I believe sometimes the word sacrifice loses its meaning.
Sacrifice: “to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end” – Merriam-Webster Online
They ate unleavened bread for 7 days to the point that if they did eat, they were cut off.
“15Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.” – Exodus 12:15 (ESV)
What a state of affairs, and look at the sacrifice, remove the leaven completely from the home so as to make sure there was no backsliding.
And then there was the sacrifice of a lamb. And the blood of the lamb was to be spread on the doorpost of the home. Would I have done such a thing? What about today, would I sacrifice the way people look at me by spreading blood on my doorpost?
“26And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for e passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.” – Exodus 12:26-27 (ESV)
I remember the passover and I remember the lamb sacrifice at that time, but do I really put it all together the sacrifice to God for the sake of my forgiveness?
What about you, do you remember? Are you aware of the sacrifice that was realized at that time? What about today, would you sacrifice as they did?
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