And according to
the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of
blood there is no remission. –
Hebrews 9.22
Under the legal system of
sacrifices blood sacrifice were often used as a purifying sacrifice. The people
were used to that so they understood the picture a lot better than I do. It was a good system, but it could never be
perfect or complete. It could never cancel out our great sin debt.
Why? Because the remission
of sin requires a perfect sacrifice. That’s pictured in the sacrificial system
because the animal sacrificial animals all had to be flawless.
If a non-perfect blood
sacrifice could remit sins I could do it myself. But how could a sinful man
remit sins? The answer is obvious! Because he can’t!
But Jesus’ blood was
perfect. It was not infected with sin and its curse. Without that perfect
sacrifice you and I would still be dead in our sins.
People don’t like to talk about
blood, but the truth in clear, if it weren’t for the blood of Jesus we would have
no hope. Because of the blood we have full assurance.
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