Exodus 12:13 ” The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt”.
DAILY READING; Luke 7:18-50; Genesis 11; Psalm 5
In 1948, Israel’s War for Independence concluded with a ceasefire that left Jerusalem divided into two. While Israel controlled the western part of Jerusalem, Jordan controlled the eastern part, which included the Temple Mount, the Western wall and other important religious sites. Jews were not allowed to enter Jerusalem’s walls or to pray inside the city. However, all that changed in June 1967, when God unleashed a miracle of biblical proportions in the form of the Six-Day War.
One of the most amazing miracles in the war was Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem from Jordan. Starting from June 5th 1967, the Israeli army had violently battled the Jordanian troops in an attempt to capture the old city of East Jerusalem. However on June 7th, something amazing happened. The Jordanians suddenly stopped firing and an eerie silence befell the city. The Israelis couldn’t understand the sudden quietness or why the Jordanians had stopped firing, Suspecting a trap, Israeli troops were dispatched to check for an ambush. However, they came back with the report that it was not a trap, but rather a miracle! The Jordanian forces had inexplicably fled from the city, the only thing left behind was their equipment. It seemed as if God had gone ahead of the Israeli army and cleared every opposition.
And so the Israeli forces entered East Jerusalem, and took over the city without even firing a single shot. And for the first time in over two thousand years, Israel had full control of Jerusalem.
Though the Arab residents left in the city were fearful they would be attacked, the invading Israeli soldiers simply told them “Every house with a white flag on its gate will be spared, and whoever does not have the white mark will be broken in by force”. The residents promptly complied.
The residents of Hebron located south of Jerusalem, were especially fearful because they had massacred the city’s Jewish community in 1929 and feared Israel would now revenge. But as the residents promptly flew white sheets from their windows and rooftops, and voluntarily gave up their weapons., Israeli soldiers did not attack them. By the end of the war, Israel had crushed enemies to the north, east, and south and tripled her territory. And most importantly for the first time, in over two millennia, Jerusalem was finally reunited as a free city under the Israeli flag.
When the Israeli troops gave the instruction that white flags be placed in front of the houses in Jerusalem, it was meant to be a sign of peace, that would stop them from attacking.
When God gave the Israelites the instruction to place the sign of the Blood on their doorposts and on their lintels, it was to stop, destruction from invading their homes.
In Exodus 12:13 God says ” The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt”.
By obeying the instruction, the blood of the lamb protected Israel from the judgments that came upon Egypt.
This story of the Passover provides us with an insight on the Blood of Jesus and its inherent power to divinely shield us from evil and harm. Indeed the Blood of Jesus is God’s divine provision for our protection from every satanic invasion and oppression.
The truth is that a lot of invisible battles go on in the realm of the spirit against believers. Life is a battlefield and not a playground; a warfare not a funfair, and it takes the engagement of the superior spiritual force of the Blood to overcome. Zechariah 1:18-21; spoke about the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem, ‘so that no man did lift up his head:’ These horns of the Gentiles were the wicked forces stopping the progress of the people and manipulating their destinies.
However, the Blood of Jesus is the ultimate weapon that destroys every invisible battle against our progress. All barriers on our path are cleared away at the invocation of the Blood. Every time we plead the Blood of Jesus, the Blood begins to speak, “Passover” to every force of destruction.
Especially in this season of harvest we need the power in the Blood of Jesus to shield us from the anti-covenant forces that abort harvest. With so many forces fighting the fruitfulness and progress of believers, the mystery of the Blood Covenant is so essential in this season.
Today, especially, we invoke the Blood against everything that tries to steal our joy. Joy is the sickle of harvest. and anything that tries to hinder our joy is actually attempting to dry up our harvest.
Joel 1:12-17 says ‘The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.’
Therefore by the Blood we resist everything that tries to tamper with our joy this month. By the Blood we shield ourselves from every from of depression and sadness. And as we remain joyful and praiseful in every situation, surely the earth will yield its increase to us and God’s surpassing blessings shall dwell upon all our endeavors.
PRAYER: Lord, I Thank You that by the Blood of Jesus I am an overcomer over every invisible force fighting my destiny. Thank You Lord, for continually filling my heart with joy and granting me amazing progress in all my endeavors in Jesus Name. .
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Praise is proof that you believe God to do what He said, He would do in your life, – WORDBITE 201.