Chapters 11-15

Exodus 11:5 - If the Passover was a foreshadowing of Christ's death and redemption of humanity, what is the symbol of the Lord killing the first born? For those who have the blood of the lamb over them, their first born was spared. This is redemption. For those without the blood of the lamb, there was death in that home. But why the first born? What does it represent? I thought at first that it was because the first born was due the inheritance. Thus, to kill the first born was to cut off the inheritance, a remote symbol of hell. But, that would be first born males. The Scripture says that even first born females will die (vs. 5). I do not know the answer.

Exodus 12:22 - "none of you shall go outside the door of his house" (NASB). Once the blood was applied to the door, it signified the blood of Christ was applied to that house. As long as they were inside the house, they were taking shelter, as it were, in Christ from the judgment about to take place on the wicked. As long as we take our shelter completely (leaving no part of us exposed or outside His redemption), we too will be saved from the judgment to come on the ungodly.

Exodus 14:10 - This is the first time Israel is recorded as crying out to the Lord. Every other time, they have been crying out like someone hits his finger with a hammer (Exodus 2:23). They cried out to Pharaoh when he increased their labor (Ex 5:15). It does not appear that this cry to the Lord was a cry of faith, however. The next verse records that they turned to Moses and chided him with faithless talk.

Exodus 14:13 - The instructions Moses gives to the people are noteworthy. He tells them to "stand." That word means literally "to take your stand" or "station yourself." It is as if a person were preparing to present himself to a person or for battle. There is another word for the passive connotation of stand (AMAD). This word has an active connotation for stand. In context, he is telling them to ready themselves to see the deliverance of the Lord. He is calling them to faith in the Lord. They know the Lord by name now, but they are not yet fully trusting in Him.