13 ... Why do we need
the Blood (of the Lamb without spot and blemish)? The Scriptures
contain the answer, "For there is not a just man on earth who does
good and does not sin" Ecclesiastes 7:20."The soul who sins shall
die" Ezekiel 18:20. All sinners must die
"for the wages of sin
is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus our Lord"
(Romans 6:23). As John the Baptist said."Behold the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world!" John 1:29.
"Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh, who are
called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision, made in the
flesh by hands. That at that time you were without the Messiah,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the
covenants of promise. Having no hope and without God in the
world. Now, in Jesus the Messiah you who once were far off have
been brought near by His blood. For He Himself is our peace, who has
made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.
Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of
commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one
new man from the two, thus making peace and that He might reconcile
them both to God in one body through the Cross" Ephesians 2:11-1
Blood (Exodus 7:19-20) The Nile river, the longest in the
known world was worshipped, so God had it turned into blood and all
life in it died.
Boils (Exodus 9:8-9) God gave them boils, even their magicians
had them, showing their powerlessness.
Frogs (Exodus 8:1-15) Heka, their goddess of intelligence, was
represented by a frog, so God had them knee deep in frogs
everywhere.
Hail (Exodus 9:23-25) Horus, the falcon sky god, was defeated
as God had their crops destroyed by great hail mixed with fire.
Lice (Exodus 8:16-21) The one thing Egypt's magicians could
not produce was lice, so lice covered the people and their
animals.
Locusts (Exodus 10:12-15) The locusts ravaged whatever the
hail left.
Beasts (Exodus 8:24) The god Set. represented by a crocodile,
had its own temples and priests, so God sent them wild beasts.
Darkness (Exodus 10:22-23) Ra, the hawk sun god, was defeated
by three days of total darkness that could be felt.
Plague (Exodus 9:1-6) Their chief god was Apis, a bull, and
they worshipped Osiris, a goat, and Isis, a cow, so God had the
cattle killed with a plague.
Death (Exodus 12:29) The Egyptians would have had all the
Hebrew sons killed, so God had their firstborn sons killed on the
first Passover