Hebrews 9:22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
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As a nurse, blood does not make me squeemish. It stains a white uniform unless you treat it before you wash it. It is sticky and unpleasant to handle. And from my days in the Emergency Room, I witnessed if you lose too much of it, there is no more life.
The life is in the blood. The blood symbolizes life. That is an Old Testament concept. The sacrifice of blood for sin symbolizes a life given to make up for breaking the rules.
In Old Testament law, sprinkling blood on various articles in the tabernacle symbolized cleansing it. Forgiveness for an infraction against God's law was done through blood sacrifice.
An old hymn sings, "There is power, power wonder working power in the blood of the Lamb." Another one sings, "What can wash away my sin, nothing but the blood of Jesus."
Blood. It's sticky. It's ugly. In movies, it's graphic. And yet... because of it, we have life.
The life is in the blood. Eternal life.
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As a nurse, blood does not make me squeemish. It stains a white uniform unless you treat it before you wash it. It is sticky and unpleasant to handle. And from my days in the Emergency Room, I witnessed if you lose too much of it, there is no more life.
The life is in the blood. The blood symbolizes life. That is an Old Testament concept. The sacrifice of blood for sin symbolizes a life given to make up for breaking the rules.
In Old Testament law, sprinkling blood on various articles in the tabernacle symbolized cleansing it. Forgiveness for an infraction against God's law was done through blood sacrifice.
An old hymn sings, "There is power, power wonder working power in the blood of the Lamb." Another one sings, "What can wash away my sin, nothing but the blood of Jesus."
Blood. It's sticky. It's ugly. In movies, it's graphic. And yet... because of it, we have life.
The life is in the blood. Eternal life.
This is another photo I recently took at our local Catholic church.
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