Now you see? Now this is the very first mention of applying the blood to be a remedy for sin, and notice how important it was, how big a deal it was that they stayed in, under the blood, under the covering of the blood. There was something important about it, because it's God's answer to the issue of sin, and the consequences of sin. There is only one thing stands between you and the consequences of your sin and generational inequity. It is the blood of Jesus. It's not enough He shed it. We have to apply it. Alright? We have to be able to apply it. So they applied the blood, and notice there, that word strike means - it could mean to touch. It also means to strike. I think if I was there, I'd be smiting it and striking it until all the blood's all gone, there's nothing left, blood everywhere.
I'd want to make sure. I wouldn't be worried about making a nice pretty job. I'd make sure I got it all up there, so it's absolutely certain there's blood there. No angel's going to miss that unless he's blind, you know! We make sure we've got it in place - so the blood was applied in three places. Now the interesting thing is it was in three places. It had to apply right across the lintel down the - He was quite specific. You notice what He didn't say? He didn't say just put it on the door. He said put it in these three places. Often in the Bible when there's three, it describes the completion of something that God has in mind, and so the three things that are there, the blood deals with three different aspects of man's failure, and these words, now some of you may know them but not know what they mean, so I want to explain them, because if you don't know what they mean, you will miss applying the blood to it.
I wonder what would happen if they just put it on one of the doorposts. That's kind of risky isn't it aye? Maybe you just put it on the doorposts. That should be enough. I mean it's there, won't that do? Come on, just put it on there. It should be enough. I don't think so. God said three places - I think we should think three places are where it needs to go, so I want to show you just something, just a verse. I want you to have a look with me in Leviticus, Chapter 16 - and there were three places. Now I think we must understand is that when we're talking about this Passover, it's not something Old Testament. It's actually an Old Testament picture of something real in the New Testament, because the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 5:7, Christ, our Passover is sacrificed for us. So whatever you're seeing here, in a picture from in the Old Testament, actually is a deep truth for us in the New Testament, so we don't need to go celebrate a Passover feast. Christ is our Passover! Every time we have communion we can celebrate that Passover with Him, any day, day after day, every day we can celebrate it because the Old Testament feast of Passover pointed to something very spiritual, very great that one day God was going to bring into being.
So even when they did it here, it was referring to the other, and so Leviticus, Chapter 16. Let's see if we can get it, Leviticus, Chapter 16. Here it is - in Verse 21; Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat - now he's talking about the law of the offerings - and he said and he shall confess over it all the inequities of the children of Israel. Inequities - and all their transgressions - so there's another thing, second thing - concerning all their sins. That is what the High Priest was told to do. He had to confess all the inequities - whatever that is - all the transgressions - whatever that is - all the sins. I think I know what that is. So he had to confess them or speak them aloud over a goat, lay his hands on it, impart all the sins to it, and then one goat was sent out into the wilderness, and another goat's blood was shed. This is the offerings that would take place consistently.