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Author: JBG
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© 2001  Joe Griffin

01-03-11-B.JSH-452 /

The Inscrutable Question: Passover: Observance: Destroyer Angel: Judgment on Man, Beast, & Demons, Ex 12:12; Typology
Exodus 12:12 -	‘For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the Lord.’
4)	The word for “gods” is elohim which is the plural form of “god”: el.  When referring to members of the Trinity it is capitalized and implies the concept of three in one.  However, the context of this verse indicates that these “gods” are those worshipped in the Egyptian pantheon, chief among whom was the sun god, Ra.
5)	Idolatry is always associated with demonism, both demon influence and demon possession.  The entire nation was saturated with this corruption and it led to its centuries-long mistreatment of the Israelites.
6)	Consequently, the tenth plague brought judgment on virtually every household in Egypt, imposed restrictions on demons that empowered their idols, and enabled their first born to escape into Paradise.
7)	First, virtually every household was punished because of its members’ failure to believe in Christ during the period it held the Jews captive. 
8)	Second, the demons were judged in a way not revealed but that had definite negative impact on Satan’s invisible warfare in Egypt.
9)	Finally, the souls of the firstborn who were struck dead by the destroyer angel were taken immediately to the Paradise compartment of Hades.  
10)	These things had tremendous historical impact on Egypt.  It removed the Crown Prince of Egypt from the royal line and the future heads of households throughout the nation.  The loss of the animals had impact on its economy and its food supply.
11)	A similar catastrophe would have resulted for the Israelites had there not been some method of preserving their first born from the plague.  Details on how they could avoid involvement are given by the Lord to Moses and Aaron in:
Exodus 12:1 - Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
v. 2 - “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.
v. 3 - “Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves according to their father’s household, a lamb for each household.
v. 5 - ‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
v. 6 - ‘And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.
v. 7 - ‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
 v. 8 - ‘And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
v. 11 - ‘Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and you shall eat it in haste—it is the Lord’s Passover.’”
		12)	When Moses gave the people their instructions on the first Passover, he informed them of the importance of the blood of the sacrificial lamb:
Exodus 12:22 -	“You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
v. 23 - “For the Lord will pass thorough 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.
v. 28 - Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
		13)	At midnight, Nisan 15, 1401 b.c., the destroyer angel struck all first-born children in Egypt and all first born of their herds and flocks.
		14)	Pharaoh was so devastated that he allowed the Jews to depart the land, a decision he reversed hours later but it gave the Jews the head start they needed to escape the Egyptian army’s assault at Little Bitter Lake.
		15)	The Lord instituted seven feasts including Passover into the Jewish Spiritual Code as recorded in the book of Leviticus.
Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps & Charts.  Rev. ed.  (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1996), 39:
It has been said that it took God only one night to get Israel out of Egypt, but it took forty years to get Egypt out of Israel.  In Exodus, Israel is redeemed and established as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation; and in Leviticus Israel is taught how to fulfill their priestly call.  They have been led out from the land of bondage in Exodus and into the sanctuary of God in Leviticus.
Moses probably wrote much of Leviticus during the latter part of the Israelite encampment at Sinai.  The content of Leviticus covers a period of roughly a month between the erection of the tabernacle and the departure from Sinai.
Leviticus 23:4 - ‘These are the appointed times [ sacred feasts ] of the Lord, holy convocations [ holy assemblies ] which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.
v. 5 - ‘In the first month [ Nisan ] on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight [ between 3 and 6 o’clock p.m. ] is the Lord’s Passover.’
	3.	Typology:
1)	The seven feasts of Leviticus 23 present types, things that foreshadow the Person and work of Jesus Christ in His two Advents.
2)	A type takes people, things, or events and uses them to portray the future.
3)	The word “type” comes from the Greek noun tÚpoj / tupos /and is translated “copy, figure, pattern, or form.”
4)	The basic idea is that the Old Testament set of circumstance resembles those in a future dispensation and in this case the Incarnation.
5)	The word “type” refers to the original event while “antitype” is its fulfillment in future history.
6)	In Leviticus 23, the types are visual aids designed by God to teach doctrines of soteriology, Christology, and hamartiology.
7)	There are three other New Testament words that communicate the same idea as tupos or type.  (1) sk…a / skia /: “shadow”;  (2) parabol» / parabole /: “parable”; and (3) ØpÒdeigma / hupodeigma /: “copy or pattern.”
8)	Several New Testament passages recognize the fulfillment of these concepts in Christ:
Colossians 2:16 - Stop allowing others to judge you regarding food and drink [ Levitical dietary laws ] or regarding a festival [ observance of the Passover feast ] or a new moon [ celebration of the new moon ], or a Sabbath day [ the various holy days and feasts instituted at Sinai ]—
v. 17 - things which are types or shadows of what is to come; but the fulfillment is in Christ.

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