The Blood of the Lamb

“Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families and kill the Passover lamb. And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.” [1]

The Lord kept His Word. The destroyer passed over those who had placed the blood of a lamb over the doorposts of their dwellings while the firstborns of those who did not heed the Word of the Lord died. Previously, Pharoah had issued an edict that all male Hebrew newborns had to be killed. What Pharoah sowed Pharoah reaped. Finally, Pharoah sent Moses and his people out from Egypt. [2]

The blood of a lamb on the doorposts of homes of Hebrews in Egypt!

Now, let’s go to Hong Kong. During the Chinese new year, a tradition exists of lighting firecrackers and sticking couplets in front of doors to preserve what is important to the family. The couplet above the door in the attached picture says, “Peace Joy.” The word on the door can be translated “blessed” or “happiness.” These couplets are usually printed on red paper and placed on the frame of the door leading into the home. It seems that God embedded in the Chinese culture a clue as to every person’s need for a Passover Lamb to preserve their happiness for all eternity.

God embedded another clue for the Chinese people in their language. Righteousness in Chinese is a compound word made up of three Chinese words: righteousness, sheep, and me. The word for me is made up the word for hand and knife. The sheep or lamb is above the word for me. “The Lamb (Jesus Christ) over me (covering my sin) provides me the righteousness of God.” Add the hand and knife element, and you have “A sacrificed Lamb provides me the righteousness of God.” To be passed-over and not destroyed by death, I need the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, to atone for my sin. He is the only Savior.

This truth appears in the last book of the Bible. “And they conquered him [the devil] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony [saved by God’s grace], for they loved not their lives even unto death [something only the Holy Spirit living in me can help me to do].” [3]

Have you asked Jesus Christ to apply His atoning sacrifice over you? To cleanse you from all your unrighteous ways and to cover you in His righteousness? If not, why not? He gave His life on the cross for you because He loves you.

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” [4]

[1] Exodus 12:21-23
[2] Exodus 1:16; 12:29-32
[3] Revelation 12:11
[4] Romans 5:6-9