The Springs
The first taste — one dip, the whole day.
Exodus hands us four portraits in one book: the I AM of the burning bush, the Passover lamb whose blood shields the door, bread raining from heaven, and a rock struck so water can pour out. The New Testament claims every one of them for Jesus — 'before Abraham was, I am'; 'Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed'; 'I am the bread of life'; 'the Rock was Christ.'
The Wells
Promise and fulfillment — every claim linked for verification.
Fifteen centuries of Passover tables rehearsed the cross in advance — a lamb without blemish, not a bone broken.
The God of the burning bush names himself: “I AM WHO I AM.”
Fulfilled —
John 8:58. “Before Abraham was, I am.” They picked up stones because they understood exactly what he meant.
The Passover lamb — without blemish, its blood a shield, not a bone of it broken.
Fulfilled —
1 Corinthians 5:7; John 19:36; 1 Peter 1:19. “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”
Bread rains from heaven to keep a wilderness people alive.
Fulfilled —
John 6:32–35. “I am the bread of life” — the manna was the shadow; he is the loaf.
The rock at Horeb is struck, and water pours out for the people.
Fulfilled —
1 Corinthians 10:4. “They drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.”
Word from the Well
פֶּסַח pesaḥ
'Passover' — from the verb to pass over, to spare. The lamb dies so the firstborn does not. Judgment is not canceled; it is absorbed by a substitute under whose blood the household shelters.
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The Aquifer
Deepest water — where the passage meets your week.
Every Exodus picture is provision under pressure: blood at midnight, bread in a wasteland, water from stone. Christ is not only the answer to guilt; he is daily bread and struck-rock water for the wilderness you are actually in this week. The question is never whether provision exists — only whether you will come under the blood and hold out your hands.
Five Questions
- The blood had to be applied to the door, not just shed. What is the difference in your own life?
- 'Before Abraham was, I am' (John 8:58). Why did Jesus' hearers pick up stones at those words?
- Manna spoiled if hoarded. What does that teach about how Christ gives himself to you?
- The rock gave water only when struck (1 Cor 10:4). How does that shape your reading of the cross?
- Not a bone broken (Ex 12:46; John 19:36) — why does God care about such small fulfillments?
The Day's Practice
MORNING — Read Exodus 12:3–13. Thank Christ by name as your Passover lamb.
MID-DAY — At lunch, receive the meal as manna — enough for today, given not earned.
EVENING — Ask: what door in my life still needs the blood applied?