Yom R’vi’i, Nisan 10, 6003 – March 28, 2018

Select Your Lamb

According to scriptures, when it is time for the Passover to occur, we are to select a lamb without spot or blemish on the 10th day of Nisan.

Exodus 12:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

The selection of that lamb was important because the blood of that lamb would be on their house to protect them from the plague of death.

Exodus 12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Likely the people would have taken great care in the selection of the lamb. They would have become fond of it as well, caring for it from the 10th to the 14th separately from the rest of the flock. The family would have known that this lamb was going to protect them from death that was sure to come.

We too must choose wisely today. What we set aside and revere, we worship and serve. We, too, have a Lamb.

Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

We see that we have our Lamb, our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus), who covers us with His blood, and our household. He has already defeated every enemy that we might face to set us free here in this life, and again in the next.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Send us Your kingdom into the hearts and minds of mankind. Let Your perfect will be done here, as it is in heaven. Send us now Your provision, that we would have sufficient to feed thousands. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver us from the evil that enters our hearts and minds. Wipe away the thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You. We want to serve only You. Help us. Send in quickly the $424,523,962.53 that we might use it to promote Your kingdom here in the hearts and minds of mankind, and care for those in need. Restore unto Your people better than it ever was all the good that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides, to one thousandfold and beyond. We ask You rise up, O King, and do these things quickly. We assk all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name YAH. We ask all these things of You in the name YAH Yeshuah. Amen.