The firstborn child in every home without blood on the doorpost would die.
I wonder...did anyone stay awake that night curious to see the tail of the death angel disappearing through the streets? Did mothers hold their firstborns extra close, knowing God's promise to save those coveredby the blood would hold true, but feeling the weight of the wrath being poured out all around them?
I would have.
What a relief the next day to find their babies breathing. crying. living.
What horror to hear Egyptian families screaming. Not one house without someone dead.
And this story is true, but it is a foreshadowing of a reality truer still...the wrath of God is being poured out and will one day be poured out once and for all, but for those who have believed in Jesus and have His blood covering their hearts, death will pass over. Rather, we will reign in life.
Jesus is the passover lamb. Slain on our behalf, and sufficient to make us completely and totally righteous in the sight of God.
A miracle indeed.
"In the forebearance of God, He passed over the sins previously committed..." (Romans 3)
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