Category: 67

67 “it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.”

 Leviticus 17:11

 Blood is precious for it is the wellspring of our life. God is very particular about the treatment of blood and the shedding of blood. The shedding of blood makes atonement for the soul. This is the holy law of God and is the reason why so many animals had to die in the Old Testament times. It was to remind the people of the great atonement that was coming in the form of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 God stipulated that if someone kills another and sheds their blood then that person forfeits their own life. Life for life, for the blood is precious to God. Also the law of God declares that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. This should lead us to see how deep dyed sin is and how serious it is to sin against the law of God. Sin ruins everything and we must hate it fully. Only through the death of a perfect sacrifice can sin be expunged. The death of our Lord Jesus made full atonement for our sin and all the sin of His precious people. We are dear to Him and He was willing to go through such blood shedding to bring us near to Himself and near to God.

“Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”

 Romans 5:11

Let us rejoice that our sin is paid for and the blood has been shed that saves us.