“When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down” (Exodus 12:23).
Today’s verse comes in the account of the Passover in Egypt. This would be the 10th and the final plague where the destroyer would take the life of every first born son in Egypt. The Israelites were given clear directions about sacrificing the sacrificial lamb. The heads of the households were given specific instructions about placing the blood of the lamb on the door frame of their houses.
On that Passover evening, the destroyer went through the land of Egypt and killed every single first born male in all of Egypt. The only houses that were spared were the houses with the blood of the lamb on the door frames.
The story of the Passover is the story of salvation. The Lord did not check to see if the people inside the houses were worthy. The only thing that the Lord checked for was the blood of the Lamb.
The reality is that no one is worthy to be saved. We are all guilty sinners. The only thing we can do is to accept the plan of salvation that God offers his people – the sacrificial blood of the Lamb.
When we stand in judgment the only thing that God will be checking for is the presence of the blood of the Lamb over our lives.
Friends, are you covered by the blood of the Lamb?
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