The Grands Letter (Exo/GLJ)

October 5, 2025

Dear Grands,

Exodus 12:23-33, “For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you.

25 “When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite.

24 “And you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.

26 “When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite.

27 “And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’

28 you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.'” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

29 Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

30 Now it came about at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.

31 Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.

32 Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the LORD, as you have said.

33 “Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.”

34 The Egyptians urged the people to send them out of the land post-haste, for they said, “We will all be dead.”

Fear is a common emotion. It is, at times, the characterization of all nations of the world. Here, the LORD is preparing to lead Israel out of Egypt and to a land He had heretofore promised. This action had caused the Egyptians unprecedented fear throughout the land.

Nations of the world today have simultaneous reason to fear the LORD when He is focused on them. Yet, America herself has reason to fear Him if she ignores His commandments. At the same time, the LORD’s people have uplifted spirits! So, if you are one of His, rejoice!

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

β€œWe will never know that Christ is all we need

Until He becomes all that we have.”

— Corrie ten Boom