Exodus 12:1–13
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to one of the central, load-bearing chapters of the entire Bible. What happens here in Exodus 12 is not simply the dramatic climax to a series of plagues. It is the formal institution of a new nation. It is a constitutional convention, a declaration of independence, and the establishment of a national liturgy all rolled into one. The world was, and is, organized by various calendars, rituals, and loyalties. Egypt had its own schedule, its own gods, its own way of marking time and making sense of the world. Pharaoh was, to the Egyptians, a god in human flesh, the source of life and order. The Passover is a direct, frontal assault on this entire worldview. God is not asking for a three-day weekend for His people. He is declaring that He is the true King, the true God, and that all of life, down to the calendar on the wall, must be reordered around His great act of redemption.