Atonement By His Blood
Atonement By His Blood
“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat”
(Genesis 9:4).
God made it clear in the verse above that the blood is the life of the flesh. He reiterated this when He gave the children of Israel the Law, but this time, He related it with the subject of atonement. Leviticus 17:11 says, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.”
means appeasement, propitiation, to satisfy the claims of justice, or compensation for wrongdoing. He gave them blood as the atonement for their souls whenever they did wrong. This was God’s divine order; His divine principle and law. That’s why He instructed them not to eat the blood of animals, which they killed. This truth also holds in the New Testament; Hebrews 9:22 says, “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Sin can’t be wiped away without the shedding of blood; it’s a spiritual law.
The Old Testament folks and their priesthood used the blood of animals for the atonement of their souls, but that wasn’t good enough. Man is a spirit and an eternal being, whom God made to live forever, but animals weren’t made to live eternally. Therefore, the blood of animals didn’t suffice as the atonement for man’s sins. Only the Lamb of God—Jesus Christ—could redeem the world through His precious blood.
Jesus came as the High Priest of the New Testament and obtained eternal redemption: deliverance from sin, evil, and from all things that were inconsistent with God’s dream for us, by His death on the cross (Hebrews 9: 11–12). We however became new creations in Him, not at the Cross, but at His resurrection. By His blood, He purchased us, and made it possible for those who would believe in Him to receive eternal life. His blood was enough; His blood did it all. Glory to God!
Prayer
Dear heavenly Father,
I thank you because my sins have been totally blotted out by the blood of Jesus. Therefore, I can boldly affirm that the power of sin over my life is completely destroyed; thus I’m free to live joyfully in righteousness, giving glory unto God,
in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24
DAILY SCRIPTUREREADING
1 Year Bible reading plan: Ephesians 1:1-14; Amos 5-9
2 Year Bible reading plan: Luke 24:40-53; 2 Samuel 19-20
