Escape from disasters through the blood of the Passover lamb

Passoveris God’s appointed feast, which was established over 3500 years ago. When the Israelites lived as slaves in Egypt, God commanded pharaoh to release Israel from Egypt. However, he refused God’s command, and God brought ten plagues upon Egypt.

The tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn, was about to fall upon Egypt on the night of the fourteenth day of the first month in the sacred calendar; God let the plague of death pass over the houses that had the blood of the Passover lamb on the sides and tops of the doorframes.

This was the day of the Passover

Ex 12/11~13 [this is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.

On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn – both men and animals – and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.]

That day, all the firstborn of Egypt were killed, from the firstborn of pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon.

In Egypt there was not a house without someone dead (EX 12/29~30).

How ever, the Israelites, who painted the lamb’s blood on the doorposts and lintels of their houses, were saved from the plague of the firstborn in Egypt

Ex 12/23 [when the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the door frame and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.]

Here, we need to carefully consider why the plague of the death passed over the people of Israel.

It was not because of the people celebrating the Passover that the plague passed over, but because of the blood of the Passover lamb.

Neither a wise man’s house nor a rich man’s house full of worldly treasures nor an influential royal family’s palace could escape the plague. Only the house marked with the blood of the Passover lamb was saved from the plague.

 It is because of the blood of the Passover lamb in us that we can escape disasters, not because we ourselves who celebrate the Passover are powerful.  We have to carefully consider this: 

God protect us and wraps us with his invisible love and grace, all disasters are avoided, evil gods are judged, and we are redeemed from this sinful world.

So, do not just consider the Passover itself, but feel the hand of God who guards and protects us through the Passover.

Christ Ahnsahnghong established the Passover to destroy the devil and give his children eternal life.