternal and uncreated, the answer is no on all counts. I must say at the outset that Christians are obliged to praise and worship God, regardless of whether or not we understand His actions, and that, as God He is free to act in any way He chooses. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. But the importance of this Passover account is that it was this God Himself, who came as the God-man Jesus, as a first-born Son who would give up His life, as payment for the sins of the people of God. And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [you]. If you like checking the Hebrew the word destroyer here, is shachath (see Strongs number 7843) which as a verb means to decay, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin. Because Christians have been redeemed by the Lamb of God, they do not belong to themselves, and they must therefore live out their lives as a living sacrifice to God. 11:4-8; 12:29). Ex). Like the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the redemption of the firstborn, the Passover was to become a permanent part of Israels religious liturgy (cf. Because God has spared us from His wrath by His mercy, we are to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice: Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godwhich is your spiritual worship (Rom. God used angels in bringing the plagues on Egypt (Psalm 78:43, 49) and sent the destroying angel to execute the firstborn in Egypt at the Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23). When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. He then quotes this passage from Psalm 44 to show that we, like Christ, are called to suffer as sheep: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered (Rom. But when He sees the blood-markings across the tops of your doorways and down your two doorposts, He will pass over your houses and not allow His messenger of death to enter into your houses and strike you down. It is the final blow of the ten plagues (there is yet to be the drowning of the Egyptian army) which will compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites. WebThe Eternal will pass through the land during the night and bring death to the Egyptians. 2 Samuel 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. [4] Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. Luke 22:1-23). Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth (1 Cor. Is there only one race of man? At the same time, none of Israels firstborn, whether man or beast, was smitten. Thus, every time the first boy was born to an Israelite family, the parents were reminded of their roots and the reason for their blessing, and every child was retold the story of the exodus. The Passover lamb was to be purchased or selected on the 10th day of the month, and slaughtered at twilight130 on the evening of the 14th. New International Version (NIV). God's instructions about the Passover appear again, with details about how to observe it once the Israelites had left Egypt, in other parts of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. For the Lord shall pass [forth] smiting the Egyptians; and when he shall see the blood in the lintel, and in ever either post (and when he shall see the blood on the lintel, and on both door-posts), he shall pass (over) the door of the house; and he shall not suffer the smiter to enter into your houses, and to hurt. And then, in the 4th verse of chapter 11 Moses seems to appear again before Pharaoh, in contradiction to Pharaohs order and to Moses retort. 11:5; 12:29-30), all of the Israelites were spared. 3:20; 6:1; 11:1; 12:31-32). Man, apes and monkeys: what are the differences. Surely this is evolution? (D) 4If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. For the Lord will pass by to smite the Egyptians: and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two door cheeks, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to plague. God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, Enoughs enough! So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. Romans 8:38-39ESV / 492 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful Web7 Bible Verses about Angel Of Death Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. Much of Johns teaching and research is available on the extensive range of DVDs and CDs available from Creation Research. No uncircumcised person could partake of the Passover, but by receiving circumcisionthat is, by identifying oneself with the Abrahamic Covenanteven a foreigner could partake of Passover, and with no distinctions between this individual and an Israelite. (AW) 28The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AX) Moses and Aaron. For less than $5/mo. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you. So Gad went to David and said to him, Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? 12:38), it is likely that a number were converted and physically spared from death through the process of the plagues and the provision of the Passover. Surplus food was not to be kept overnight, but was to be burned (12:10). For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. The word which is translated move literally means to cut into, to sharpen, or to bring to a point. The allusion here is to the fact that none would bring injury to Israel (cf. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth (Isa. Robert L. (Bob)Deffinbaugh graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with his Th.M. Apart from the Lord God, who is the eternal Triune Creator, nothing exists in this universe except what was created. How, some will ask, can we find it possible to justify Gods actions here? WebThe book gives the following examples of angels being executors: Angels were involved in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1, 12-13). Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. 38Many other people(BR) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. WebSurah 32:11 mentions an angel of death identified with Azrael. Gods promises, for pleasure or pain, of prosperity or peril, are certain. Ignoring God does not seem so serious, until we understand the importance of trusting and obeying Him. Under such circumstances, two families could share one (12:4). Neh. 130 There is considerable discussion and disagreement over the precise time at which the Passover sacrifice was to be slain. