Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

In saving His people from the clutches of Egypt and the bondage of their slavery in that country, God broke the will of the Egyptians with ten plagues. One by one He showed that He was the one and only true God. He wanted His people freed, and freed they would be. But for this last and greatest plague upon Egypt, Israel would not just sit back and watch in wonder -- they would be part of it. Of course, as we have been considering all this Lenten season, that exodus and those passover lambs -- as great as it was -- would be surpassed by a greater exodus, and by a greater lamb.