December 7, 2025 | www.EndTimesWatch.blog | River Wilde

The family huddled inside their small clay home as darkness fell over Egypt. Outside, the sounds of the city had grown quiet—an eerie, expectant silence. Miriam watched her father dip the hyssop branch into the basin one final time, the lamb’s blood still warm and red.

“Why must we do this, Father?” her younger brother asked, his voice small in the lamplight.

Their father’s weathered hands trembled slightly as he painted the crimson mark across the wooden lintel above their door, then down each doorpost. “The Lord has spoken through Moses,” he said quietly. “Tonight, judgment will pass through Egypt. But every house marked with the lamb’s blood—the Lord will pass over it. We will be spared.”

Miriam thought of the lamb they had chosen four days earlier. Perfect, without blemish, just as Moses had instructed. Her brother had even named it. Now its blood marked their home, a declaration visible to heaven itself.

“But Father,” the boy persisted, “how can blood on a door save us?”

Their father knelt down, placing both hands on his son’s shoulders. “It is not the blood itself, my child—it is our faith. Our obedience. The Lord said, ‘When I see the blood, I will pass over you.’ This blood is a sign of our trust in His word, even when we don’t understand everything. The lamb died so we might live.”

As midnight approached, they ate their meal in haste—roasted lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread—dressed and ready to flee at a moment’s notice. Their sandals stayed on their feet, their staff in hand. They were waiting. Prepared. Trusting in the promise of deliverance.

When the anguished cries began to echo through Egypt’s streets, Miriam understood. Every firstborn in homes without the blood—gone. But inside their doorframe painted red with sacrifice, they were safe. Protected. The destroying angel had passed over.

By morning, Pharaoh’s grip had finally broken. The exodus had begun.

Today: Prepared for His Return

Sarah sat in her living room, her Bible open to Exodus 12, and thought about that ancient night. The story of Passover had always moved her, but lately it felt personal in a new way. She’d been thinking about Christ’s return—the rapture—and wondering what it meant to truly be ready.

She reread the passage: “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.”

The lamb’s blood on the doorposts wasn’t magic. It was faith made visible. Those families in Egypt had to trust God’s word, choose an unblemished lamb, sacrifice it, and apply its blood exactly as instructed. Then they had to wait inside, dressed and ready, certain that deliverance was coming even when midnight darkness fell.

Sarah realized the parallel was profound.

The Israelites’ lamb pointed forward to the perfect Lamb—Jesus Christ. John the Baptist had declared it: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Just as those families needed the lamb’s blood applied to their doorposts, we need Christ’s blood applied to our hearts. The sacrifice has already been made. The blood has already been shed. But each person must personally trust in it, apply it through faith.

Those families couldn’t earn their deliverance through good behavior or careful planning. They needed the blood. Similarly, no amount of good works or religious activity could prepare us for Christ’s return—only faith in His finished work on the cross. As Paul wrote, “For by grace you have been saved through faith… not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

But there was more to the story. Those Israelite families didn’t just apply the blood and go about their normal evening. They were dressed, ready, watchful. They ate in haste. They expected deliverance at any moment.

Sarah thought about her own life. Did she live with that same expectancy? That same readiness?

To be prepared for the rapture meant more than a one-time decision. It meant:

Living in daily relationship with Christ. Those families stayed inside their marked homes, dwelling in the place of safety. We’re called to abide in Christ, remaining connected to Him through prayer, Scripture, and surrender.

Staying watchful and alert. Jesus said repeatedly: “Stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.” The Israelites didn’t know the exact hour—only that it would be that night. They stayed ready. We’re called to live with eager anticipation, not distracted by the world’s concerns.

Being dressed in righteousness. The Israelites wore traveling clothes, ready to move at God’s command. Paul urged believers to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ” and “put on the armor of God.” Our lives should reflect Christ’s character—love, holiness, integrity—so we’re not ashamed when He appears.

Holding loosely to this world. Those families had their bags packed, ready to leave everything familiar behind. We’re called to live as “strangers and exiles,” recognizing that this world is not our permanent home. Are we too comfortable? Too attached to temporary things?

Sharing the urgency with others. The Israelites told their neighbors about the blood. We’re commissioned to share the gospel, knowing that Christ’s return could happen at any moment and many are unprepared.

Sarah closed her Bible and looked around her comfortable home. She realized being “rapture ready” wasn’t about calculating dates or living in fear. It was about the same fundamental trust those ancient families displayed: believing God’s promise, accepting the sacrifice He provided, and living each day in joyful expectation of deliverance.

The blood was on her heart’s doorpost—Christ’s sacrifice applied by faith. Now, like those Israelite families, she wanted to live dressed and ready, watching for the moment when the call would come: “Come up here!”

The lamb’s blood in Egypt saved them from temporal judgment and brought them out of slavery. Christ’s blood saves us from eternal judgment and will bring us into His presence. The same faith that kept those families safe on Passover night is the faith that keeps us secure as we await our blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

They were prepared then by trusting the lamb’s blood and staying ready.

We prepare now the same way: trusting the Lamb’s blood and staying ready.

The principle hasn’t changed. Only the Lamb has been revealed.