05A.13. Nothing But The Blood

13 -- NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD

Nothing in the Bible receives more prominence than the blood, and all through the book you will find those blood-red arrows pointing toward the cross.

"Adam, what was shed when the Lord made coats of skins?"

"Blood."

"Abel, will you please tell us what was the peculiar difference in your offering and that of Cain?"

He answers, "Blood."

"Tell us, Moses, what was sprinkled on the door post the night the destroying angel passed through Egypt." And we hear him answer, "Blood."

Ask the priest what flowed from the altar of the ancient sacrifice, and he will tell you, "Blood."

"Rahab, what is the color of that thread in your window?"

"Red as blood."

"O priest of God, what have you in your vessel and why enter the holy of holies?"

He answers, "Blood for myself and the errors of my people."

"O Jesus, like what were your sweat drops in the Garden?"

"Like blood."

"O Savior, what flowed from your wounds upon the cross?" From every wound, we hear the answer, "Blood."

"O Apostle, tell us what the sacramental wine typifies.

He tells us, "Blood."

O sinner, what can wash away our sin?

"Nothing but the blood of Jesus."

"O precious is the flow, That makes me white as snow, No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus." The redeemed whom John saw in glory had "washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." They had overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. And the new song he heard them singing was, "For thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation." Thank God for the blood of Jesus.

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