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Our daughter, Aubrey, had also ministered with us during that prayer conference. Since that time, she had stayed in contact with many of her new friends. I took special notice that she had responded to the attack on social media. She posted a beachfront sunset of Nice, and wrote a beautiful prayer for the people. However, her writing began with something I had never heard of before. It said, “Yet another attack in France. Nice, France, is dear to my heart. I’m thankful to see so many friends marked safe.” Marked safe, I thought. What is that? I called my “social media savvy” daughter, and she explained. I discovered that, through social media, if people are in an area where disaster strikes they can communicate their status by using the words, “Marked Safe!” By doing so, family and friends can quickly know they are safe without having to wait for extended periods of time. When I told Aubrey what a great sermon title that would make, she replied, “It would be a good message on the blood of Jesus.” Marked by the Blood Wow! That really struck my spirit. Why? Because we, as believers in Christ, are marked safe by the blood of the Lamb. Hebrews 9:12 tells us it was “not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” ("New King James Version"). This eternal Redemption was obtained for you and me. Galatians 3:13-14 says, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” ("NKJV"). Terrorism is a curse. Jesus was born into this earth to redeem us from the curse of terrorism. He defeated the ultimate terrorist in the pit of hell. He was raised from the dead and took with Him the keys of death, hell and the grave. Those keys have been given to us. We now have complete authority and dominion over terror and its collateral damage. Because of Him, we can walk in a continual state of protection. Why? Because we are marked safe by His blood. “In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you. Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake” (Isaiah 54:14-15, "NKJV"). Exodus 12 is an Old Testament picture of what Jesus, our spotless Lamb, has done for us. This was the first Passover celebration before the children of Israel left Egypt. God gave them explicit instructions. They were told to eat all of the lamb. “All of the lamb” represents partaking of everything Jesus has done for us. That includes total health, prosperity and protection. They were then told to paint the blood of the lamb around the door of their homes. The blood of the sacrificial lamb was so powerful that death passed over them. What we do today when we receive Communion is the same thing the children of Israel did when they painted the doorposts. By faith, we are painting the doorposts of our heart with the blood of Jesus. As a result, death, destruction, terrorism and disaster cannot touch us. We have been marked safe because of what Jesus’ blood did for us in Redemption. First Peter 1:18-19, "NKJV," says, “You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” A Marked Man What does it mean when we say that someone is marked? A mark is something that is clearly visible. I shared the revelation of being “marked safe” with my church congregation following the Nice attack. (You can view the clip from our July 17 service on emic.org/markedsafe.) A man came up to me after the service and shared what The LORD showed him about being marked. He took me to Genesis 4, where Cain had killed Abel. God said in verse 12, “When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth” ("New International Version"). Verse 15 says, “‘Anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.’ Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him” ("NIV"). 10 : BVOV