The Blood a Token

 

A HYMN OF PRAISE TO CHRIST

Tune: “Take My Life and Let it Be” 7.7.7.7. Words by Jim Byrd

 

Sing aloud this hymn of praise,

Hallelujahs let us raise;

Bless the Lord of earth and skies,

Let our praises ever rise,

Let our praises ever rise.

 

View His great creative might,

In the morning’s glor’ous light;

Study providence and see

Proofs of His great sovereignty,

Proofs of His great sovereignty.

 

Yet a greater work appears,

What relief to all our fears!

God for sinners gave His Son,

Jesus, the Anointed One,

Jesus, the Anointed One.

 

Lo He came the lost to save,

His own life He freely gave;

God was fully satisfied,

When Christ Jesus bled and died,

When Christ Jesus bled and died.

 

From His throne Christ reigns on high,

By His grace He brings us nigh;

He our sin has washed away,

Turned our darkness into day,

Turned our darkness into day.

 

So this song of praise we sing,

Unto Christ our God and King;

We are filled with thankfulness,

For the Lord our Righteousness,

For the Lord our Righteousness.

 

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     “I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt hear me, O God:  incline Thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.  Shew Thy marvellous lovingkindness, O Thou that saveth by Thy right hand them which put their trust in Thee from those that rise up against them.  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” -Psalm 17:6-8 [KJV] 

 

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THE BLOOD A TOKEN

 

     “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” (Exodus 12:13).  

 

The most important aspect of this entire Passover was the blood of the lamb which God call “a token.”  “Token” means a distinguishing mark, a sign or proof.  When the blood was applied according to the commands of the Lord, it was a distinguishing mark and a proof of at least four things.

 

-1- Justice satisfied.  God would get death at every house.  The death of the Passover lamb was the distinguishing mark that God demanded and He received the blood which secured the salvation of the firstborn child. 

 

-2- Righteousness Established.  We know the death of the Passover lamb pictured the sacrificial death of the Savior.  “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us” (I Corinthians 5:7).  “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (II Corinthians 5:21). 

  

-3- The covenant fulfilled.  God entered into an agreement or covenant with Moses and the children of Israel.  Moses spoke these words to the people.  “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” (Exodus 12:23).

 

-4- The certainty of life for the firstborn.  It could not be that the appointed lamb be slaughtered by the father of the firstborn and yet the firstborn die also.  That which God required, the death of the lamb (which was the substitute of the firstborn), secured the life of the firstborn.  The death of Christ secured the salvation and everlasting life of all those for whom His blood was shed.  “When I see the blood I will pass over you.” 

   

                                                                                                          

-preacher Jim Byrd

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