Last night when I was attending the Last supper mass in th eSt John the Baptist church in Blok A south Jakarta the bible reading of the Mass was Exodus 12 verse 1 - 8 & 11-14. It was telling the story of how how to celebrate Easter or at that time it was called the Passover and how God's tenth fury was about to be released upon the people of Egypt who was presecuting the people of Israel. The Tenth Fury was the God wil punish the Egyptian by killing all of their first born, and the Jewish will be saved from that fury by drawing their doors with the blood of sheep that they've eaten during passover.
It's been years since I've attended sunday school, but I've distinctly remember that no one told me why the Crucifiction of Jesus was setup on the eve of passover...... maybe some of you out there knows about this....... but I just had this revealed to me during the mass.
God chose this day to let Jesus endure His suffering to show that as much as God was furious He was also willing to share in the plight of His Followers whoever they maybe, and to seal the New Covenant so that God intended for His words to be followed by all not only the Jewish but all mankind. To do this He was willing to sacrifice His own First born to teach us that He is also merciful and that He shares the pain of all mankind not only the victory of how the Jewish escaped from Egypt. God is now saying that at that time He had to be furious but now to set all of mankind free He is willing to suffer His own fury and to show His Love for all mankind not only for the people of Israel. Jesus also put forth this fact by washing the feet of His disciples and saying that If He was willing to humble himself to wash their feet they should do the same to others (Book of John 13 verse 1 - 15). God was "washing our feet" when He sent His First Born to be slain like the sheeps during Passover, God was showing that He was willing to suffer as all of Mankind do.
Let me know what you think of this revelation of mine and give me your comments .......
May This Easter sets You Free and be Full of Blessing from God and His Son Jesus Christ
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