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It is well known that during the first Passover the Israelites dared not leave the threshold
of their homes lest the destroyer remove their lives.
Within the home where the Passover meal was taking place they were safe, and the blood
of the lamb, sprinkled as it was on the wood of the door with a hyssop branch, would protect
them.
Consider now the Passover celebrated many centuries later by our Lord, Jesus.
Before finishing the meal, Jesus would get up and leave that sacred space with all of
the security that it offered.
And as we would expect, Jesus too would have to face the destroyer, the prince of this
world as Jesus was led off to His death.
But notice something.
When Jesus, the lamb of God finally hung on a cross and a hyssop branch was lifted to
his mouth, what he did changed everything.
For now the Passover meal didn't just protect those within the walls of a home given over
to God, but he drew all of us to him, where the power of the evil one has no effect.