- God will Pass Over
Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. Verse 23: For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
The celebration called Passover gets its name from this verse, “I will pass over you.” This feast is an ordinance that God says will be celebrated forever. The Passover feast has morphed into the Lord’s Supper instituted as a follow-on by Jesus at his Last Supper. The present day Communion Services all over the world continues the Passover feast. The celebratory feast will continue into eternity at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb in His Kingdom.
The Destroyer came through the land of Egypt on that night to kill the first-born of every human and animal family. But the Lord had commanded Moses to have all the believers in Israel sacrifice a lamb to eat a meal and use the blood to sprinkle on the doorposts of the house. The blood was a token, or sign, that the family in this house are faithful believers in the Lord. They obeyed and sacrificed the lamb according to God’s instructions.
God says, “When I see the blood.” He says the same thing to us: “When I see the blood of Jesus, my Son, on the door of your heart I will pass over you and not destroy you.” Faith in Jesus Christ places His sacrificial blood in the heart; God sees Christ; He sees the faith. He passes his judgment over you and goes on to judge those who do not believe (they have not the blood). Judgment is coming for sure; Egypt (the world) will be smitten. But the believers with the Blood escape the judgment. God will judge all sin, but we have no sin is we have accepted the death of Jesus as the judgment of God upon our sin. God will destroy the world but He will not destroy me.
God looks on the heart, and He sees either sin that must be judged or blood that cleanses from all sin. We will either be destroyed or we will escape the judgment. The difference hinges on faith in Jesus. On the basis of this promise we know that we are accepted by God and will live forever.