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The Blood in the New Testament“. . . in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,

according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7).

Every year in the season we call “Easter,”

we remember the death of the Lord Je-

sus Christ and celebrate His resurrec-

tion. Evangelical Christians know that

apart from the death and resurrection of

Christ, there could be no salvation. He

died to forgive our sins, save us, and take

us to heaven some day. For many of us,

however, that is where our understand-

ing stops. Rarely do we bother to ask

how His death could accomplish this.

The Apostle Paul, however, tells us in no

uncertain terms: it is through the blood

of the Lord Jesus that we have salvation.

Ever since its beginning, Christian

theology has been ridiculed as a “bloody

religion.” The doctrine of the blood of

Christ has been so offensive to so many

people that many of the church’s theolo-

gians and preachers downplayed it until,

in the nineteenth and twentieth centu-

ries, theological liberals (also called

Modernists) essentially wrote it out of

their system of belief as a relic of a less

civilized view of Christianity. Most con-

spicuously was the deletion of scores of

hymns and Gospel songs mentioning the

blood from the church’s traditional

hymnals by the increasingly liberal Prot-

estant denominations. However, occa-sionally even within evangelical circles,

confusion and controversy over the doc-

trine of the blood of Christ has erupted;

in recent years, most notably through the

views of John MacArthur who has ex-

plained the blood of Christ as a meton-

ymy (substitute word) for the death of

Christ, and in the opinion of many has,

in the process, undermined the orthodox

Christian view of the centrality of the

blood.

Because the blood of Christ has been

the occasion of so much disagreement

and dissension, it is imperative that we

understand its significance. The doc-

trine of the blood is the scarlet thread

that runs from the beginning of biblical

revelation to its end. Peter Albrecht’s

article in this issue traces that thread

through the Old Testament. The pur-

pose of this article, therefore, is to exam-

ine the New Testament teaching.

The Lord Jesus Christ lived and

ministered under the Mosaic economy,

and thus the perspective of the gospels

with regard to sacrificial blood is thor-

oughly Old Testament (in fact, it is

hardly mentioned at all). Where the

shift occurs, however, is in the Upper

Room, as the Lord Jesus prepares His

disciples for His impending death and

explains what it will mean for the future.

His explanation is as vivid as it is simple,

contained in the imagery of the Lord’s

Table which He establishes there. After

the Passover meal, “when He had taken a

cup and given thanks, He gave it to

them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you;

for this is My blood of the covenant

which is poured out for many for for-

giveness of sins. But I say to you, I willnot drink of this fruit of the vine from

now on until that day when I drink it

new with you in My Father’s kingdom’”

(Mt 26:27-29).

Our Lord contrasts His blood of the

new covenant (see Lk 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25)

with the blood of the old (Mosaic) cove-

nant. That blood was the blood of sacri-

ficial animals, offered daily in the temple

by the ministrations of the Levitical

priests. There was something strikingly

new and different about Christ’s blood,

and yet something that maintained

continuity with the sacrificial blood

the old covenant. That continuity is ea

ily explained. The blood of the sacrific

under the ordinances of the Old Test

ment was a type (a prophetic symbol)

the blood that would be offered by th

perfect sacrifice (the antitype); and th

perfect sacrifice was the Lord Jes

Christ himself. This relationship b

tween the old and the new is discuss

comprehensively in Hebrews chapters

and 10.

In the Book of Acts, the blood of th

Lord Jesus is declared to be the purcha

price of the church (Acts 20:28). It

not until the New Testament epistle

however, that we have a full explanatio

of the value of Christ’s shed blood. He

are seven truths that provide that expl

nation.

1. The blood of Christ is the pri

of our redemption. Redemption is th

work of Christ by which He purchas

our salvation, and the cost to Him w

His blood. Peter tells us that “you we

not redeemed with perishable things li

silver or gold from your futile way of li

inherited from your forefathers, but wi

precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Chris

(1 Pet 1:18-19). Thus Paul writes, “

Him we have redemption through H

blood, the forgiveness of our trespass

according to the riches of His grac

(Eph 1:7).

2. The blood of Christ is central

the work of propitiation. Romans 3:2

25. Justification is the work of God t

Father in declaring guilty sinners to b

righteous. It is an acquittal based on t

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fect justice by our Substitute, the Lord

Jesus. After reminding the Romans that

there is not a single righteous person

who has ever lived—all are sinners, Paul

writes that we who believe are “justified

as a gift by His grace through the re-

demption which is in Christ Jesus; whom

God displayed publicly as a propitiation

in His blood through faith” (Rom 3:24-

25a). Propitiation is the act in which the

Lord Jesus intervened as our Substitute

between His impeccably holy Father and

us guilty sinners to take the full force of

the Father’s righteous wrath against our

sins. That which provided this satisfac-

tion was His shed blood. In the Old Tes-

tament, blood sacrifice provided an

atonement (a covering for sins), but only

until the One came who could remove

those sins. That One was the Lord Jesus

and His act of removing those sins

through the shedding of His blood was

propitiation. This is why the New Tes-

tament never mentions atonement as an

element of God’s saving grace. Our sins

are not covered, they are absolved!

