Scofield writes that the Passover is a type for Christ the Redeemer, because the Israelites had to find a lamb without blemish and it was kept up for four days to be tested. Just as Jesus was tested by Satan and His holiness was pure.
During the Passover, the lamb was slain and the blood was applied as instucted in Exodus 12:7:
Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
Reading this passage, I had a picture in my mind of the blood being applied to the door in the shape of a cross. Scofield does not note this, but he does write that the blood applied constituted protection from judgment.
I also had a visual of the Lord passing over the homes of the Israelites while taking the firstborn children from the Egyptians. Although believers will meet the Lord in the clouds when we are raptured, I could not help but think that this account in Scripture, like so many others, is God's way of showing us that we will be protected when He returns to earth to judge all those who do not believe in Him.
Most of my writing here is geared to believers who are growing in their faith, but if you have not professed your belief in Jesus as your Saviour, I pray that you will fall to your knees and do so right now.
God has been very patient with man since the death and resurrection of His Son. But the period of time that He has allowed for mankind to receive His Gospel of Grace is finite and will come to a close at the rapture.
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