Psalms 105:37
On the night before God delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, He sent the angel of death to each home in the land. The target was the firstborn of every house, including the cattle. This was to be the last of a series of plagues against Egypt that was to convince Pharaoh to let God’s people go. The difference in this plague from all of the others was that Israel, though not the target was vulnerable to the angel as well; but God had a plan to save His people from death before He delivered them from bondage.
The first Passover happened that night, as God instructed the Israelites to kill a lamb and mark their doors with its blood. They were to then stay in their home all night while the angel of death passed over. While inside, they were to eat all of the lamb, roasted with fire, saving none of it until morning. They could rejoice and sing or cower in the corner in fear; none of that mattered, only the blood.
When the angel of death came over and saw blood marking the doors of the homes, he moved on to the next house as the blood showed him that something had already died there. If one sacrifice had been made, there was no reason to shed more blood in that house. God maintained His righteousness through this act, and He showed us how His heart of judgment beats.
When God put your sin and sickness into the body of Jesus, He did not do it because Jesus deserved it; but rather because Jesus had lived spotless and was qualified to bear the sins and sickness of the rest of the world. Upon shedding the blood of the Lamb (Jesus), God was satisfied with the sacrifice for sins. When you accept Christ, the door of your heart is marked with the blood of that Lamb, thus God sees only the sacrifice of Jesus when He looks at you. If God were to then judge you for your sins, He would have to ignore the blood that was on the door, doing dishonor to the finished work of His Son.
As the sun broke over the eastern sky in Egypt on the morning of the deliverance, the children of Israel opened the doors to their homes and walked out in perfect health. There were nearly 3 million Israelites that came out of Egypt and the Word says, “there was not one feeble person among their tribes” (Psalms 105:37). How is it possible that among any group of 3 million people in history there would be none feeble? Even more impossible would be to find no feeble in a population of slaves that have toiled every day under the hot desert sun of Egypt. Something mighty must have happened behind those blood stained doors!
Jesus’ death at the cross provided more than your forgiveness of sins; He provided for every single thing that you would ever need. Under strict instructions to eat all of the roasted lamb, God was painting us a picture of Jesus on the cross. The believer is to consume all of the roasted, crucified Jesus. When we consume Him as our sacrifice, we partake into us the health and wholeness of our heavenly Lamb. The ceremony of communion that we observe is a shadow of the substance of the cross. We eat into us His health as we see our sickness and disease in Him. When we do this with revelation, there is not one feeble among us either.
His death has provided forgiveness of sins and freedom from sickness. May we go forth from our spiritual Egypt with the knowledge that He has been so good to us.
On the night before God delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, He sent the angel of death to each home in the land. The target was the firstborn of every house, including the cattle. This was to be the last of a series of plagues against Egypt that was to convince Pharaoh to let God’s people go. The difference in this plague from all of the others was that Israel, though not the target was vulnerable to the angel as well; but God had a plan to save His people from death before He delivered them from bondage.
The first Passover happened that night, as God instructed the Israelites to kill a lamb and mark their doors with its blood. They were to then stay in their home all night while the angel of death passed over. While inside, they were to eat all of the lamb, roasted with fire, saving none of it until morning. They could rejoice and sing or cower in the corner in fear; none of that mattered, only the blood.
When the angel of death came over and saw blood marking the doors of the homes, he moved on to the next house as the blood showed him that something had already died there. If one sacrifice had been made, there was no reason to shed more blood in that house. God maintained His righteousness through this act, and He showed us how His heart of judgment beats.
When God put your sin and sickness into the body of Jesus, He did not do it because Jesus deserved it; but rather because Jesus had lived spotless and was qualified to bear the sins and sickness of the rest of the world. Upon shedding the blood of the Lamb (Jesus), God was satisfied with the sacrifice for sins. When you accept Christ, the door of your heart is marked with the blood of that Lamb, thus God sees only the sacrifice of Jesus when He looks at you. If God were to then judge you for your sins, He would have to ignore the blood that was on the door, doing dishonor to the finished work of His Son.
As the sun broke over the eastern sky in Egypt on the morning of the deliverance, the children of Israel opened the doors to their homes and walked out in perfect health. There were nearly 3 million Israelites that came out of Egypt and the Word says, “there was not one feeble person among their tribes” (Psalms 105:37). How is it possible that among any group of 3 million people in history there would be none feeble? Even more impossible would be to find no feeble in a population of slaves that have toiled every day under the hot desert sun of Egypt. Something mighty must have happened behind those blood stained doors!
Jesus’ death at the cross provided more than your forgiveness of sins; He provided for every single thing that you would ever need. Under strict instructions to eat all of the roasted lamb, God was painting us a picture of Jesus on the cross. The believer is to consume all of the roasted, crucified Jesus. When we consume Him as our sacrifice, we partake into us the health and wholeness of our heavenly Lamb. The ceremony of communion that we observe is a shadow of the substance of the cross. We eat into us His health as we see our sickness and disease in Him. When we do this with revelation, there is not one feeble among us either.
His death has provided forgiveness of sins and freedom from sickness. May we go forth from our spiritual Egypt with the knowledge that He has been so good to us.
