Yesterday we asked: where do you stand?
Are you unclean? Did the locusts devour your years? Are you apathetic — clean but not seeking? The blood covers all of it. But why? What was the blood actually for?
We’ve spent the last two days looking at the Passover. The blood applied in bondage. Grace for those who missed it. But now we need to ask a deeper question.
THE QUESTION EVERYONE GETS WRONG
Ask most Christians what the blood of Jesus Christ accomplished, and they’ll give you an answer that’s true but incomplete:
“It saved me from hell.” “It forgave my sins.” “It delivered me from judgment.”
All true. But all incomplete.
Because the blood didn’t just deliver you FROM something. It delivered you TO Someone.
BROUGHT TO HIMSELF
“You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.” — Exodus 19:4 (ESV)
Brought you to MYSELF.
God didn’t rescue Israel from Egypt just so they could wander free in the wilderness. He didn’t break their chains just so they could do whatever they wanted. He brought them out so He could bring them TO Himself.
The destination was never just “out of Egypt.” The destination was God.
And the same is true for you.
NOT JUST FREEDOM FROM, ACCESS TO
Here’s what counterfeit Christianity misses entirely:
The greatest provision isn’t freedom from bondage. The greatest provision isn’t restoration of lost years. The greatest provision isn’t even forgiveness of sin.
Everything else leads to this: You are restored to GOD.
Not just His gifts. Not just His blessings. Not just His provision. Not just what He can do for you.
HIM.
The blood creates access to God’s presence. That’s the whole point. That’s what the Passover was always pointing to. That’s what counterfeit Christianity trades away for religious activity and self-improvement programs.
You were delivered FROM Egypt so you could be delivered TO God.
THE BLOOD MAKES THE PRESENCE POSSIBLE
This is why the cloud and fire come after the Passover in Numbers 9. The blood of the Passover Lamb makes it possible for God’s manifest presence to dwell with His people.
Remember the 13 Elements of Preparation from Session 1? Every single one pointed to this moment. The honest accounting. The arrangement around God’s presence. The separation of the unclean. The cleansing of the priests. All of it was preparation for one thing: HIS Presence.
The Tabernacle wasn’t the goal. The Tabernacle was the dwelling place. The goal was the One who would dwell there.
Without the blood, there is no access. Without the blood, there is no dwelling. Without the blood, there is no intimacy.
But WITH the blood:
“Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.'” — John 14:23 (ESV)
The Father and the Son make their HOME in you. By and through the Holy Spirit. Because of the blood.
This is what the blood purchased. Not just a ticket out of judgment. A dwelling place for God Himself. This is what we’ve been building toward since the beginning of this series.
WHAT ARE YOU SETTLING FOR?
Here’s the question you need to answer: Are you living in what the blood purchased, or are you settling for something less?
Are you grateful to be “saved” but living as if God is distant? Are you thankful for forgiveness but never experiencing His presence? Are you relieved about heaven but ignoring Him in the here and now?
The blood purchased more than fire insurance. It purchased intimacy. Access. The manifest presence of God dwelling IN you through the Holy Spirit.
If you’re not experiencing that, you’re not experiencing what the blood actually bought.
TOMORROW: THE CLOUD BY DAY
The blood made the dwelling place possible. But God’s presence made it alive. Tomorrow we’ll look at how God’s visible presence WITH Israel points to His invisible presence IN the believer through the Holy Spirit.
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