The word for this week is "blood"! We find it in these verses:
Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. KJV
John 6:53 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. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. KJV
Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: KJV
Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20 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. KJV
Hebrews 9:12 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. 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: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your Heb conscience from dead works to serve the living God? KJV
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. KJV
1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. KJV
These are all the Greek word "haima". Strong's Concordance says: of uncertain derivation,; blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ). Thayer's Greek Lexicon adds: It was anciently believed that the blood is the seat of the life. It serves to denote generation and origin. Vine's Expository Dictionary says: 'blood and flesh' signifies man, humans {"the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Leviticus 17:11)} To drink His blood is to appropriate the saving effects of His expiatory death.
I like to meditate on the power and importance of the BLOOD of JESUS often in order to keep this TRUTH at the forefront of my thinking. Hebrews 9:22 (above) states very clearly that without the shedding of blood, there would be NO remission of sins! SO, the Blood that JESUS shed for us is SO vital! When the Old Testament believers brought their sacrifices to the altar for the shedding of THAT blood, they did it in faith for the promised Messiah Who was yet to come! JESUS HAD to shed His blood in order to fulfill the promise of salvation, and when He rose again out of death, He became the first person to be 'born again'! And each one of us who follow His instructions will be saved and become a part of HIS family! Man could never come up with such an extraordinary plan, but GOD can and did!!! And I am so grateful! Here is Hillsong with "At The Cross":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
