_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:1_ THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR The nations of the globe have regarded various periods as the commencement of the year. The Athenians reckoned the commencement of their year from midsummer; the Romans from the middle of winter; the Arabians from the spr... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 12:3. The house of their fathers.] More exactly: “a father’s house.” The designation naturally imports “family” in the larger sense of “family of families,” the entire group formed by the union of grown-up sons and daughters with their children under the ancestral roof. Only... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:14_ THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER I. IT IS THE MEMORIAL OF A GLORIOUS FACT. The Passover was commemorative of the safety of the children of Israel when the destroying angel passed through the land, and also of their deliverance from the bondage of... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:21_ THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER I. IN THIS INCIDENT WE HAVE A CLEAR RECOGNITION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF VICARIOUS SUFFERING. The lamb was slain instead of the Israelites; the life of the former was taken instead of that of the latter. In this there was... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH_.—_Exodus 12:29_ THE DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN OF EGYPT I. WE SEE HERE THAT GOD’S VENGEANCE IS AS CERTAINLY EXECUTED UPON THE REBELLIOUS AS IT IS THREATENED. The death of the first-born was threatened to Pharaoh some time ago, and he had had ample opportunity of obey... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 12:35. Borrowed … lent.] Render: “Asked,” and “let them have what they asked;” and cf. “Critical Note” on Exodus 11:2. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:31_ THE ISRAELITES GOING OUT OF EGYPTIAN BONDAGE; OR, THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH I. THAT THE ISRAELITES WERE... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:37_ THE NOMINAL FOLLOWERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; THE MOTIVES BY WHICH THEY ARE ACTUATED, AND THE PERPLEXITIES BY WHICH THEY ARE TESTED The children of Israel are now going out of Egypt, the land of bondage, freed by the remarkable interposition of Hea... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:40_ THE PILGRIM CONDITION OF GODLY SOULS IN THE PRESENT LIFE I. THAT THE PILGRIM CONDITION OF GODLY SOULS IN THIS LIFE OFTEN INVOLVES LONG-CONTINUED SUFFERING AND BONDAGE. The Israelites were slaves in Egypt, and this was part of the discipline through... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:43_ MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE OBSERVANCE OF THE PASSOVER I. THAT GOD NOT ONLY INSTITUTES ORDINANCES FOR MEN, BUT ALSO SHOWS IN WHAT WAY THEY ARE TO BE OBSERVED. God had instituted the Passover, and now He gives to the Israelites clear inj... [ Continue Reading ]