And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, – Ex 12:13
The fact that the firstborn son of every household in Egypt was going to
die was not something hidden. Moses – who had become notorious by now in all of
Egypt for his previous nine plagues – had declared it openly to the Pharaoh in
his court.
Now, imagine with me this scenario on the declared evening of the
plague: a snoopy Egyptian notices some hustle and bustle among the Israelite
slaves and sneaks closer to observe them. He sees each household kill a lamb
and smears the blood on their doorpost and concludes that it must have
something to do with the coming death plague, (the Israelites had been
miraculously spared from the previous plagues, Ex 10:23; 8:22; 9:4, 9:26). Now
what would happen if this Egyptian decides to move his entire family that night
into one of the Israeli houses covered in blood?
The Death Angel made no distinction; indeed the exemption of the
Israelites from the 10th plague had nothing to do with their
ethnicity or heritage, it was The Blood. If an Israelite had no blood on his
doorpost that night, he would have lost his firstborn son; conversely, if an
Egyptian household stayed in a blood-smeared house, they would have been spared
as well.
The Bible didn’t say the Angel asked questions of the ethnicity and
nationality of the inhabitants of each household; all that influenced its
decision was the Blood – or the absence thereof.
This principle, which is a precursor to the Cross, is what salvation by
faith is all about, because God is not a respecter of persons (Act 10:34; Rom
2:11).
“There is neither Greek nor Jew”, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.” (Col 3:11)
Jesus is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but
also for the sins of the whole world, (1Jn 2:2). And the most popular
verse in the Bible says that “WHOSOEVER believes in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life”. (Jn 3:16)
There’s no strange formula or ritual needed for salvation; it is a “WHOSOEVER”
provision: “For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved. – Rom 10:13
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not
miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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