"Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the Lord as you have requested.  Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone. Go, but bless me as you leave.” All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!”

The Israelites took their bread dough before yeast was added. They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders.  And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed; they asked the Egyptians for clothing and articles of silver and gold.  The Lord caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So they stripped the Egyptians of their wealth!

That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children.  A rabble of non-Israelites went with them, along with great flocks and herds of livestock.  For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food.

The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.  In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the Lord’s forces left the land.  On this night the Lord kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation." Exodus 12:31-42 (NLT)

“And I am convinced, that nothing can separate us from God’s love. Neither death, nor life neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today, nor our worries for tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below - indeed, nothing in all of Creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God revealed to us in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)

“Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough, made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ the Passover Lamb has been sacrificed for us. So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.” 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (NLT)

PEOPLE FREED BY GOD ARE CALLED TO LIVE IN FREEDOM FOR GOD

 

“The critical issue on the journey with God is not “Am I happy?” but “Am I free?”
Peter Scazzero