For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life. - Lev. 17:11 NIV
As the old hymn says 'nothing but the blood.' There was nothing for the Children of Israel and there is nothing for us now that can cover over all of our transgressions. Interesting isn't it that only something that costs a life can make us white as snow. Only a blood sacrifice saves us. It is only shed blood that keeps us safe from all of the destruction that the enemy would try to foist on us. Nothing harmful can touch us once we are covered by the blood. While it may not have looked that way to the Children of Israel as they were hurriedly being pushed out of Egypt, they were saved by the blood. Nothing can touch those covered by the blood.
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. - Ex. 12:13 NIV
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