Thurs.’s Devo - Salvation

Ex. 13:1-10 God told the children of Israel to sanctify their first born sons and animals. God seems to have a respect for animals as if they have a soul, which I believe they do. God sanctified (set him apart for sacred use) his firstborn, Jesus, and gave him up this day. The calendar month was Abib which means “green, tender, a young ear of grain”. It was the barley harvest. All the feasts center around the agriculture. Spiritually this is the harvest of souls for salvation. They come in green and tender and must be matured for the great harvest at Tabernacles. The spiritual month was Nisan which is the month of flowers. What a picture of salvation. This was God’s first encounter with his covenant people. Now he is going to lead them into a land full of enemies and give it to them. Isn’t that what God does to us when we get saved. He doesn’t take us to heaven, he takes us back into the world where the enemy is and he tells us to take the land for him. When the left they entered into unleavened bread for 7 days. This was a picture of our whole life after salvation. We live sinless before God. Jesus blood atones for us daily. If we really believe this we can live in this provision. When we mess up we get right back up and walk without shame. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus because they walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made us free from the law of sin and death. (Ro. 8:1,2) They were to keep this feast year after year as a memorial of what God did for them and still does for us. Lord, may we always live in Unleavened Bread with Passover fresh in our hearts.