THE BLOOD!!! - PART 1 - Leviticus 17 v 11 This verse tells us that the very life of the body is contained in the blood. Medical science didn’t understand this until the advent of powerful microscopes that now allow doctors to look at the blood and better understand its function in the body. Among the substances of the body, the blood is unique. Consider these facts: 1. The blood is the only tissue of the body that is mobile (literally has a life of its own). The body produces many fluids, but the blood is literally liquid tissue. Other fluids are limited to or located in certain areas of the body, but the blood touches every single cell in the human body. 2. There are about 5 quarts of blood in your body. This blood travels through your body every 23 seconds!!!. As it does, the blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of your body, bringing life as it travels. At the same time, the same blood also removes the waste products from the cells. This waste never contaminates the good things the blood carries which the body needs. Imagine, if you will, THE LOCAL GARBAGE TRUCK PICKING UP YOUR TRASH AND ALSO DELIVERING YOUR MEALS UNCOVERED!!!. 3. While the red cells in the blood are carrying oxygen rich hemoglobin, and nutrients to the cells, another part of the blood known as “leucocytes” or white blood cells are present to defend the body against outside invaders. When the body is injured, you may notice a swelling in the area of the injury. This is caused by blood being rushed to the injured area, blood that is rich in white blood cells. These cells have the power to kill and engulf germs and infections. As they do their job, they die in the process and are expelled from the body, along with the infection, in a material we call pus. All of this is going on in the blood! 4. There is more that the blood does, such as carrying antibodies and antitoxins, but just these simple insights are enough to let us know that the blood is extremely vital to the existence of the human body. The power of the blood in the human body is so great that an infection in the bloodstream has the power to infect the entire body, and the loss of too much blood has the power to interrupt human life. While the blood and its importance cannot be overstated in the human body, everything we have said about the blood thus far also has a spiritual application. Just as the blood is necessary to physical life, the blood is also necessary for spiritual life! However, the major difference is that in the physical realm, one must have his own blood, IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, WE MUST HAVE THE BLOOD OF ANOTHER!!! THE PROVISION OF IT : God tells the nation of Israel that He is the One Who has given them the blood. He was the Creator of it and He was the author of the sacrificial system. Left to themselves, Israel would have chosen any number of methods for conducting religion. It would have involved idols and works. However, God devised a system that involved death and suffering. This had always been His plan, Gen. 3:21 and Exodus 12:1-13. Why suffering and death? BECAUSE THE SINNER NEEDED TO KNOW FIRST HAND THE PENALTY AND PRICE OF SIN!!!. God demanded blood from the children of Israel and the Lord still demands blood today! Many in our day recoil at the mention of the blood. HOWEVER, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN GODS METHOD OF DEALING WITH SIN AND ALWAYS WILL BE, Heb. 9:22; 1 Pet. 1:18-19! THE PLACE OF ITS PROVISION The place God mentions is the altar. A place associated with death and suffering. The altar was a bloody, grim place also marked by the blood of the dead and dying. From the altar arose the smoke of the sacrifices that burned there continually. It was a place of suffering. Again, this all pointed ahead to a time when THE SON OF GOD WOULD GO TO AN ALTAR CALLED THE CROSS AND WOULD SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND!!!. PLEASE NEVER LOSE THE SIGHT OF THE TERRIBLE PRICE JESUS PAID FOR US. HE SUFFERED TERRIBLY THAT WE MIGHT BE SAVED. Just as the sacrifices of old were tied to the altar and burned with fire, JESUS WAS NAILED TO HIS ALTAR AND BURNED IN THE FIRE OF DIVINE WRATH!!! THE PRICE HE PAID WAS A TERRIBLE ONE FOR YOU AND ME!!! BOTTOM LINE: The blood of the only begotten son of God was shed for your sins. It is the only avenue provided now, through which your sins can be forgiven. The blood of lambs, goats, sheep etc that people sacrifice now at festivals and ceremonies etc is no longer acceptable to the only living and only true God for the remission of sins. THE BLOOD OF JESUS SUFFICES!!!. - Paul Ola/Alan Carr
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:41:17 +0000
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