THE PLAGUE SHALL NOT COME NEAR YOU

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi
 Exodus 12:13 "And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt."
     The word 'token' is the Hebrew word 'owth ' which means a visible signal, a flag, beacon, evidence, miracle. The Israelites had been in slavery for four centuries as prophesied by Abraham and when the day of their emancipation was fully come, God sent His servant Moses as a sign to their slave master Pharaoh instructing him to let the Israelites go :and failure to do so would be met with unpleasant sanctions, one of which was  a plague that killed its host within twenty-four hours.
        Pharaoh was adamant on the release of the Israelites and the plague was unleashed upon the land of Egypt. As an antidote to the plague the Israelites were instructed to kill a sheep and mark the lintel of their doors with its blood in other to keep the plague away . Ancient African culture recognized this miracle as tokens dipped in animal blood could be seen hung above the doors  of some homes as a memorial of this event that took place in North Africa  over 3000 years ago. It is believed that by so doing plagues will be kept away from their homes like it happened to the Israelites. The scriptures says in Exodus 12:29 "And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the  firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat  on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the  dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle." Satan was given licence by God to kill the firstborn of every family in Egypt and their  livestock .
           Whenever a group of persons ,community or a nation rises up against the spread of the gospel through the persecution of God's people,  they experience a falling from God's grace  (Gal.5.4 ) This is the consequence of self justification , self confidence and dependence.  The grace of God is what preserves the nations of the earth, His does not delight in the destruction of sinners, but would rather have them come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved( 1Tim.2:4). God's grace  is manifested in His benevolence to humanity, the scriptures says in Matthew 5:45 "That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. " however, a direct opposition against the truth of scriptures leads to the removal of God’s protective shield over a person or community.
       Whenever God’s shield is removed from a person of community , Satan afflicts them with either,the sword, pestilence or famine (Jer.27:8,Jer.24:10,Jer42:17,1cor.5:5,Acts 5:1-10).The sword refers to wars and terrorism, pestilence refers to a plague and famine refers to financial  inflation and extreme lack . The world is openly displaying anti-God ideologies and some have crept into the church with the twisting of the gospel of grace for the promotion of the works of unrighteousness.The complete message of grace leads to repentance  (Rom.2:4) and  salvation not to be repented of ( 2Cor.7:10).What the modern church teaches is a message of grace that does not require repentance but membership of a congregation and it results in very unstable citizens : this is Satan’s strategy to destroy the church from within.
           The true knowledge of grace makes you a better person,  it demands faithfulness to God and integrity  , love and dedication  to the community. Grace saves us from the effect of the plagues ravaging the nations as predicted by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24: 7and as a direct consequence ,many shall give-up on their zeal for serving God and embrace falsehood but the uncompromisingly righteous shall be saved (Matthew24:12-13). Sin kills, no matter how inconsequential it may seem. Serving God while making a practice of sin destroys our faith for immunity against these plagues.  God promises that the plague shall not come near us in Psalm 91:10 says " There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh  thy dwelling."This promise is conditioned on one making a commitment to live by the dictates of God's word ( psalm 91:1) the scriptures says in 1John.5:18 "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." the plague shall not touch you in Jesus name.
         It was because of the destructive tendencies of the enemy that Jesus instituted the ordinance of taking the Holy Communion in Matthew 26:26 it is an allegory of the events of Exodus 12:13. Jesus' blood is represented by the consecrated wine or juice or water in a cup and the bread or biscuit is the body of Christ which was broken for our healing (1peter2:24,Isaiah53:5) . These elements are the token , receipt or evidence for our immunity against plagues and disaster.  The plague is a physical disease driven by Satan with God's permission (Job 2:7) the communion is  a token or red flag that says "this is a no -go area "  . It is the ignorance of this mystery of the scriptures that has led to many suffering from the fear of plagues  (Hosea 4:6) the scriptures says in 1Cor.11 :30 "For this cause many  are weak and  sickly among you, and many sleep." the incessant  sicknesses and deaths in the church in Corinth was attributed to their ignorance of the power of the holy communion,  it is our shield against plagues. As you receive this now I declare that no plague shall befall you in Jesus name.
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