“And almost all things
are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission” Hebrews 9:22
LIGHT FOR THE NOW: Life is in the blood.
After the resurrection of Christ, the concluding part of the
Cross He needed to fulfill was to shed or sprinkle his blood at the mercy seat
for the remission of sins. This concept of shedding/ sprinkling the blood is
one of the most misunderstood concepts of redemption in the church today. Many
believe that the blood Jesus shed was His physical liquid blood. Others believe
that He shed his blood at Calvary where He died, while others even believe that
He started shedding His blood from where He was arrested in the garden and
beaten, up to Calvary where He died; which would mean He shed His blood more
than once. The concept of shedding or sprinkling of blood entails sacrificing
the life that is in that blood. Remember, the life of the flesh is in the blood
(Leviticus 17:11a). But the same blood when given on the altar becomes an
atonement or sacrifice for sins (Leviticus 17:11). This is why our text for
today says, “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission”.
Ignorance of the concept of the shedding / sprinkling of
blood has made the blood of Christ look powerless; especially in the midst of
shouting, sprinkling, applying or pleading the blood of Jesus, when faced with
danger. In fact, the most amazing aspect is when we begin to plead the blood of
Jesus like a talisman, with the mentality of spraying a liquid substance. We
must note that the act of shedding or sprinkling of blood did not start in the
New Testament, but in the Old Testament. In the old covenant under the
levitical order, the blood of the sin offering was not shed or sprinkled where
the animal was killed. The animals were to be slaughtered outside the door of
the tabernacle; and only the High Priest was permitted under the law to go
inside the holy of holies to sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat for the sins
of the people (Leviticus 16:7-34; Hebrews 9:1-28). In the New Testament, there
was no more earthly tabernacle or holy of holies because when Jesus died at the
cross, the curtain of the Holy of Holies was torn (Matthew 27:51). More so,
Jesus is not the High Priest of an earthly tabernacle made with hands but of
the heavenly (Hebrews 9:11).
INSTRUCTION:Don’t misapply the blood of Christ.
PRAYER:Lord, I thank you for the remission
of my sins by the blood and making me blameless before you, in Jesus name!
QUOTE:The blood of Jesus is a person.
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