Blood, Water and Wine - Week 1: Blood on the Doorpost

Week 1 – Theme: The Blood That Speaks         Title: “Blood on the Doorpost”Texts:Exodus 7:14-24Exodus 12:1–13John 1:29Big Idea: The blood on Israel’s doorposts pointed to a greater deliverance; Jesus, the true Passover Lamb, whose blood marks and redeems a people for Himself. I. The First Plague – River into Blood (Exodus 7:14–24)The Nile was Egypt’s lifeline and deity-source.God turns their symbol of life into death.Judgment falls on false gods before redemption comes to God’s people.Christological Connection:At the Cross, Jesus absorbs judgment so that what should be death for us becomes life in Him. II. The Pattern of Redemption (Exodus 12:1–13)Passover begins with a lamb without blemish (Hebrew: tamim – whole, complete).The blood is placed on the doorposts and lintel(crossbar), forming a visible covenantal sign.In Hebrew understanding, blood (dam) represents life (see Lev. 17:11).Deliverance begins not with effort, but with substitution.Christological Connection:John the Baptist declares, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” (John 1:29)Jesus is not merely another lamb; He is the fulfillment of every lamb sacrificed since Egypt. III. Blood as Boundary and BelongingThe blood marked who belonged to YHWH.Deliverance was not ethnic but covenantal.It was not ancestry that saved them but applied blood.Application:Thinking over your life, has the blood been applied?-       Salvation is not inherited; it is received. Gospel Clarity:At Calvary, the Angel of Death does not pass over because we are righteous, but because Christ was slain.