The Power of the Blood

…When I see the blood…
Exodus 12:13

The old song tells the story of the young Hebrew boy as he sat in the midnight hour on the appointed day when the angel of the Lord would smite the first-born. As he sat nervously, the boy rehearsed in his mind the sight of his father wiping the doorpost with the blood of his young lamb that they had killed earlier. At the time, he did not understand why his young lamb had to die. He could not fathom the reason for which his father had slaughtered the spotless lamb. He knew not to question his father’s actions so he stood there quietly watching his lamb innocently die. He watched as his father took the sharp knife and drew it across the lamb’s throat. He noticed as the blood dripped from the lamb’s neck, it did not bite the slayer. It did not refuse to die. It simply attempted to lick the wound, almost signaling to the little boy, “It’s ok”. When the angel of death passed by that night, he saw the blood and passed over. I am sure the boy thought within his heart, “What power there was in that blood”.

Dear friend, when the Christ of heaven ascended Calvary’s hill and lay upon the cross willingly, he was letting you know, “It’s ok”. He did not rebuke the lashes. He did not demand freedom. He did not condemn the world by calling legions of angels. He symbolically licked his wounds by saying, “Father, forgive them”. The God of glory accepted the blood as the ultimate payment for our sins. The angels heaven stood by thinking, “What power there is in that blood”.

Why did he do this? Why did he shed his blood as an innocent lamb? Why did he not speak up? Friend the reason is simple. He allowed the spotless blood to flow from His divine veins so that when the angel of death comes to the doorpost of our life, he will have to pass over because the blood was applied at salvation. So my brother, when you sit nervously like that little Hebrew boy wondering if the blood is still there, have no fear, for it was applied by the Holy Ghost with love and care. You can be encouraged at the fact, the blood has never lost its power. And one day when you step into the ivory palaces of Heaven, you can say with the millions, “What power there is in the blood”.