Why The BLOOD

1. Why is it a requirement that BLOOD needed to be shed ??

2. The Blood Brings Cleansing/Purification….

3. HOW did Jesus Shed His Blood ??

4. HOW does the BLOOD of Jesus Cleanse us ??

5. How do we receive/apply this “Great Work” in our lives today??

6. Communion

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Why The BLOODWhy is it a requirement that BLOOD needed to be shed ??

1.Throughout the Bible there is spoken of the shedding of Blood…2.Ex:

1. An animal had to die – in order for Adam & Eve to be clothed after their transgression… (Gen 3:21)

2. Then it is mentioned about Abel’s Blood that cries out to God (Gen 4:10, Heb 12:24)3. And later with Abraham, circumcision was introduced (Gen 17:10-27, Gen 21:4, Rom4:9,12)4. And then all the types of offers were introduced as part of the Laws during the time of Moses…

(The whole book of Leviticus can be studied further…)5. And so it carries on…right up to the Cruxifiction

3.Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 4.NOW: the First Main use of Blood in the Old Testament was to make a Covenant (or rather Cut a Covenant) – eg Gen 15 God made a Covenant with Abram, Exo 2:24 – God Remembered it when He heard the cries of Israel in Egypt5.Thus, a Covenant that was sealed by Blood – had a strong impact for generations to come, and wasn’t to be taken lightly at all6.It is a bond that is made between 2 parties – and it impacts both their families forever thereafter…7.This Covenant blood was sometimes even sprinkled on the people as well during this covenant:

8.Exo 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. 9.But then in Leviticus we see that Blood was used for Sanctification of the Priests, and the Temple and everything in the Temple (Eg Lev 8:30, Heb 9:19-21)10.And also: Blood was sprinkled on the Altar and the Mercy Seat as Atonement for the people (Exo 30:10, Lev 16:12-19)

11.Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

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Why The BLOODWhy is it a requirement that BLOOD needed to be shed ??

1.The Book of Hebrews explains how the offers etc pointed to Jesus and how He fulfilled it all… 2.The Bible is split on Purpose into an Old Testament & a New Testament – not just because of the Coming of Jesus, but also because of the following information in Heb 9 3.Note: Testament & Covenant is used interchangeably in the Bible…. 4.So let’s look at some of the texts in Heb 9 & 10…Heb 9:15-17 And for this cause He is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (also see Heb 8:6-7)Heb 9:18-20 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. (see Exo. 24:3-8)Heb 9:21-22 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.•NOTE: This NEW TESTAMENT is now in Force, because the Testator (Jesus) Died on the Cross – and Shed ALL His Blood to Seal the Covenant Promise of God to Abram…•Heb 10:16-18 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. (also see Heb 8:10-13 – the old has become obsolete….)•NOTE: It is a Strict Requirement from God – that without BLOOD being SHED – no one could be purged / cleansed from their iniquity and sins…!!!!

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Why The BLOODThe BLOOD Brings CLEANSING/Purification

1.Heb 9:23-24 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 2.Heb 9:25-26 Nor yet that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 3.This Jesus has done by Becoming a High Priest Himself – and have stepped in our place and have offered Himself as the most Holy and Innocent Sacrifice once and for all….:4.Heb 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 5.Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 6.Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 7.In other Words – the BLOOD of Jesus was PURE and Holy and Innocent…and thus it was better than any Blood on Earth (humans or animals), and it can cleanse us completely (Spirit, Soul & Body) of all Sin / Unrighteousness8.1John 1:7-8 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9.1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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HOW did Jesus shed His Blood ??1.Col 2:13-15 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He (God) quickened together with Him (Jesus), having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 2.7 Places That Jesus Shed His Blood:

1. In the Garden of Gethsemane - He prayed Earnestly and in Agony – His sweat became blood drops (Luk 22:44)

2. His Beard was plucked out, they smote Him in the face and spit on Him (Isa 50:6, Mat 26:67)

3. Crown of Thorns on His head – which the Soldiers even smote Him on the Head with the reed (Mat 27:28-31, John 19:1-5)

4. He was chastised through whiplashes – 39 times (according to Roman Tradition) (Luk 23:16-22)

5. He was crucified – with Nails through His Hands (Luk 24:39-40)6. And Nails through His Feet (Luk 24:39-40)7. And at His death – they forced a Sword through His Right Side, Blood & Water came out

(Joh 19:34)3.He was made a Shame and a Spectacle on the Cross, tempted in every way… (Luk 23)

4.Isaiah 53 tells us the whole story in a Prophecy…

5.Isa 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.

