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2. Old mercies to ourselves, or to our fathers, must not be forgotten, but be had in everlasting remembrance, that God may be praised, our faith in him encouraged, and our hearts enlarged in his service.
Secondly, It was designed to look forward as an earnest of the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God in the fullness of time, instead of us and our first-born. We were obnoxious to the sword of the destroying angel, but Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us, his death was our life, and thus he was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, from the foundation of the Jewish church: Moses kept the Passover by faith in Christ, for Christ was the end of the law for righteousness.
28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had
commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
The people received these instructions with reverence and ready obedience.
1. They bowed the head and worshipped (Ex 12:27): they hereby signified their submission to this institution as a law, and their thankfulness for it as a favour and privilege.
Note, When God gives law to us, we must give honour to him; when he speaks, we must bow our heads and worship.
2. They went away and did as they were commanded, Ex 12:23. Here was none of that discontent and murmuring among them which we read of, Ex 5:20, 21. The plagues of Egypt had done them good, and raised their expectations of a glorious deliverance, which before they despaired of; and now they went forth to meet it in the way appointed.
Note, The perfecting of God's mercies to us must be waited for in a humble observance of his institutions.