FROM THE BIBLE
On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people 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. —Exodus 12:12–13 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” —John 1:29 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. —John 19:30 Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. —1 Corinthians 5:7
FROM THE HEART
Lord God, how carefully you planned my salvation! How beautifully you wrote the story of my deliverance on every page of your Word! Thank you for the wonders of your amazing plan, and for unfolding it as you did through the rescue of your people from slavery in Egypt and the sacrificial love of Jesus on Calvary. Help me to live my daily life in the complete and constant awareness of this great salvation. In Jesus’ name, amen.
DID YOU KNOW?
Commentator Matthew Henry suggests some of the many layers of meaning in the action of applying the blood of the lamb to the doorposts: “It was to be sprinkled on the door-posts, denoting the open profession we are to make of faith in Christ. It was not to be sprinkled upon the threshold; which cautions us to take heed of trampling under foot the blood of the covenant. It is precious blood, and must be precious to us. The blood, thus sprinkled, was 38 THE BIBLE 30-DAY EXPERIENCE GUIDEBOOK