I get that it was to signify their faith, but really shouldn't God know. God would have to know right, He's all knowing. So why the blood, and didn't anyone in Egypt catch on. After say what 6 plagues, they see the Isrealites put lamb's blood on their doors, not one Egyptian thought it might be a good idea, and if they did, did that trick God? And if it didn't trick God why put the lamb's blood up if God already knows who's faithful?
2007-02-19 18:48:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
have you ever tried to train a 6 year old who is a literal thinker? Of course God "knew" - but He needed Israel to see and to understand - so He taught them visual lessons. If an Egyptian put blood on their door posts like the Israelites then they too were spared - they believed enough to obey and that obedience was honored. They were also "kicked out" of Egypt when the Israelites left - this is where we get the 'Mixed multitude' later on in the wilderness wandering. They actually caused alot of trouble for Israel down the line.
2007-02-19 19:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That whole thing was a picture of Christ. If you put lambs blood on your doorpost the death angel passed over(and thus the 'Passover') your house and spared your family because your family were covered by the blood of the lamb. What did John the Baptist say when he first saw Jesus. He said in John 1:29 " The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, "Behold, the LAMB OF GOD who takes away the sin of the world"! Back in Egypt the house hold that was covered by the blood of the lamb did not experience the judgement of God from the death angel. That pictured the fact that those who are covered by the blood of the Lamb of God will not Gods eternal judgement. God certainly knew who was real and who wasn't but He wanted them to do this anyway because the jews would use this Passover experience to teach future generations that in the future another lamb(Jesus Christ) would shed his blood to protect those who accepted it from the wrath of God against our sin. Some Egyptians did put blood on their doorposts and were spared the wrath of the death angel and some of them even left with the isrealites in the Exodus.
2007-02-19 19:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a matter of faithfulness and obedience that was the reason for the Passover blood.
It was also a reminder to the Israelites of the whole situation. God merely requested that His people do as He told them.
By the fact that all those who did apply the blood to their doorways, did not have any loss of firstborn males, but those who did not apply the blood lost all their firstborn males, this was an evidence of God's proof of his intentions.
The Israelites needed that evidence to confirm, in some of their hearts, the seriousness of God's Master Plan.
2007-02-19 19:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by floydbeme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The blood of the lambs would eventually signify the shed blood of the Lamb of God. Blood had to be shed in order to make a covenant with the Lord. Instead of asking people what it meant why not ask God himself
2007-02-19 19:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by Ga's Peach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buddy, you have it puzzled. God commanded Jews to place the lamb blood on the doorways to ensure that the ANGEL OF dying to bypass over them, no longer the Egyptian military. The Angel of dying killed all the 1st born from the animals to the human beings alongside with Pharaoh's first son.
2016-09-29 08:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spirits are complicated things. When there needs to be a direct understanding or line of communication between the spirits or THE Spirit and humans, any number of preordained and prophesied preparations may take place. This happens throughout the bible and is the basis of dogma and ritual in all religions. Its primary element can be seen in the way indigenous society's align themselves magickally with various archetypes... Gods, Godesses, Animals, spirits of nature. There are still "prophets" who can create and interpret these signs. But ironically religion serves to destabilize them in favor of more constant and predictable human and spirit behavior.
2007-02-19 19:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lot of symbolism and imagery in ancient religions, and sacrifices of all kinds were intended to be expressions of faith in one idea or another.
Christians will say that this is nothing more than a representation of Jesus' death on the cross, and I think that's a shallow answer.
God created nature in such a way that all living things have to kill to survive (we have to kill something to eat), except for trees and plants. Animal sacrifice developed because of men recognizing this fact and realizing that God was obligated to every law he issued to us. If we have to kill to survive, he has to kill something for us to survive beyond our own death.
I don't believe the Israelites would have known exactly what that sacrifice was so specifically, but the sacrifice of Jesus was intended to fulfill the symbolism.
2007-02-19 18:56:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Exodus 11:1-10
2007-02-19 18:55:40 · answer #8 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beside the obvious foreshadowing, God is really into His people using sacramentals.
2007-02-19 19:34:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-05 04:57:13 · answer #10 · answered by Natasha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