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. The slaughter of the Egyptians took place a long time ago, and thus we do not have the kind of emotional reaction to this account as we have seen to the bombing of Hiroshima or the Nazi death camps of Germany. Israel was Gods possession. Moses assembled all the elders of Israel. God used angels in bringing the plagues on Egypt (Psalm 78:43, 49) and sent the destroying angel to execute the firstborn in Egypt at the Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23). Like the Egyptians, the Israelites were sinners, fully deserving of divine wrath. So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. 5:6ff.). He willingly gave it up in obedience to God the Fathers specific requirement that the wages of sin had to be paid. When the sinfulness of man is added to his creatureliness, Gods wrath is even more clearly seen to be right. Then the Lord will pass over that house. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Let us each ask God to prepare our hearts to take the lesson of this incident seriously. 13:9; cf. 22:14-22; 1 Cor. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. Because the sparing of the Israelite firstborn was not a matter of merit, but of grace, God owned them. In chapters 12 and 13 there is constant alternation between (first) the instructions God gave Moses, and these same instructions as Moses conveyed them to the people. Web7 Bible Verses about Angel Of Death Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. Unfortunately, Christians have come to take the remembrance of our Lord lightly, and do it infrequently, often as a kind of footnote to some other service. Since Christ is our Passover lamb, and He has already been sacrificed, the Corinthians should begin the Feast of Unleavened Bread, looking for any sign of leaven (a symbol of sin) and putting it far away from them (5:7-8). 11:17-34). WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. Those who ate anything leavened during the week of the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to be excluded from the community of Israel, whether this person was an Israelite or a foreigner (12:19). Just as the Passover celebrations (including the redemption of the firstborn and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) provided an opportunity to instruct the children concerning Gods work in the past and its bearing on the present, so the Lords table and baptism provide us with teaching opportunities which we dare not neglect. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. Go on to share how the original Passover heralded the coming of Christ as Son, and the glorious resurrection of Jesus the Saviour. Another angel who brought death and destruction is mentioned in the judgment of King Herod ( Acts 12:23 ). WebAnd when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lordrelented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lordwas by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. The only possible source of confusion is in verse 23, where the Lord states that upon seeing the blood on the door posts of the Israelites, He will not allow the destroyer to enter the house. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, Then it happened that night that the angel of the, When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the. After the Babylonian captivity, new calendar names were adopted and the ancient name Abib was changed to Nisan (cf. The divinely provided protection from the death angel was the sacrifice of a lamb, with its blood applied to the door frame. The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. Web7 Bible Verses about Angel Of Death Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. Paul clearly identified the Lord Jesus as the Passover lamb: For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed (1 Cor. The rite of redeeming the firstborn was a constant reminder to the Israelites of all subsequent generations that the firstborn belonged to God, and that this was due to the sparing of the firstborn at the Exodus. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. In the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, we read, Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeastas you really are. This explains how Moses knew that this was the final plague, and why Pharaoh will nonetheless reject the warning. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. I believe that there is grace to be seen in this final plague (as in the rest), not only toward the Israelites, but also toward the Egyptians. Thus, this final plague brought the Egyptians to the point where they virtually compelled the Israelites to leave. In the Book of Enoch, angels of punishment and destruction belong to a group of angels called satans with Satan as their leader. English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. These are but sheep. Not only are innocent children slaughtered by God here, but the occasion is the basis for an annual celebration by Israel, one that is to be carried on forever (Exod. For the Lord will pass through to kill the Egyptians. For Australia and rest of world click here. 1). First they tempt, then accuse and finally punish and torment, both wicked humans and fallen angels. This is entirely untrue. DOG EVOLUTION? Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. 2:16-24). God had told Abraham that the oppressive nation (which we now know to be Egypt) which would enslave Israel would be punished (Gen. 15:14). This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. WebWhen I see the blood, I will pass over you. On these (two) days, no work was to be done, other than cooking. It may not be possible to determine with any degree of certainty, nor is it necessary that we do so. In the popular retelling of the Passover story, the "destroyer" is often called the "angel of death," but the words "angel of death" don't actually appear anywhere in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian New Testament or the Islamic Quran. 24:14). What colour was he? Deut. Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. Verses 1-3 are cited before the announcement of Moses to Pharaoh that the firstborn of Egypt will be slain. We will briefly survey the principle purposes of the Passover. 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