"Forasmuch 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; But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."
—1st Peter 1:18,19
We
don't hear enough these days about the precious literal blood of Jesus, "...and
the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" (1st John
1:7). What a wonderful Savior! Jesus paid a debt that He did not owe,
because we owed a debt that we could not pay. Our sins had to be paid for
with Jesus' literal blood. In the Old Testament, the people's sins were only
ATONED (i.e., covered) for.
Leviticus 17:11 states, "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." This Scripture speaks of the blood of
animals, which were sacrificed to temporarily cover the sins of the people
in the Old Testament, until the Messiah would come and offer the perfect
Sacrifice of Himself to God the Father.
We read in Hebrews 9:12 concerning Jesus, "Neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in
once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Amen!
Jesus' literal, physical blood didn't atone for our sins; but rather, took
them away forever!
Jesus' Blood Sacrifice is All
Sufficient
Hebrews 9:24-26 state, "For Christ is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into
the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have
suffered since the foundation of the world: but now ONCE in
the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
himself." Jesus' blood applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven is
all-sufficient.
Jesus only needed to offer Himself as a
sacrifice once. This is what is wrong with the Catholic crucifix...
they keep Jesus on the cross. In the Catholic mass, participants actually
believe they are digesting the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ each
time. They call this the doctrine of
transubstantiation. This is unscriptural. Jesus is NO longer on the
cross. Also, every crucifix I've ever seen makes Jesus' look decrepit and
sickly. Our Lord was a carpenter, and they didn't have power tools back
then. Jesus was a strong man, not some sissy looking wimp. Catholics have
some
strange ideas of Christ.
Jesus died on the cross, was buried to confirm
His death, and then rose victoriously 3-days later. Christ is alive! Thank
the Lord for His mercy and grace, for paying for our multitude of sins with
His precious literal blood.
"In whom
we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins." —Colossians 1:14
The Blood Does NOT Merely Represent Jesus' Death!
There is a damnable heresy circulating in many
of our churches today, popularized by religious liberal Modernist,
John
MacArthur. Dr. MacArthur teaches that Jesus' liquid blood has no value
or significance in and of itself. He claims that Jesus' blood is important
only in the sense that it represents the DEATH of Christ.
Nothing could be further from the truth! When
God told Moses to warn the Israelites concerning the coming 10th plague,
i.e., the death of the firstborn, the people were instructed to kill a lamb,
and then APPLY the lamb's blood to the doorposts and lintel (beam
above the door) of the home. Would somebody please show
R.B. Thieme Jr.
and John MacArthur Exodus 12:23, "And the blood shall be to you for a
token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will
pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I
smite the land of Egypt." Did you read that ... WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD!!!
Carefully notice that the Lord wasn't looking
for the dead lamb. Rather, the blood had to be
APPLIED. Also, please read,
The Importance of the Blood. John MacArthur is an unsaved liberal.
R.B.
Thieme, Jr. and John MacArthur... Heretics!
It's All About the Blood of Jesus!
From
the blood of Abel's slain lamb in Genesis, to the robes of the saints washed
in the blood in Revelation, the Word of God centers around the blood
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 9:22, "...without shedding of blood
is no remission." Jesus' death was just as important as His blood
sacrifice, and equally important the burial and resurrection; BUT everything
concerning the events of Jesus' life were leading up to the blood being
applied in Heaven.
Hebrews 9:24-26 state, "For Christ is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us..."
That is, God the Father. Jesus took His shed blood to Heaven to present
unto the Father, by applying it to the Mercy Seat. This is why Jesus said
to Mary in John 20:17, "Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am
not yet ascended to my Father..." The blood couldn't be tainted.
Jesus needed to apply the blood in Heaven, just
as the Old Testament Highpriest did in the holy of holies in the tabernacle.
So don't let any unsaved Modernist, or false
prophet, minimize the importance of Jesus' blood. There could be NO
forgiveness of sins if it weren't for Christ's blood sacrifice. Seventh
Day Adventists pervert the blood of Christ by claiming that Jesus'
sacrifice wasn't enough, and that Christ is still in the process of
completing His work of redemption.
