The Blood of the Lamb: Divinely Observed

The Blood of the Lamb: Divinely Observed

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.

Exodus 12:13

God made a striking statement about the blood of the lamb which the people of Israel applied by Divine Ordination, to the lintel and doorposts of their houses upon the occasion of the first Passover. He said, in the verse, which serves as our text for today, ‘when I see the blood, I will pass over you.’ Because we understand that God is here pointing us to Christ, to Whom the New Testament refers as ‘our Passover,’ Who ‘is sacrificed for us,’ we also understand that the application of the Blood of Christ is important to us. It is beyond controversy that God is ‘the Judge of all the earth.’ He will, without fail bring judgment upon humanity. Yet the Scripture also makes clear that it is the application of the Blood of Christ, as observed by the Judge Himself, that makes the difference between salvation and damnation. On that fateful night in Egypt, it was not the Blood in the basin which availed to avert death. It was the blood applied and observed by God Himself that availed and prevailed to avert judgment. We write primarily to encourage the people of God, but, we would be remiss to fail to ask is the Blood Mark of Christ upon your soul, for God to see?  For your soul’s sake, do not allow the day to end without you knowing that the blood has been applied to your own soul.  ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.’

Our most Gracious Saving God,
we rejoice today in the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant,
that speaks better things then that of Abel’s.
We rejoice in the application of the Blood, and the Redemption that it brings.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning