In Exodus 12 we read about the first Passover and God's instruction to the Israelites to put blood on the doorposts as a sign for God so that when God passes over Egypt no plague would come upon the Israelites (13). Someone asked a very good question. Did an all knowing God need a sign of blood on door posts to know? I would argue that the blood marking was more for Israelites than for God. It reminded the Israelites that they were no more righteous than the Egyptians. It is the blood that protected them and not any inherent righteousness. As God's judgment passed over Egypt, the Israelites were protected by the blood Moses also reminds them in Deuteronomy 9:4-5 that it was not because of their righteousness that God has been gracious and generous towards them. The Bible is about God's grace from the beginning to the end. The same is true of the blood spilled for our sin on the Good Friday. It is not any inherent righteousness on our part that makes us deserving of God's grace, but it is the blood offered for us that makes all the difference. Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!
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