They call this heresy "investigative judgment,"
i.e., they claim that Jesus investigates our individual lives to decide
whether we are "worthy" to enter Heaven or not. I ask you ... is any sinful
human being "worthy" of heaven? Does not Romans 3:23 declare that we ALL
HAVE SINNED? Yes, it most certain does! There is NO ONE worthy to
enter Heaven, which is exactly WHY we needed Jesus to shed His blood for our
sins, because we could not save ourselves.
We all deserve Hellfire, nothing better. But
thanks be to God for sending His only begotten Son into the world to pay for
our sins... "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life." Amen!
The reason WHY we are to trust Christ alone for
salvation is because of the blood that He shed for our sins. ONLY Jesus has
the nail-scared hands and feet! No one else! Salvation is found only
in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:10-12; John 14:6) because God's blood was
shed upon the cross... "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed
the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood"
(Acts 20:28). The blood that flowed from Jesus' veins was not the
sinful, tainted, blood of Adam; NO, rather, it was the blood of God.
Fig-Leaf Religion
Adam
and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden. They went out and sewed fig leaves
together. They knew something was wrong and they tried to hide it. Adam and
Eve were happy with their fig-leave religion until God came. When God came
they were embarrassed with their fig-leave religion and they ran and hid
themselves.
God killed an innocent animal, which is a
picture of the substitutionary death of Jesus. God skinned that animal to
make coats for Adam and Eve. God didn't let them keep one fig-leaf of their
own making.
You may be satisfied to stand before men with
your fig-leaf religion, as were Adam and Eve; but how will you feel on
Judgment Day when you stand before God, and He casts you into the Lake of
Fire? Religion is a paved road to Hell.
There are many false prophets today who pervert
the gospel, teaching that a sinner must amend his ways, forsake the world,
and make a total surrender to Christ's Lordship in order to be saved.
Salvation is the free gift of God (Romans 5:15,6:23), paid for by the
precious literal blood of His dear Son, Jesus Christ (1st Peter 1:18-19;
Revelation 1:5).
The LITERAL Blood of Jesus Had to be
Applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven
The great Bible teacher,
M.R. DeHaan, M.D. (pictured below), has it 100% correct when he states
concerning the blood of Jesus...
The
blood was to be sprinkled, remember, on the mercy seat right after the
death of the substitutionary animal of sacrifice, Now Christ is, of
course, our substitute. He was slain for us upon the Cross, and entered
into death for us, and when He arose, He immediately went to heaven,
entered into the holy of holies in heaven, sprinkled His precious blood
upon the mercy seat before the throne of God, and forever settled the
sin questions, and delivered us from the curse of the law. This is
clearly taught in the New testament. Hebrews 9:12 is very definite on
this:
"But
by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having
obtained eternal redemption for us."
The Bible also
makes plain when He accomplished this. On the morning of the
resurrection He meets Mary at the tomb. As soon as Mary recognized Him,
she prostrated herself upon Him, and would have kissed His feet, but
with shocking suddenness, Jesus emphatically says to her: "Touch me
not"; and then He proceeds immediately to give the reason why Mary is
not permitted to touch Him at all.
"For
I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say
unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God,
and your God." (John 20:17)
Literally the
Lord Jesus Christ said, "Touch me not; for I now am about to ascend unto
my Father." We can understand this action when we remember the the high
priest after he had offered the sacrifice, was to enter the holy of
holies, before he did anything else, with the precious blood. No one
was allowed to approach him. Everyone was shut out until this was
completely done. And here in the record of the meeting with Mary we
have the fulfillment of this type. Here Mary meets her great High
Priest, just arisen from the tomb, but before He had entered the holy of
holies with the reconciling blood. And so He says to her, "TOUCH ME
NOT."
SOURCE: The
TABERNACLE, by M.R. DeHaan, M.D., ISBN 0-310-23491-3, page 129.
What a wonderful truth! The Bible
is so clear when you accept It as it's written. The best way to interpret
the Bible is to not interpret it. By diligently cross-referring
Scripture with Scripture, we are able to form a complete and accurate
picture of divine Truth.
"But
BY HIS OWN BLOOD
he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption
for us." —Hebrews 9:12
