In the provided transcripts, Les Feldick does not explicitly state what the hyssop symbolizes; he emphasizes its commonness like ragweed and its use to apply the blood.
Les compares hyssop to our ragweed, showing it was an ordinary plant readily available to the Israelites. He uses it in the instruction to strike the blood on the two doorposts and the lintel, which he says formed the outline of a cross. The clip evidence does not show Les assigning a specific symbolic meaning such as the Holy Spirit to the hyssop itself.
Exodus 12:22 — This is the verse that explicitly commands the use of a bunch of hyssop to apply the lamb's blood to the lintel and the two side posts.
In Exodus 12, God instructs Israel on the Passover. Verse 7 says, 'And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.' Verse 22 then specifically says, 'And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.' Thus, hyssop is the God-appointed means for placing the lamb's blood on the doorframe.
In the provided clips, Les Feldick says the Israelites were told to strike the blood on the doorposts and the lintel with a piece of hyssop, which he describes as being like our ragweed. His emphasis is that hyssop was a common, ordinary plant available to every household. He then points out that the blood on the two side posts and the top post formed the outline of a cross, which he believes God had in mind. Les also connects the Passover lamb to Christ, noting that Christ is our Passover sacrificed for us. However, the transcripts do not show Les giving hyssop a separate symbolic meaning, such as the Holy Spirit; his stress is on the commonness of the tool and the cross-shaped result it produced.
Les does not give a full theological reason in the provided clips. He simply observes that hyssop was a common plant, like ragweed, which would have been available to every Israelite household. This suggests that no one lacked the means to apply the blood as God commanded.
Les says that when the blood was placed on the two side posts and the lintel, it formed the outline of a cross. The Israelites did not understand this at the time, but Les sees it as God's design.
Les points to the New Testament statement that 'Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us' and shows that the Passover lamb prefigures Christ. This is part of his broader teaching that the Passover account points to Jesus as the fulfillment of the lamb.
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Hyssop Like Ragweed and the Cross-Shaped Blood
Les says the Israelites used a piece of hyssop, which he compares to ragweed, to put the blood on the two doorposts and the lintel, forming the outline of a cross.
Why God Separated Israel: The Meaning of the Blood on the Doorposts
And it was based first upon a person, which was Moses in his case, and it was upon the blood, the Passover lamb in this case, and thirdly the word is hour. We're going to come to that in some future moment when the power of God is going to be exercised not so much now in all the plagues that have come on Egypt, but when Israel stands before the Red Sea and with no way out.
What "Baptized Unto Moses" Really Means — 1 Corinthians 10 Explained
And then finally, Pharaoh told Moses not to ever come back and see him. I'll never see your face again, Pharaoh says, and Moses said, You've spoken well. You don't know how close to the truth you are. And then we come into chapter 12, and God gives Moses and the nation of Israel the instructions for the Passover lamb. And then they were to take it out in verse 5 of chapter 12.
Cross-Shaped Blood on the Door
Les pictures the blood on the side posts and top post as the outline of the cross and connects this to the truth that Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
Christ Our Passover Lamb
Les notes that the Apostle Paul shows Christ became our Passover lamb, linking the Passover imagery to Jesus.
The 3 Requirements for Redemption: Person, Blood, and Power
Even as Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us." Now then, if you'll come back to Exodus again, we come down to the third step now. In these next few verses, God is going to have to bring about their redemption by exercising His power. Israel is not going to be able to throw up a pontoon bridge. Israel is not going to be able to requisition ships and boats and go across the Red Sea.
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It makes it so much more believable. My when you see how all this fits so beautifully, written thousands of years before by men totally unaware of the Church Age, and yet it all fits. How could it if God hadn't been the author of it? And so this is another one of the proof positives, of course, that this book is supernatural.
Exodus 12:22: And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
This is the central verse about hyssop, directing Israel to use it to apply the Passover blood to the doorframe.
Exodus 12:7: And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
This verse shows the command to place the blood on the doorposts and lintel, which hyssop was used to do.
1 Corinthians 5:7: Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.
This New Testament verse connects Christ to the Passover lamb, which Les references in his teaching.
In the provided transcripts, Les Feldick does not explicitly assign a symbolic meaning to hyssop itself. He says it was like ragweed, a common plant, and was used to apply the blood of the Passover lamb to the doorposts and lintel.
Yes, Exodus 12:22 says to take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with it.
Les Feldick teaches that the blood on the two side posts and the lintel formed the outline of a cross, which he believes God had in mind.
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