The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Exodus 12:2,
"Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs."
Here in the midst of the tenth plague, a plague of death, the Lord told Moses to have the Israelites slaughter a lamb in a new festival, the Passover. The lamb that was to be eaten was to have its blood put on the sides and tops of their doorways for the Israelites to be spared of the death that was to come to so many that night.
Death came that night, but the Lord passed over every home where the blood was applied. This is a type, a pointer to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the need we have to apply the blood of Jesus Christ to our own lives in order to escape that second death, eternal death that follows judgment day.
Jesus Christ is called our passover lamb. "For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." 1 Corinthians 5:7b. John the baptist recognized Jesus as this Passover lamb, "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" John 1:29. And, "When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!'' John 1:36. The book of Revelation refers to Jesus Christ on a number of occasions as our sacrificial lamb, "Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders." Revelation 5:6. See also Revelation 5:12, "In a loud voice they were saying: 'Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!'"
"Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs."
Here in the midst of the tenth plague, a plague of death, the Lord told Moses to have the Israelites slaughter a lamb in a new festival, the Passover. The lamb that was to be eaten was to have its blood put on the sides and tops of their doorways for the Israelites to be spared of the death that was to come to so many that night.
Death came that night, but the Lord passed over every home where the blood was applied. This is a type, a pointer to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the need we have to apply the blood of Jesus Christ to our own lives in order to escape that second death, eternal death that follows judgment day.
Jesus Christ is called our passover lamb. "For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." 1 Corinthians 5:7b. John the baptist recognized Jesus as this Passover lamb, "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" John 1:29. And, "When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!'' John 1:36. The book of Revelation refers to Jesus Christ on a number of occasions as our sacrificial lamb, "Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders." Revelation 5:6. See also Revelation 5:12, "In a loud voice they were saying: 'Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!'"
Just as all the Israelites who applied the blood of the sacrificial lamb at Passover were spared of their lives, so all of us who apply the blood of Jesus Christ in our account with God by embracing him in faith will be spared for eternal life.
Where would I be without the sacrifice Jesus Christ made of himself for my sins? What if God had not reached out to us in an incomprehensible love, providing his Son to make a way? Thanks be to God! This is exactly what he has done!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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