Topic: THE PASSOVER BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Text: Exodus 12:1-13
12:1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
12:2 This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
12:3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
12:4 And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb.
12:5 Your lamb shall be without[a] blemish, a male [b]of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
12:6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.
12:7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.
12:8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
12:9Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails.
12:10 You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire.
12:11 And thus you shall eat it: [c]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.
12:12 ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
12:13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
STUDY:
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron as he was set to deliver the children of Israel with His outstretched mighty hand from the bondage of Pharaoh, King of Egypt. He gave them specific instructions on how the Passover feast should be celebrated, and promised to pass over the house of every Israelite upon whose doorpost and lintel were sprinkled with the Lamb’s blood. In verse 13 specifically, the scripture reads thus”… for when I see the blood, I will pass overyou.”
Beloved, it is instructive and humbling to acknowledge that none of us is worthy except through the paschal blood of atonement. Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice as our Passover Lamb for our redemption, healing, deliverance, and peace with God. It is the blood of Jesus that speaks for us, not our self-righteousness, moral piety, philanthropy, charity, etc. It is His blood alone that excludes us from destruction and guarantees our safety. Little wonder the song writer says:… nothing but the blood of Jesus. It is the blood that protects, preserves, delivers and secures. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runs therein and is safe (Prov. 18:10). Is the blood your plea? Is the blood speaking for you? Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power, are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Prayer:
I plead the Blood of the Lamb. Lord, may your blood speak for me today and always, in Jesus’Name, Amen.
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