1174. The Sprinkled Blood

The Sprinkled Blood

"And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts, and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it" (Exo_12:7).

1. The blood in the basin. There are those who assert that since the Lord Jesus Christ died upon Calvary's Cross, therefore salvation has been obtained for the whole race. This salvation is secured apart from any faith whatsoever on the part of the sinner. This is a most subversive doctrine.

A second Jewish legend is told: A father took a lamb on the night in which the angel passed over. He slew the lamb and he put the blood in the basin. That night when the angel passed over he was about to slay the eldest son, when the father caught his hand and said: "Hold! Angel, Hold! surely you will not slay my son. I took the lamb, I killed it just as Moses gave instructions, and the blood is even now in the basin." "Yes," Said the angel. "I saw the slain lamb, and I saw the blood in the basin but that is not enough." This leads us to our next word.

2. The blood sprinkled. When the lamb had been killed and the blood caught in the basin, then the hyssop was to be dipped in the blood and the blood was to be sprinkled upon the side posts and the upper door post. It was the blood applied which brought salvation; it was the blood applied that lent security from the wrath of the angel.

Hyssop is the type of faith. The unbeliever must receive the atonement. He must believe that Christ died for his sins.

It is most important to remember that the hyssop is dipped in the blood. The faith that saves, must be a faith in the blood.

There are some who see the unsaved under conviction, as they cry for help. The convicted want to know how to be saved, and the personal worker or the preacher says, "Believe Jesus," "Trust Jesus." This is all wrong. We know that the Bible says "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved," but it is not "Believe Jesus." It is believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the One who died on Calvary, the One who is ascended and is seated at the Father's right hand. If that is what the worker meant when he said, "Believe Jesus," it is all right. The difficulty lies in the fact that the right emphasis has not been placed upon the Blood. People can be told to believe in Jesus, without so much as knowing that He died. They may think of Him apart from His Cross. The hyssop must be dipped in the blood and faith must be in the atonement of the Lord Jesus, or else there is no salvation.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR