We Overcome by the Blood

We have to know what the Blood of Jesus does for us. Then we have to take the Blood and get it into our lives. There is a parallel for this application in the Passover Ceremony, which has God’s Provision of Deliverance and Salvation for Israel.

The Father of each family had to kill a lamb and catch its blood in a basin. This act demonstrates the responsibility of Fathers to be Priests of their families. The Blood in the basin, however, did not protect any Israelite family. It had to be transferred from the basin to where the family lived. Only one means was provided, and that was Hyssop.

This plant is common in the Middle East as it grows everywhere there. So they had to pick a bunch of Hyssop, dip it in the Blood, and strike it on the lintel and two doorposts of their dwelling, but not on the threshold. You are never to walk over the Blood.

With that done, the destroying angel could not enter the dwelling. But only the Israelites who were in their houses were safe behind the Blood, they were protected. That was the only place of safety in Egypt that night.