Blood of Jesus….
God and man’s relationship started in Eden at the early age of this world. Once upon a time, the relationship between them had faced challenges and made them separated. For the problem was raised by man, God declared his judgment, and man was sentenced to eternal death.
But God was so loved, that this man through his judgment decided to separate the sinned man and Satan since both were rebelled on God in collaboration to bring death to this world.
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John 3:16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
The shed of Blood of Jesus
Formerly, in the Old Testament, for the man facing problems because of his sin, there was an opportunity to clean with the blood of animals. As it is written, “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” (Leviticus 17:11). This tells us there must be blood for atonement again, as it is written in Hebrews 9:22 that everything must be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.
To begin the New Testament, since without the shed of blood there was no forgiveness, God planned to provide the blood to separate man and Satan and bring the man close to Him by paying the deserved wage. It is the blood of the king, the blood of God himself, because the blood of animals is not enough to redeem the whole world..
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The truth began with humiliation, followed by leaving the throne, followed by bloodshed and death, and concluded with resurrection. Here, the broken twigs were rejoined to the stem by the blood sprinkled on it. The source of this sprinkled blood was Jesus, our God.
God Himself did the reconciliation with Him. Jesus poured His blood to bring us back to our original place. Unlike Abel’s blood, which was crying for justice, Jesus’ blood was poured out for mercy. This is our confidence to stand in front of the throne.
This is our neatness to stand before the holy God. Jesus also confirmed this saying: “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day” (John 6:54). Therefore, the one who eats the flesh and drinks the blood is living with God, and God lived with him.
Hence, to commemorate the command that Jesus gave us, often we Christians do it without commemorating the real and important transformation from death to life by the blood of Jesus, by His humiliation, leaving His place, being a human, and being deserved for death. Therefore, whoever eats last needs to take into consideration the transformation of our lives from death to life.
1 Corinthians 11:24, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper, he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
