The Hebrew word for basin (caph) signified a drainage trench at the bottom of the door that kept rain from getting into the home and making it dirty. That is why it is sometimes called a threshold. As the Israelite leader of the house takes a special kind of branch, hyssop, and marks the top and sides of the entrance, follow him. What did he just do? He has put a bloody cross over the door of his house.
Now, travel forward in time more than a thousand years to a hill near a gate in Jerusalem. A man is bleeding from his head, wrists, and feet. Jesus is bleeding there for you so that the Destroyer can’t kill you. A Roman soldier uses a branch with a sponge on the end to wet Jesus’ lips (John 19:29). What kind of branch is that? Hyssop!
Two thousand years later, let’s jump ahead to now. The world is dark, but the Lord’s house is full of light. Night has arrived over the earth. It’s getting close to morning. You should stay inside (with other believers) until the new day comes. The Destroyer is on the streets, and anyone who isn’t behind the blood cross is fair game for him. “Life is in Him (Jesus), and the life is the light of men.”
Think about this: the message has been the same for thousands of years. The cross of blood sacrificed for me keeps my soul safe.
Exodus 12:22 22Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the door-frame. Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
The name of our radio station says it all. If it’s not “southern,” well… we’ll pray for you. If it’s not “gospel,” that brain connected to your ears is looking for some relief. If it’s not “music radio,” then you were probably born a few decades after us. Even so, we’re glad you’re here!
