February 12, 2026 - Numbers 9-10

“And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ‘Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time’” (9:1-2).  And so it has been throughout the centuries that God’s people have paused, at Passover for Israel and at the Lord’s Table for us, to remember his great deliverance.  How much we have to remember, and how great are God’s mercies to us!  The Passover remembers the deliverance from Egypt and points God’s people to the Lamb who would come.  The Lord’s Table has us looking back to the Lamb who has come and who has brought true deliverance from sin and death and who will come again.  It’s just amazing, isn’t it, how over and over again, the Scriptures keep the focus on Messiah and his ministry!

The mystery of the cross

I cannot comprehend

The agonies of Calvary

You, the perfect Holy One,

Crushed Your Son

He drank the bitter cup

Reserved for me.

Your blood has washed away my sin,

Jesus, thank You!

Your Father's wrath completely satisfied,

Jesus, thank You!

Once Your enemy, now seated at Your table,

Jesus, thank You!   --Pat Sczebel (2003)