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All right. My Bible in 365 brothers and sisters.
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I'm back.
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You know, it feels like it's been a minute, if you know what I mean. I mean, it's been a long time. And that's always what happens at the beginning of the year when we do these summaries. But, man, am I excited to come to you with the book of Exodus. This is a great one. And I want to warn you right now, okay, if you don't feel like crying a little bit, you might not want to watch this video, at least not right now. But you got to watch it. It's important. Why?
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The book of Exodus speaks about journeys.
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And this is a very important principle for us to be able to understand. Because when we talk about the journeys that God calls us to, they relate directly to our identity. They relate directly to a distinction that God created for us. We, which is so important and so incredibly critical. And perhaps one of the most unique and remarkable distinctions centers around the fact that we were created in God's likeness and image. And of course, another one centers around the fact that we were adopted into the kingdom of heaven, that we are literally God's adopted child. That's why I love adoption so much, and that's why I love being able to tell my three adopted children why we have so much in common.
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Now, with that said, part of our journey is going to involve death. At one point or another.
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Death becomes.
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The consequence of man's decision to choose to rebel against God. We read about this early on in Genesis.
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We see the curse that comes as.
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A result of it.
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We see what happens because of what man chose to harden its heart towards.
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But God made a way out. I feel like as of late, especially since September, we've been surrounded by so much death. I mean, it's not just what happened with Charlie, although that's been such a.
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Big part of it. It's been what's been happening around this world. It isn't just even the death of precious, very special human beings. Oftentimes it feels like it's about the death of things that used to exist. I kind of feel like, to a degree, we're mourning things that aren't even around anymore.
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But Exodus is where God shows us that we don't have to mourn like the world mourns.
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We don't have to experience the loss in our heart that the world does.
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The way that they experience it. We get to find hope because of what God has provided for us and the infrastructure by which he has created redemption.
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By the way, when you understand the.
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Infrastructure that God has created for us by this process of redemption, you begin to realize that there are no limits. You begin to realize that there is.
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Nothing that God cannot do. You begin to realize that even in the most insurmountable situations, you find hope and you find peace. And you begin to realize that what God has brought to the table is nothing other than the blessings we need to become more than conquerors.
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Now, there's only one major caveat to that, and that is if you are in Christ, if you have put your.
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Faith and trust in him and you have allowed that adoption to take place by virtue of the fact that he gave Himself for us, and we accept that very beautiful sacrifice.
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Nothing can be defeated. Nothing. God has the answer clearly defined for us. Now, what we're going to read about in the Book of Exodus. And I chose this text because I love this text. This text, in my opinion, becomes the very encapsulation of what God has made available to us, that we might no.
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Longer have to fret concerning the insurmountability of something like death. We no longer have to be concerned about the implications of what we think may be the ultimate loss. Because what the world calls the ultimate loss, God says, is the ultimate gain.
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And that was done through redemption. And the beautiful picture and story of redemption was created for us as early as Genesis.
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So let me read this now just to give you some context. The pharaoh has had the people of.
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Israel in slavery for a long time, 400 years.
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He is hardening his heart. This pharaoh does not want to let the people go. So God uses a series of plagues. By the way, super important that you study those plagues.
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You definitely need to study them here.
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In Exodus, because they become very valuable in your understanding of the Book of Revelation. By the way, if you want a.
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Shortcut to understanding the Book of Revelation. I know, it's a shameless plug.
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I wrote this book on the Book of Revelation. It's called the Last Book. You can get it anywhere where books are sold. And what I do is I take you through the Old Testament so that you can develop a deeper understanding of the New. If you study the plagues in the Book of Exodus, you will have a much deeper understanding, not only of redemption, but you will have a much deeper understanding of how God thinks when it comes to judgment and what that means for you, especially when it comes to.
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The benefits that God has available to you.
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Very, very important stuff.
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Hugely contemplative, by the way.
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Super, super important. So just to give You a little bit of background. All of these plagues have been put into fruition. The pharaoh still hardens his heart. And there's one final one.
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And God says, I'm going to kill the firstborn. And not only am I going to.
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Kill the firstborn in Egypt, I'm going to kill the firstborn in Goshen.
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That's where the Israelites are saying, God.
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Says, there's only one way out. There's only one way where the death angel will not take the life of your firstborn.
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And that is if you take a lamb and you do this with it. And that's where we've left off. Look at what it says in verse five. It says, or this is where we pick up, not where we left off, sorry, verse five.
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It says, and by the way, this is verse five in Exodus, chapter 12.
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This is an important chapter, by the way, a very important chapter in the Bible. It gives us so much insight as into our Messiah.
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But look what it says. God saying, this is verse five. He says, your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it up until the 14th day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
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By the way, it's very interesting because the Passover uniquely fell at that time.
