Ques. 82. What does the bunch of hyssop dipped in the blood that is in the basin, show us? (Ex. 12:22). H. G. L.
Ans. The hyssop pictures man’s littleness, as the cedar pictures his greatness. (1 Kings 4:33). From the greatest to the least, man by nature is nothing for God. All that he is, is ended in the death of Christ; this is seen in the sacrifices. (Lev. 14:4,6,49,51-52; Num. 19:6,18).
In dipping the hyssop in the blood and sprinkling the doorpost, it is as if the Israelite said: I am only a worthless sinner; Christ is everything. His blood is my shelter from the judgment of God which my sins deserve.