| Nine plagues had quickly followed each other in Egypt. Each one seemed worse than the one before, yet Pharaoh had still not allowed the people of Israel to leave. Now God was going to bring death into every Egyptian home. Then Pharaoh would let them go. During some of the earlier plagues God had put a barrier between the Egyptians and the Israelites, so that the plagues did not touch the people of Israel (10:23). How was God going to protect his people when the angel of death came through the land? You know the story of how the lamb was chosen and killed and the blood put on the doorway, forming a cross of blood. When the angel of death saw the blood, he passed over that house. One of the loveliest pictures given to us in this chapter is that of the family eating the lamb together. Which lamb were they eating? The very same lamb whose blood gave them safety. Stop and think of that. The family sheltering under the blood of the lamb on which they were feeding in fellowship, gaining strength for the long journey ahead. Isn't that a beautiful picture of ourselves? We are covered and kept safe by the blood of Christ, the Lamb of God. Yet he is the one from whom we receive food and strength for each day. We receive strength also in fellowship with each other as we gather in the name of Christ each Sunday to listen to God's Word together. We feed on the Lamb whose blood has saved us. Could you stop and thank him again just now for his precious blood and his daily help? A THOUGHT: The blood of the lamb had to be applied, not just left in the basin. Has the blood of Christ been applied to your life? | 
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