Leviticus 17:14
¹⁴For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
It is said, an ounce of blood is worth more than a pound, surely as the scriptures say, we were redeemed not with corruptible things as silver and gold but rather with the precious blood of Jesus Christ without blemish and without spot ( Ref : 1 Peter:1:18-19)
We have seen people blood donation drives for the blood bank. Unfortunately some urgue of an existent corrupted abusing effort by unsuspecting donors.
A story of one who was drained of blood by the error of men when her uterus burst, in dire need of blood some practitioners arm twisted a dying patient in a blood sale. The sale was made late, she bled to death.
I could comfortably call that ‘blood money’, some medical practitioners are like hired assassins paid by their victims.
God looked for a way to sustain human life, He looked at a sacrifice. When Cain killed Abel, the shed blood spoke against Cain, but why? Even the blood of the prophets spoke ( Mathew 23:34-36) and the saints that were slain in revelation 6:9-10 that cry out to God for justice.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Blood speaks, because in it is life, when Joab killed two men, David cries out and says, their blood speaks against Him, that even when He clung to the altar, the blood still spoke against Him, and justice was ascertained.
Read:
1 Kings 2:5,29,31
For this reason, if the blood speaks then it would speak against the one who took it so the blood of Christ speaks even better things, the devil had a hand in it, therefore, Christ’s blood speaks against the devil, it is blood for blood , and justice is established. Therein we are able to gain victory over the works of the enemy, it is the blood that speaks for You, when the devil comes accusing you like Joshua the High priest ( Zechariah 3:1-3), He clothes you with His righteousness, when the devil accuses you, the blood pleads Gods cause for You and i.
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
In the old covenant, Once a year the High Priest entered the Holy of holies to offer a blood sacrifice for the sins of the people.
Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
On making a convenant with Israel at Sinai, Moses sprinkled blood on the altar and the people thus at the last super we are symbolically affiliated to the new convenant through the blood of the lamb but however we are birthed into Salvation by the spilling of Jesus’ blood
This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” (Luke 22:20, ESV)
We know that we have relational bonds by blood, and ancient people made blood pacts ( hebrew-berîyth-Covenant) David and Jonathan made berîyth (pact by cutting flesh and touching blood) thus creating a strong un breakable bond by blood covenant ( 1 Samuel:18:3).
We are baptized by blood(Lev 14:14-15…), blood was used for anointing, it redeems, justifies, clears conscience, dethrones, reconciles, washes away sin, sanctifies, overcomes evil and much more than that, it is life, a Gift of God to man.
Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
Prophetic Utterance:
Thank you Father for the precious blood of the lamb, i am justified, clothed with His righteousness, initiated in a bond relationship with God, redeemed, sanctified, engulfed with life I overcome.
Hallelujah.
Guiding Text:
1 Peter 1:18-19
¹⁸Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; hi ¹⁹But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Exodus 24:8
[8]And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.