Matthew 20:1-28
Psalm 25:1-15a
Proverbs 6:6-11
Last week, I spent some time with middle school students talking about the Bible. They had fantastic questions about how the different books of the Bible connect. We talked about how The Bible is a unified collection of books that all point to Jesus. There are few passages that provide a more stunning foreshadowing of Jesus, the Lamb of God, than this passage in Exodus.
The Israelites are instructed to cover their doorposts with the blood of a lamb with no defect or blemish. This will be the sign to the Lord to pass over. Israel's only hope for salvation was to be under the blood. Their own worthiness and righteousness was of no value to them. It provided no covering or rescue. Their salvation came through the blood of the lamb.
As believers, we know the beauty of a Gospel that rests totally on God's initiative and his provision of Jesus' sacrifice to bring us into right relationship with Him.
"This is all my hope and peace, nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness, nothing but the blood of Jesus."
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