In the previous chapter God has said the Israelites would be saved, but they had to do something in order to gain that salvation. In the same way, God has declared salvation on the cross and resurrection, but we need to believe in order to take advantage of that salvation.
"This month is to be the first month". The Passover was to mark the founding of the nation. In the same way, when we believe we are born again, it is the start of a new life. Each family was to take a lamb, so each person had to appropriate the protection of the blood for themselves. They were to daub the blood on the doorways, and to eat the meat. Moreover, the meat was to be eaten in haste.
Notice that there are no priests involved in this. Similarly, the cross and your faith is all that is needed to appropriate the benefits of the cross.
That night every first born child and animal would be killed. This is a terrible event, but the blood would protect the Israelites. Moreover, the people were to commemorate this day for future generations.
And so it happened that the angel of death passed over Egypt.
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