"When I See the Blood"

  We find in Exodus 12 the Passover and the blood applied to the doorposts and lintel of the houses in which the meal would be eaten. As we think about the meal and the events that were to transpire that night what do you think was happening? Was there fun and laughter? People just leisurely nibbling on this part of the meal or that? Was it laid back? Of course not because what the Lord God had told them was coming that night and they were told to eat it in haste (12:11). The declaration had been made that on that night the Lord will strike every firstborn of the land, both man and beast.

  Can you imaging eating this meal wondering what was about to take place in its entirety? The trembling in the presence of an awesome God who was going to demonstrate His power. Their only protection from death? "...and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt."  (!2:13) It was time for the Destroyer to do His work. Maybe the Egyptians were wondering why all this blood is applied to their doorposts thinking how odd it was for these Hebrew people to do such. It would be such a mess to clean up! We find in all this there was danger even for the Israelites!

  "When I see the blood" that was the issue. There was not one word about their goodness or good works. Not one word about loyalty or being as we would say, "a member of the church". It was simply stated "when I see the blood." That blood was the only thing that stood between them and death. The sacrifice of the animal and that blood is what kept them from dying. In the end the blood of the lamb was the only thing that spared their lives.

  What is the only thing that is going to spare us in the end? "I always attending the assemblies and worked hard for the Lord?" Too many believe that what they do is what makes them what they are. They lean on their own righteous works, their goodness as their means of getting them to the Lord Jehovah. What seems to escape notice is the only thing that will spare any of us is to be found under the blood of Jesus. When I die, the only thing that will matter will be: "When I see the blood I will pass over you." The blood of Christ Jesus, that's the safe haven for us today. That teaches us to walk humbly with our God and heed His voice.