The Blood

What significance does Blood have in The Bible?

Let's start at the beginning-
Genesis 3:21-the 1st shedding of blood when God banished Adam & Eve out of the Garden of Eden, he clothed them in animal (lamb?) skins. God performed the 1st sacrifice.
-"Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. "

Genesis 4:4-the 1st instance of a man performing a sacrifice in which blood was shed.
-"And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering."

Genesis 9:4-6 The Blood was deemed SACRED.
-"Genesis 9:4 - But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Genesis 9:5 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Genesis 9:6 - Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Noah sacrificed animals to God when the ark landed.
The patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob) sacrificed to The Lord regularly.
Moses was given instructions to build a tabernacle, where blood & sacrifice was the center of the ritual for remission of sin. This started a LOOONNNNGGG cycle of praying to God for the forgiveness of sins.

So-why all this talk about blood?
RELAX-I'm not some devil-worshipper, or weirdo-I'm a born-again, washed-in-the-Blood believer!

The Blood protects. It Saves. It Cleanses

What does it protect us from? It protects us from getting what we deserve.

What does it save us from? It saves us from a lifetime of SIN. It saves us from our flesh. It saves us from an eternity in Hell.

How does it cleanse us?
Without the shedding of blood, there is NO remission of sin( Hebrews 9:22). God sent His one & only Son, Jesus down to the earth to shed His blood on the Cross & die for MY sins (and for YOUR sins) (John 3:16).
Since the Jewish Temple ritual of sin offerings ceased, and God really wasn't accepting them anyway, God needed a way to have one FINAL sacrifice for all time. Jesus was the perfect, spotless Lamb of God. By His stripes, we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). Hallelujah!

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