His Own Blood
But
when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then
through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this
creation), he entered once for all into the
For
this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called
may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that
redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant. Where a will is
involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a will
takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who
made it is alive. Hence not even the first covenant was inaugurated without
blood. For when every commandment had been told to all the people by Moses in
accordance with the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and
scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll
itself and all the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God
has ordained for you. And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the
tent and all the vessels used in worship. Indeed, under the law almost
everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is
no forgiveness of sins.
Hebrews 9:11-22
Have
you ever given blood? You know that most of us have a very common type of
blood, and very few have an extremely rare type of blood. However, if you need
blood, and it is not there for you, it is the rarest of rare. So it is with us.
There is another supply of blood that is one of a kind and it is always
available to those who ask for it, but never available to those who do not ask
for it. It is the blood of the lamb who saved us from
our sins, Jesus Christ.
Be
grateful that Jesus died on the cross for us, giving His blood for each and
every one of us, so that forgiveness is available to us forever.
Jesus takes our sin
and
gives us His salvation.
Our Daily Bread –