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A Word of Encouragement |
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March 28, 2026 |
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Acrylic-007 - circa 1976 |
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Grace, Hope & Peace, Friend; Writing to believers scattered throughout the world, chosen by God through the work of the Holy Spirit, Peter wrote that, we were chosen "to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood." (1 Peter 1:1-2) "Sprinkled with His blood." This phrase was a reference to an incident, thousands of years before, while the Children of Israel were slaves in Egypt. God had promised to free them from Pharoah's cruel treatment and sent a series of plagues to persuade Pharoah to release them. When Pharoah stubbornly refused through nine of the plagues, God told Moses, "About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well." (Exodus 11:4-6) But God told the Children of Israel that each family should take a perfect lamb, slaughter it and, on the night of the plague, slaughter it and put some of it blood on the doorposts and the lintel of the house. And He said, "When I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt." (Exodus 12:1-13) It is not that God didn't know who THEY were! He wanted to remind them - and us - who HE is! And that it was He who frees them - and us. Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29) His blood marks us as shielded from God's judgement on the world, releasing us from bondage to sin. (Romans 6:16-18) "When I see the blood I will pass over you."
Yehoshua, Seh HaElohim - Jesus, Lamb of God - thank You for freeing me from bondage to Satan.
Sprinkled with His blood, |
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