Rise, Go Out

And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. 

Exodus 12:31 

After God had done all that He had done to instruct His people, He finished what He had started.  On the first Passover, the children of Israel did all that God required in the sacrifice of the lamb, the application of the blood, and the consumption of the sacrifice.  Jehovah Himself passed over on that night and destroyed the firstborn in the houses of all those where the blood was not in evidence.  It was only after the sacrifice of the lamb that the Israelites obtained their freedom.  We can offer this testimony as well.  Before the application of the Blood of Christ, we were in bondage to all the passions, the pride, and entrapments of the world, the flesh, and the Devil.  We could by no human means free ourselves.  We were slaves and had been slaves all our lives, like our fathers before us.  It has been only by the sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God, that we have become free.  He has made the difference for us between death and life.  He has made the difference for us between slavery and liberty.  We owe all that we have of true freedom to the saving Blood of Christ, to His Person, and His Work.  Therefore, we will make much of Him.  Therefore, we will preach His Gospel.  Therefore, we will shout to all from the rooftops, ‘Behold the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world.’ 

Our Glorious, Liberating God. 
We rejoice that You have brought us out of the house of bondage. 
We praise You that the Son has made us free, 
and that we are free indeed. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning