The Blood of the Lamb

 DEVOTION

TO HEBREWS

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

Heb 11:24-28

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

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It is now by faith that we look at the faith of Moses as he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. We know this story of how Moses was instructed to tell the people to take a lamb and prepare it for the Passover and sprinkle the lamb's blood on the doorposts of their homes, so the death angel would pass over them. This was the first Passover and Israel has been celebrating that Passover to this day, although without the sprinkling of the blood of the lamb, in fact, they do not even recognize the blood of the Lamb of God. However, that is our story as we know and accept the blood of the Lamb for the forgiveness of our sins. It is a modern-day, everyday celebration of the Passover of the death angel. We do not sprinkle the blood of Jesus on the doorpost of our homes, but rather in the doorpost of our hearts. When the death angel comes for us, he cannot touch us, or destroy us, for he sees the blood of Jesus on the doorposts of our hearts. That is not all the story for the Israelites were told to eat all the lamb and do so with their cloak tucked into their belts, their sandals on their feet and their staff in their hands. They were to eat in haste, for it is the Lord’s Passover. This meant they had to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. This was not a lazy time at the table, enjoying the conversation, and relaxing after dinner, with a nice dessert or after-dinner drink. Once again this is our story. We are to live with our cloak tucked in, our sandals on our feet, and staff in hand, ready to leave this earth at a moment's notice. We should not get too settled in here, too comfortable around the table, so to speak. Let us not get so cozy that we are not looking and watching for the death angel to Passover us. Jesus made a covenant with us, and shed his blood, the blood of the Lamb of God, so that we are protected from the death angel, for the wages of sin is death, but praise God, we have accepted His free gift of eternal life through the blood of Jesus. The death angel has no power over us, he must Passover us each and every day until Jesus comes to take us to that place he has prepared for us. We may have to lay this body to rest, as it breathes its last, but we will not be staying with it, as Jesus will take us with him. We cannot be sure exactly how that will work, but we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that death has no victory, it has lost its sting, for we live with the blood of Jesus over the doorpost of our hearts, which means we will live forever. We live by the blood of the Lamb.