CHRIST PASSOVERS YOU

for whe I se the bloude, I will passe ouer you, – Ex 12:13 (Tyndale Bible)

The English term “Passover” that has gone into common use today is a legacy of William Tyndale, the 16th century Biblical translator and reformer. He used it in his 1534 Bible translation as the English equivalent of the Hebrew “pasach”, which God used when He spoke to Moses about the event (Ex 12:13).

But interestingly, this restricts the broad scope of the meaning of the term. Because though pasach means “to pass, spring or skip over”, it also means “to  hesitate, to hover over, or to guard (i.e. protect)”.

This second meaning is made clear when we see how it is used in Isa 31:5: As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over (pasach) he will preserve it.

This understanding distinguishes the LORD from the marauding Death Angel that attacked Egypt that night. He hovered over His people to exempt them while Death took over the land.

The LORD didn’t stop ‘pasach’-ing His people after then, (as evident from Is 31:5); but what was a limited manifestation of His goodness in the Old Testament is a perfect, complete reality for us today.

Because “Christ our Passover” (1Co 5:7) hovers over us to deliver us when calamity strikes and destruction falls. Since we “dwell in the secret place of the Most High”, we shall abide under His shadow and covering. In the time of trouble, He shall hide us in His pavilion, and shall be a shelter and a strong tower from the enemy for us (Ps 91:1; 27:5; 61:4).

In this current climate of fear, uncertainty and terrorism; the LORD your Passover shall Hover Over you; He will defend your estate (all your property) and your family; and His Blood shall exempt you from harm in Jesus name.

A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.

There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. –  Ps 91:7-11.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

Greg Elkan