Redeemed - Spirit, Soul and Body

And they shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire, with unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. And thus you shall eat it; with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. ---Exodus 12:8,11

The Lord said to His people, “On the same night you apply the blood of the Passover lamb to your doorpost, eat its flesh.” Notice that God gave specific instructions about how the lamb was to be eaten. He said, “When you eat that lamb, put your belts on, put shoes on your feet and be ready to go.” (v. 11) It’s significant that God didn’t say, “and you shall eat it, with your loins girded and your wheelchairs, stretchers, crutches and pills all ready to go. And with all your aches and pains you shall go forth.”

Among the two to three million Israelites God was talking to, there had to be plenty of people who were too sick or too old to travel. But the Lord told them all to eat and be ready to go.

You see, God wasn’t satisfied with a partial redemption. Not only would His people go out, but they would go out well. Not only would they be free from Egyptian bondage, but they would also be set free from the bondage of sickness and disease. You may ask, how do you know they went out with no sickness or feebleness? Well, Psalms 105:37 tells us that “there was none feeble among His tribes.”

What did the Passover do for the Israelites when they applied the blood of the lamb? It spared them from judgment and set them free from bondage. What happened when the Israelites ate the lamb’s flesh? They went out healthy.

That’s why the Passover lamb is a portrait of our full redemption in Christ. When man fell in the Garden of Eden, he fell in spirit, soul and body. Disease didn’t exist until the great temptation and man was cast out of the Garden. Jesus died to make us completely whole, not only in spirit and soul, but in our physical bodies as well.

Confession: As the Israelites ate of the lamb, they were to be ready to go forth out of Egypt in health. Now I partake of the Lamb of God and go forth in newness of life, receiving healing as part of my redemption package!