Many cultures in the world are considered collectivistic, but we are not one of them. We are categorized as an individualistic culture in America. As such we measure the value of something based on it’s affect on each person, rather than the group as a whole. This approach to life has some benefits, but it has some weaknesses too. Namely, it blinds us to things that ruin our families, our churches, our neighbors. Here is a sobering time in Israel’s history that they had to pull together or suffer together.
“Select a lamb for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the bowl of blood and smear it on the lintel and on the two door posts. When he see’s the blood, God will pas over the doorway, he wont’ let the destroyer enter your house to strike you down with ruin”. ~Ex. 12:21-23
There are some very deep God things going on here, more than I can cover in this blog. Suffice to say this was a night that God used as a living picture that explains many things about salvation reality. One interesting part is how God expected each family to pull together in their redemption. Either they put the pass-over blood on the door and were saved together, or they didn’t and suffered together. We tend to think salvation is an individual thing. Actually, there is a social component to it that has a radiant effect on entire families, churches and groupings of people. Even today God approaches us as families and groups and breathes SALVATION ON YOUR HOUSE. ~verlon
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