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Blood equals Atonement and Pardon

by Wesley Pierce  
9/15/2011 / Bible Studies

Exo 12:3 & 5-7 & 12-13
3) Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.

...5) The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
6) Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
7) Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

...12) "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn--both men and animals--and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
13) The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

(this first Passover, instituted by God for his chosen people at that time, the Israelites, is a preview of the role Jesus Christ would assume 1500 years later as the "lamb of God" shedding his own blood on behalf of all Mankind's salvation, putting an end to animal sacrifices permanently. Today, Christ's blood is our "sign on the doorframe" for God to passover anyone who believes in him on the day of judgment)

Lev 17:11
11) For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life.

Heb 9:22
22) In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Exo 30:10
10) Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the LORD."

(the rule of forgiveness by animal sacrifice for Israel, prior to the crucifixion of Christ)

Gal 1:3-4
3) Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4) who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

(the rule of forgiveness after Christ's resurrection, which was proof of another life to come)

Luke 22:19-20
19) And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
20) In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Rom 5:8-10
8) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9) Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!
10) For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

Col 1:19-22
19) For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
20) and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21) Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
22) But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation

(think and re-think this truth...we can be "reconciled to God and free from accusation" through Christ's sacrifice, in spite of a lifetime of wrongdoings or ignoring him)

1John 1:7-9
7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
8) If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1Pet 1:17-21
17) Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
18) For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,
19) but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20) He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21) Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

Heb 9:14-15
14) How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
15) For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Rev 5:9-10
9) And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10) You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."

(the new earth, that is, to be created after this current troubled world is destroyed and replaced at the end-of-the-age) see Rev 21:1-5.


*Note: Researcher comments in parentheses added for clarification

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Wesley Pierce has been a student of the Bible for over 35 years, plus a student of being led and blessed, or taught and disciplined by the Lord's inner Spirit daily, as any sincere seeker experiences.

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