Exodus 13:11-16

This particular study is a 1st draft...I am thinking my way through this passage but here goes:

Read Exodus 13:11-16

We note first that just as with verse 2, the command is given that the firstborn of the people and of the animals is to be consecrated to the Lord.

Note, however, that verse 13 makes a distinction for the donkey...either it is redeemed by the blood of a lamb, or it is to be killed.

What is the significance of this?

If we look at verse 15, we see that the donkey is representaive of the natural state of man!

Israel, like the donkey, would have been destroyed were it not for the substitution of the lamb, the presence of which caused the Angel to pass over those households stained by the blood of the lamb!

Look at it this way:

What are the characteristics of a donkey?
• stubborn
• stupid
• rebellious
• defiant

Now read John 5:37-40
can we say stubbornness?

Read Ephesians 4:17-18
stupidity?

Read Romans 1:18-23
rebelliousness ?

Read 2 Timothy 3:1-9
defiant?

So what does the comparison mean for us? Well, for one, it speaks to God’s love and compassion!
Read Romans 5:6-11

Can we agree that the attributes of an ass and of the natural man are similar?

Do we see ourselves in it?

And what, then, do we deserve from God?
A broken neck? Death!

But what have we received?
Grace!

Read 1 Timothy 1:12-15

Read Luke 18:11-12

With which of these two do you align yourself?

We should be thankful that a lamb, THE Lamb, was provided for our salvation, and until we acknowledge how unworthy we are, we cannot be properly grateful to our Lord and Master!

God Bless!