Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household. (Exodus 12:3 NLT) The Perfect Picture God gave humanity its first hint that something momentous would take place, something that would be Heavens response to humanitys fall. It would culminate in a showdown between Satans forces and a special seed (or descendant) who would be wounded but would eventually emerge victorious. Now we fast forward to a point in time when Gods plan comes into greater focus. The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Pharaoh refused to release them, so God sent a plague to persuade him. Every firstborn child of every household was killed. But the Lord also provided a way of escape. Each household was to take a lamb, kill it, and place its blood on the posts of their front door. God promised that when He saw the lambs blood, He would pass over their home, and they would escape His judgment. Bit by bit, the puzzle pieces of Gods plan were falling into place, and this would prove to be the most graphic picture of how He would deal with mans sin. Notice that it all revolved around a lamb that would be killed, and whose blood would be the thing to save people from Gods impending judgment. All of this occurred about 1,500 years before Jesus was born, yet its the perfect picture of who He was and what He would do. He would be the Lamb that was killed on the cross. His blood would be shed and it would cause God to pass over those who deserved judgment. The parallel is so profound that the Lamb becomes one of Christs most significant titles (John 1:29, Acts 8:32, 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 5:6), and it all traces back to the perfect picture we see in Exodus 12. But the Lord also provided a way of escape. By the lambs blood,we escape Gods judgment. In Whom do you place your faith Think about it...
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:39:05 +0000
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