Passover: God’s Plans for Freedom in Your House! Biblically, one of the most important times of the year is known as Passover. Passover is a celebration of redemption and deliverance by the power of the blood. This feast celebrates Israel’s deliverance from Egypt but also our deliverance from Satan and sin by the blood of Jesus, our Passover Lamb. In Exodus 12 we read they were to take a lamb and “ . . . kill it at twilight. And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. . . . It is the Lord’s Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord” (Exod. 12:6–8, 11–12.) When we understand the story of Passover, we can better overcome the demonic forces that hold us, as God’s children, in bondage. In the Book of Exodus, Israel was in slavery in Egypt. Egypt was a proud country, the most advanced and powerful nation in the world. It was known for magnificent architecture, great learning, and military might. As Exodus begins, we find that the Egyptians had held Israel under cruel oppression for four hundred years. The Israelites had been beaten, worked to death, and seen their children murdered. The good news was, God had a plan for freedom. (God always has a plan for freedom!) As Israel cried out to God, He put His plan into action. To understand God’s plan for Israel, we need to understand what had happened in Egypt in the spiritual realm. Egypt was a land filled with temples and monuments built to honor false gods. The Egyptians worshiped those false gods and trusted in them for their prosperity and security. But false gods are nothing more than demons. The Egyptians’ false worship actually created demonic structures over the land that held it in bondage. That’s what always happens. As idolatry and false worship enter a land, it forms demonic structures over the territory, which hold people in bondage. And it wasn’t just the Israelites who were held in bondage; the Egyptians also lived under the cruel oppression of those demonic powers. In any land that has no Christian or Word-based heritage, a level of darkness and oppression exists that we’ve never experienced in America. Even for those involved in idolatry, it’s not pleasant. The land of Egypt was shrouded in that kind of darkness. Those demonic forces over Egypt created a sphere within which God’s people could be held captive. So before Israel could be freed, the demonic structures over the territory had to be removed. God did that in a series of power encounters with those demonic forces, which we call the plagues of Egypt. The plagues of Egypt were confrontations with the demonic religious structures of the land designed to break their power. The ten plagues were God’s ten-step program to freedom for Israel. God wants to set you free from the bondage of the enemy as well. May the power of all captivity that has held your house in the last season be broken. May you see your new oasis of life before you. May you gain new vision. May you cross over into the fullness of God’s promise for you personally, corporately, territorially, and for generations to come.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:39:20 +0000
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