Exodus 12:42a, 50-51 . . . the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt. . . (When the Lord delivered His people from their enslavement, He didn't just turn them loose with a casual wave only to let them fend for themselves in their new-found freedom. Instead, He Himself kept careful watch over them as they left their life of bondage and embarked on a new life of redemption. Today He still carefully guards us as we put our faith in Him and as we walk out of our past life of sin and into His life of rescue and salvation.) All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. (God's people had been obedient and had followed all His Passover instructions that He had provided for them for their protection so they would avoid God's severe judgment against those who failed to yield to His commands. The Lord still protects us today as we follow His ways and take on His blood provision over our lives.) And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. (Though the Israelites were unaware at the time of their true identity as God's blessed and powerful people, He had already begun forming them into His army, placing them into divisions and groupings that would not only help them in their hurried escape from Egypt, but would also begin the very intentional process of forming them into units fit for warfare as He initiated the revelation to them that they had now become God's mighty army. Today the Lord has also brought us into His deliverance so that He can integrate us into His mighty army in this world.)
