THE DOOR AND THE DOOR-POST

Paul A Gray

Exodus 12: 7; 21: 6

Deuteronomy 15: 17

In Exodus 12, the blood was on the door-posts and the lintel, but the children of Israel were not to go out of the door of the house once the blood was applied. They could not go out of the door to associate themselves with Egypt, or they would die.

In Exodus 21, where the bondman is a type of the Lord Jesus, the bondman is taken to the door or to the door-post, so the mark of His committal applies to both. He is Lord to us in relation to salvation - that is the answer to the blood on the door-post, because we are told in Romans 1 that God’s glad tidings are concerning (or about) his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. He is also Lord to us in relation to our associations, that is the door, because we are called into the fellowship of God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, see 1 Cor 1: 9. We have a way in to the fellowship, and that is by owning Jesus Christ as Lord and committing ourselves to Him.

In Deuteronomy 15, which is a type of the believer, the bondman is taken only to the door. We can do nothing to accomplish our salvation, because that has already been done, so we are not taken to the door-post. We come into that by believing. But we have a responsibility in relation to our associations, hence it speaks of the door. We cannot associate anything unsuitable to Jesus Christ our Lord with the fellowship; by keeping our associations clear we maintain the joy of our salvation.

August 2024