The Hebrews, on their last night in Egypt, were instructed by an angel of the Lord to paint their lintels and doorposts with the blood of the lambs which they had just sacrificed. And the people were obedient; and the destruction of death passed over their houses, but not one Egyptian house was left without at least one dead. (Exodus Cha…
The Hebrews, on their last night in Egypt, were instructed by an angel of the Lord to paint their lintels and doorposts with the blood of the lambs which they had just sacrificed. And the people were obedient; and the destruction of death passed over their houses, but not one Egyptian house was left without at least one dead. (Exodus Chap 12, my paraphrase). I have very recently come to consider that this is "how we knew"--that is, we didn't actually know, but we were obedient to an unheard command.
The Hebrews, on their last night in Egypt, were instructed by an angel of the Lord to paint their lintels and doorposts with the blood of the lambs which they had just sacrificed. And the people were obedient; and the destruction of death passed over their houses, but not one Egyptian house was left without at least one dead. (Exodus Chap 12, my paraphrase). I have very recently come to consider that this is "how we knew"--that is, we didn't actually know, but we were obedient to an unheard command.