SALVATION BY THE BLOOD 1

God directs Moses that they should take of the blood of the slain lamb, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of their houses (see Ex.12:1-28 AV). “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 …”, Ex.12:13. There is the utmost certainty for those within the blood-sprinkled doors. It is the Lord who executes the judgment by His angel. It is impossible for Him to be deceived, and impossible for man to escape: but He says, “when I see the blood, I will pass over you.”

It is not said, when you see the blood, but when I see it. The soul of an awakened person often rests, not on its own righteousness, but on the way in which it sees the blood. Now, precious as it is to have the heart impressed with it, this is not the ground of peace. Peace is founded on God’s seeing it. He cannot fail to estimate it at its full and perfect value as putting away sin. … It may be said, But must I not have faith in its value? This is faith in its value, seeing that God looks at it as putting away sin. Your value for it looks at it as a question of the measure of your feelings. Faith looks at God’s thoughts.

God, then, sees the blood: on that we rest to escape judgment, not upon our own view either of sin or of the blood of the Lamb. … The expiatory blood of redemption bars to Him the way as judge, and it secures the people infallibly.

… Have you submitted to Jesus? God demands it. He asks for no other offering nor sacrifice; He presents Jesus, and shews you what you are.

Extracts from J N Darby Collected Writings Vol.19 pp.160-162

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