Exodus 12:13 ‘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’

DAILY READING – Acts 25; Ruth 1-2; Psalm 47

On October 1, 2015,  a devastating massacre took place at Umpqua Community College  Oregon USA.  In the unfortunate incident, a 26-year-old student who was enrolled at the school, suddenly started shooting other students and ended up killing an assistant professor and eight students. However The daughter of an Oregon pastor, survived the shooting. Lacey, the daughter of Pastor Randy Scroggins survived because a classmate who had been shot and killed. rolled over her, covering her in his blood.. Lacey who was among a handful of students who had survived the shooting, testified in their church the Sunday morning after the shooting, recounting what happened that tragic morning. She said the shooter brandishing a gun, told everyone in the classroom to get down. Although Lacey thought it was part of a writing exercise for class, she soon realized it was all too real. The shooter, then questioned her classmates one by one before he shot them, asking “What religion are you? Are you a Christian?” Lacey said, at that point all she could hear within her was to pray. And pray she did, even as she laid on the ground. After Lacey heard a shot close to her head, she realized the boy next to her, had been shot and he was bleeding. Then somehow, he started rolling toward her. She felt the boy’s body move over her and then his blood covered her. When the shooter came to her and told her to get up, she didn’t move. He asked a woman nearby if Lacey was alive, but the woman replied that she didn’t know. Believing her to be dead, he stepped over her and shot another student. However, soon after, there was a barrage of gunfire when the police arrived and engaged the shooter in a gunfight. Eventually the shooter turned the gun on himself and took his own life. He had however, killed nine people and injured dozens of others, before his death. Pastor Randy Scroggins concluded by saying that for the boy that was shot to roll over his daughter was not  by mistake, he believed it was the blood of the boy covering his daughter that saved her life.

Indeed it was the blood of the dead student which covered Lacey that made the shooter to step over her. When he saw the blood, he was pacified, feeling he had achieved his evil purpose. Likewise, anytime the enemy sees the blood of Jesus upon us, he is compelled to Passover. Christ’s blood fulfilled the demands of justice and paid the price for our sins, so that the enemy has no more legal right to attack us.  The enemy’s thirst for our blood was quenched by Christ’s blood that was shed. Jesus paid it all and said it was finished.

Jesus died the death we should have died.  He took our pain and shame, thereby blotting out the handwriting of every ordinance against us. And because of His blood upon our lives, every evil is bound to pass over us. Indeed because of Chris’s  sacrifice affliction can never arise a second time in our lives.

It takes Kingdom mysteries to overcome the miseries of life. And the blood of Jesus is a kingdom mystery that guarantees our mastery over life circumstances. By the mystery of the blood covenant we become a ‘touch not’ to every evil.

Exodus 12:13 says ‘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’

Just like the Israelites dwelling in Goshen were separated from the afflictions of Egypt, we have been separated from the plagues and afflictions in the world. Romans 8:1 says ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus..’

Because we are in Christ, our case is different. By covenant what afflicts others cannot afflict you. Christ has paid the price for every affliction, He became a curse for us, that we might experience a blessed life.  Indeed by reason of the blood of Jesus, there is a ”touch not seal” upon every child of God.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for mystery of the blood of Jesus. Indeed by the mystery of the blood covenant I am separated from every evil occurrence. Indeed today, everything which my Heavenly Father has not planted in my life  is permanently uprooted  in  Jesus Name.

QUOTE

When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. WORDBITE 222