There appears to be a deep mystery, a law of such enigmatic magnitude, regarding the need for the death of the firstborn to affect the redemption of souls. In Egypt, God images the work of His Firstborn, the Messiah, who redeems us from our sins. He does this by demanding the death of the firstborn of each family in Egypt after the multitude of signs and plagues was demonstrated to NOT work.
Turning a staff into a snake would not redeem the Hebrews. Turning water into blood would not deliver Israel. Even floods of gnats, frogs, locusts, boils, flies, storms of hail, and darkness ‘that could be felt’ could not effect deliverance from evil. Only the death of a firstborn could release the Hebrews from the clutches of their evil master.
And only God’s Firstborn can produce this affect in our souls. Only the death of God’s Firstborn can deliver us from the dominion of darkness into the Kingdom of His dear Son.
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