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The celebration of the Passover.
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And when you talk about Jesus actually.
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Being crucified during the Passover, the symbolism is so beautiful. It's so beautiful.
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It's complicated.
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But if you want to know more about it, you can go through all.
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Of my teachings@james cadist.com they're all available for free. And I talk this extensively, especially, especially the book of Exodus. In this section we go through this deeply and consequentially.
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So look what it goes on to say. It says, and they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in the night, roast with fire and unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs. And they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire his head, with his legs, and with the puritans thereof. Verse 10. And you shall, you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning. And that which remaineth of it until the morning, you shall burn with fire. And thus shall you eat it with your loins girded, your shoes on your Feet and. And your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.
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Why would you eat it in haste? You'd eat it in haste. Because delivery, deliverance will come in haste. That's kind of the idea here.
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For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night. And I will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And against all the gods of Egypt.
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I will execute judgment.
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I am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you. And the plague shall not be upon.
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You to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. Now, for the purpose of summarizing this, let me ask you to pay special attention to the next verse I'm about to read. And then I'm going to explain it. It says in verse 14, and this day shall be unto you for a memorial. And you shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it a feast by ordinance forever. I'm trying to. I'm trying not to get emotional, but I think about the people close to me that I've lost. You know, my mom, my dad, My little brother. I'm not God. I'm sad that his life ended as early as it did. I think it's terrible. Hundreds of millions of people might be saved through it.
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I'm not.
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I'm not doubting or debating God and doing what he did. But I'm so thankful to God. Look, it's not like Charlie went into the abyss. It's not like my mom and my dad went into the abyss. It's not like my uncles and my loved ones, my grandparents. The Bible says that the blood of the perfect lamb of God was sprinkled upon the doorposts of our hearts. Death passed us over because of that. As hard as it is to imagine, when Charlie went to go be with the Lord, he didn't die.
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He simply passed.
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That's why we call it passing.
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He passed into eternity to experience the reward that he longed for. No longer having to fight shortcomings, no longer having to deal with the craziness that he would have to deal with on a day to day basis. That man pushed his body so hard. No longer having to worry about getting enough sleep or any of the other things that oftentimes come up with that.
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We have hope. God in his goodness and in his faithfulness gave us that hope from the very beginning of his word. I Mean, tell me for one second. Tell me for one second that isn't amazing. Guys. You have huge hope because of what God has done. All right, here's the homework assignment. I want you to go through the book of Exodus, and I want you to identify. You can do it in a notepad. I want you to identify where God shows an extension of his grace. By the way, I'm going to just tell you this right now. You're going to see it everywhere. You're going to see it everywhere. Funny place. In the Gospel of John, we'll talk about it. But John writes these words at the very beginning. He says it in Greek. He says, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He later on goes on to say, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. This is the perfect lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, the one that this passage is pointing to. And then it goes on to tell us something really special. It tells us, by the way, something that's very, very misinterpreted by a lot of people. People do not get this passage for whatever reason, probably because of the way it's been traditionally taught, without any awareness or understanding. But in verse 14, he says, the Word became flesh, dwelt among us. We beheld his glory, his glory of only begotten of the Father. And then he says, full of grace and truth. Then he says something really interesting in a few verses after that. This is verse 17. He says, the law was given by Moses. This is how it reads in the King James. But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. You know the way it's translated. When you translate it from the Greek text, it says the law was given to us by Moses. So the law was given by Moses. Provided, presented by Moses. But grace and truth realized in the law through Jesus Christ. Go through for your homework and look for moments of grace. Truth is obvious. Grace might not necessarily be so obvious unless you're on the hunt. I'm going to make you this promise. Your life will be dramatically different. It's the God that we serve you guys. Here's one last thing I want to tell you. Take advantage of every wonderful thing God has put in front of you. He made you in his likeness and in his image. Death cannot defeat you. It stopped defeating you the moment you said Christ. I put my faith and trust in you. Learn to rejoice from all that God has given you. It's spectacular. It's special. God has given to you something so remarkable. And I want to make you this promise. He will show it to you if you open yourself up to receive it from him. One final thing. Thank you guys for what you're doing. You know, we're already in the second month of the year, and I'm hearing so many wonderful things. Do you know that the average person breaks their New Year's resolution by week number two? By week number two, you haven't done that. You're still watching. You're still listening.
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You're still reading.
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Keep it up. God will bless you. And by the time you get to the end of the year, you will watch amazing things come as a result of the con. Just incredible commitment you've made. I love you guys. Keep fighting the good fight.
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We got a Q and A coming up, by the way. I'm pretty excited about that one. Looking forward to it. I love you guys.
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God bless you. Keep fighting the good fight.