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Quite a few Direct Prophecies in Psalms pointing towards Jesus on the Cross…!!! Here is just 1 Example….

Ps 51:7-8 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Joh 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:31-27)

Strong’s Code

Definitions / Meaning

Wounded H2490 Profaned, Polluted, Defiled, Broken, to Bore through, or Pierce Through, to make sick, afflict

Transgressions H6588 RebellionBruised H1792 To Crush, Shattered, Beat to pieces

Iniquities H4480 Perversity, Twistedness, DeceitChastisement H4148 Correction, Rebuke, Punishment, Discipline, Warning,

Instruction

Peace H7965 Shalom, Complete Peace (welfare, health, prosperity, rest..)

Stripes H2250 Blueness, Bruises, Hurt, WoundsHealed H7495 to Mend, To Cure, Repair, To be healed, restored favour,

healed from personal distress, Thoroughly Make WHOLE !!!

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HOW does the BLOOD of Jesus Cleanse us ??1.Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

2.Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

3.Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

4.Because – it is SIN that takes/kills/destroys LIFE …!!!

5.AND THUS: LIFE is required to REPAY sin’s debts !!!

6.Col 1:19-21 For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself ; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 7.Col 1:21-22 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight: 8.Col 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven;…

9.Mankind was separated from God because of SIN and had no acceptable offering to satisfy the demands of God’s Holy Nature.

10.THUS: God had to send His SON to provide an acceptable sacrifice for sin, establishing a bond with those who received Him, thereby making Peace !!

11.The Innocent/Divine LIFE (Blood) of Jesus Christ shed on the cross, satisfied this demand, and provided the means for all creation to be Reconciled to God.

12.NOW: COVENANT PEACE has been Restored between Man and GOD !!!

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1. The main reason why BLOOD is required to cleanse us today is because:….

Rom 3:23-25 (KJV) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (atonement) through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Rom 3:24-26 (MSG) God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity He put us in right standing with Himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where He always wanted us to be. And He did it by means of Jesus Christ. God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in Him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public-- to set the world in the clear with Himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins He had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it's now--this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in His rightness…!!!

See also Ps 51 – where David pleaded with God for Forgiveness and Cleansing…. Rev 12:11 And they overcame him (the evil one) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the

word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Isa 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy,

that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.

Isa 59:3-4 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity….

Isa 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. (John 16:8-11)

• Spirit of Judgment – will bring about Guilt in the hearts of Man – and thus should lead unto Repentance followed by Forgiveness

• Spirit of Burning – Will bring about the Cleansing Fire of God – His LOVE and Mercy to Cleanse us of all Unrighteousness

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How do we receive this Great Work in our lives today ??1.Through FAITH !!!2.Joh 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. 3.Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. 4.1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 5.Rom 10:4-5 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 6.Rom 10:6-8 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 7.WARNING: Do not be like Israel in the Desert – who also received this message, but didn’t believe it, and thus they died in the wilderness and their children inherited the promises !!!

8.Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

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1. Rom 10:9-13 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

2. Rom 10:14-16 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? (Isa 53:1)

3. Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

4. Rev 7:13-17 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

5. THUS: Choose this day – to Believe the Scriptures and the Promises of God, and TRUST/RELY on HIM who is TRUE and Faithfull and Just, that whosoever call upon His Name, shall not be put to shame (or be disappointed) – but He will hear your call, and cleanse you from all Unrighteousness !!!

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1. 1Cor 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you-how the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a loaf of bread,

2. 1Cor 11:24 gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body that is for you. Keep doing this in memory of me."

3. 1Cor 11:25 He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."

4. Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

5. 1Cor 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

6. Joh 6:53-58 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me.

7. Joh 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of THIS BREAD shall live for ever.

8. Let these scriptures speak to you today – while you partake of the Bread and of the CUP – remembering what Christ did for YOU !!!

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