40 Days with Moses 2025 Year of Exposure Day 14: There is power in the blood.

40 “And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭12:22-23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

When I was born, in order to save my life, they removed all of my own blood, replacing it with a transfusion. As a matter fact, the blood they gave me to stop the reaction that was killing me, came from a far distance to where I was born. Needless to say, blood is important.

Even an in-depth study of blood may leave you with more questions than answers. Blood is quite a phenomenon; and indeed, most creatures on earth have blood (although not all blood is red).

Interestingly, when the Lord gave the command to Noah that he and his family could now eat animals, as well as the green herbs, He forbade the eating of flesh with the blood still in it.

Additionally, the Levitical law codified this command:

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭17:11-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As you can see, the reason the Lord gave for such a command was the fact that “the life of the flesh is in the blood.”

As well, we see the Lord saying that the blood “makes atonement for the soul.” Indeed, we see this truth repeated in the book of Hebrews.

“And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Jesus, in His last meal with the disciples (before His crucifixion), made clear that it would be His blood that would seal the New Covenant and provide for the atoning of our sins:

“Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26:27-28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Today we find Moses being instructed by the Lord as to what the people should do to prevent the destroyer from killing the first born in their own families. This command would lead to the Feast of Passover and—as we noted last time—points directly to what our Savior would do for us on the Cross of Calvary.

To be honest, I don’t fully understand all of the mysteries associated with the significance of the blood. All I know is that the shed blood of Jesus Christ has made all the difference for us! His blood has set us free from the Law of Sin and Death!

“For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

For today let us discover what Moses discovered:

There is power in the blood.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!