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Witnesses of the Blood

(Lev17:11; Ac5:30-32)

God is the Owner of life (Ac3:15).

In Him is life, and from Him flows life for He is the origin of life (Jn1:4) and

He gives life to whom He is pleased to give it (Jn5:21).

Faith is receiving Him and

The life of this faith is laying down one's life to testify Him who died to give him His life.

While people know the importance of life,

They do not know where it comes from and how to possess it.

The Bible, however, indicates that life is in the blood and

Thus life and blood are one (Lev17:14) so it commanded:
1. To not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it (Ge9:4); and
2. To not shed the blood of man (Ge9:6).

The Passover was an unforgettable event for the Israelites (Ex12:27) for
1. By the shedding of the blood of lamb their lives were spared (Ex12:13); and
2. They were delivered from their slavery of 430 years under the pharaoh.

To teach this shocking event down the generations

God gave them the Law (Ex12:26-27, 19:4-5).

The sanctuary was where

The blood of all sacrifice was returned to God (Lev17:5-6) for

It was the covenant of blood that spared life (Ex24:6-8).

Yeshua came and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would shed His blood and complete the first covenant (Jn1:29; He9:12) for

He is the Lamb of God (Jn1:12), the incarnate Word in whom was life (Jn1:1, 4, 14).

As such, He came to give His blood as drink for men to have life (Jn6:53-56).

As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1. Offered the blood of the Son to the Father the Lord of life (He9:12);

2. Condemned the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3. Forgave the sin of all men who caused He who knows no sin to shed His blood (Lk23:34;
2Co5:21), and poured out the life that is eternal living in the Son (1Jn5:11).

The Father raised Him up and lifted Him up to heaven and

Yeshua became the Lord of life (Ac3:15).

The Holy Spirit came down from there to the believers to testify Him (Ac5:30-32).

The Jews who saw the blood of the Son of God were shocked at this and

Repented to receive the gospel (Ac2:36-41).

The Christian knows that it is he who caused Yeshua to shed His blood and

Thus knows that he is a witness of that blood.

Therefore, to death he becomes a witness of that innocent blood (1Co2:1-5; Rev2:10).

For in the blood of Yeshua is

The power to dissolve the past, sin, death, chains, fear etc (Lev17:11; Is34:4; Rm3:25; Eph1:7),

Witnesses of the blood are able to break through any wall and overcome.

O Lord,

The most shocking event in our lives is seeing the blood of Yeshua!

Let this shock never wear off.

Instead let it always be new so that

By the blood we can overcome all things and shout out to testify! Amen.