Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,

John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

When we spoke of the blood of the lamp that marked the houses where death would pass them over, it was not clear to Israel at that time what that signified. John’s pronunciation that Jesus was the Lamb of God held the secret of how God planned to overcome the pronouncement of death because of sin. To the people of that time, looking for the Messiah, they had no idea it was going to be His blood sacrifice that would make null and void that death sentence.

There are those who still deny that sacrifice.

Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”

White has always been seen as a symbol of purity.

Revelation 7:14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

It is the Blood of the Lamb of God that turned the color of those robes white.

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Let us be clear on this point, it is God who has clothed us in robes of righteousness. We cannot dress ourselves. Here in Isaiah 61 God introduces one more sign of His design for us. He introduces the idea of a marriage contract between the bridegroom, Jesus, and the bride, His church. Now it does not say that in the Old Testament, but then again the identity of the Messiah was hidden in the prophecies of promise. He was not to be seen until He made Himself known.

John 10:24-25 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me,”

Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.”

Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

When we spread the gospel we will come up against those who oppose the Word with issues they consider contradictions. We do not expect newborns to have answers to these more complicated issues. We who are of a certain age witnessing to a lost and dying world should be prepared.

Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Those opposing the gospel will say the law is still in full effect and yet we say it doesn’t apply to us. Are we ready to answer those accusations?

• Matthew 11:13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,
• Luke 16:16 “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
• Galatians 3:19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

The law shut the door to the Kingdom of God and because no one could keep all the law, no one could enter the Kingdom. Jesus is that intermediary and more.

John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

When God set His people free from slavery in Egypt death came to take the firstborn of every family, Jew and Gentile alike. What saved those that passed under the penalty of death that night? The blood of the sacrificial lamb!

• Exodus 12:22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
• Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.