3. The blood of Christ is indispen-

sable to God’s act of forgiveness. For-

giveness is the remission (lit., the “send-

ing way”) of our sins such that they are

no longer imputed to us (or posted to our

account). Again, Scripture reminds us

that forgiveness requires the shedding of

blood: “without shedding of blood there

is no forgiveness” (Heb 9:22). Under the

Law that meant the slaughtering of ananimal; now, however, it means faith in

the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ:

“In Him we have redemption through

His blood, the forgiveness of our tres-

passes” (Eph 1:7). According to Revela-

tion 1:5, Jesus Christ “loves us and re-

leased us from our sins by His blood.’

4. The blood of Christ is the basis

of our justification. The effectual work

of justification itself is also ascribed to

the blood of Christ: “Much more then,

having now been justified by His blood,

we shall be saved from the wrath of God

through Him” (Rom 5:9). Justification

does not come merely through our

Lord’s death, but specifically through His

blood.

5. The blood of Christ is behind

our reconciliation and subsequent peace

with God. Because God’s wrath and jus-

tice have been satisfied, we who were

guilty sinners under the sentence of con-

demnation are now at peace with God.

That is because we who were formerly

enemies have been reconciled to God

through Christ; it was the Father’s good

pleasure “to reconcile all things to him-

self, having made peace through the

blood of His cross” (Col 1:20). Note, not

through His death, but through the

blood of His cross!

6. The blood of Christ was neces-

sary for the purging of our consciences.

The effectual power of the blood of

Christ extends beyond the judicial acts

involved in expiation (the washing away

of our sins), to the renovation of our

souls, formerly in bondage to sin. If the

blood of sacrificial animals was effective

for cleansing under the regime of the

Law, then “how much more will the

blood of Christ, who through the eternal

Spirit offered Himself without blemish toGod, cleanse your conscience from dead

works to serve the living God?” (Heb

9:14). The blood of Christ is therefore

central to the internal cleansing which is

a prerequisite for serving the Lord.

7. The blood of Christ is the foun-

dation of a righteous life. Because in

spite of our righteous standing in Chri

we still commit sins (1 Jn 1:8), we ne

the means of a continual cleansing

order that we might live in constant fe

lowship with the Lord. That resource

nothing less than the continuing effica

of Christ’s blood: “if we walk in the Lig

as He Himself is in the Light, we ha

fellowship with one another, and th

blood [not death] of Jesus His S

cleanses us from all sin” (1 Jn 1:7).

Therefore, would it have sufficed

all the events of our Lord’s crucifixio

were as they are recorded in the gosp

records, except for one? Could our Lo

have effectually died for the sins of ma

kind had He been hanged? Could H

have been our Savior had He bee

stoned? No, because Scripture is cle

that there is no propitiation, justific

tion, redemption, reconciliation, or fo

giveness without the shedding of bloo

Consequently, although the Lord Jes

had to die, His blood was required to b

spilled in the process. That’s why t

scourge, the crown of thorns, the nai

and the spear were the indispensab

instruments of our redemption, and w

we can still sing those grand old hym

of the blood, even in our “enlightene

21st century!

Jesus, Thy blood and righteousnes My beauty are, my glorious dress;’Midst flaming worlds, in the

arrayed,With joy shall I lift up my head.

Lord I believe Thy precious blood,Which at the mercy seat of God

Forever doth for sinners plead, For me, e’en for my soul, was shed

⎯ Pastor Ron Gla



Getting Acquainted with Bob Drummond

The zoo can

be a source of intense fasci-

nation for a

young child;

but as this

child matures

and becomes busy with life, the visits to

the zoo sort of disappear from his or her

life. Whether it is because the fascina-

tion is gone, or that there is simply not

enough time for the zoo, visits to the zoo

will be relatively limited. One exception

would be the parent or grandparent who

shares in the young child’s enthusiasm.

However, there is one individual,

Bob Drummond, who has hung on to the

wonderful childlike love of the zoo or

anything resembling a zoo. It could be

an aquarium, nature trails, or even a

museum.

Maybe because he was born in

Queens and raised in the Bronx for 26

years (living close to the Bronx Zoo) that

Bob’s love of animals became so strong.

Bob Drummond was born on De-

cember 5, 1952, at the St. Albans NavalHospital in Queens. His father, Jim

Drummond, was a plumber and his

mother, Anna Drummond, was a house-

wife and mother of three children:

Jimmy, Bob’s older brother; Barbara

Ann, his younger sister; and Bob. Once

the three children were grown, Anna

entered the workforce as a salesperson

for Alexander’s Department Store.

Bob attended Evander Childs High

School in the Bronx. During his senior

year, Bob completed two courses in zool-

ogy (the science ⎯ a branch of biol-

ogy ⎯

that deals with animals, their life,structure, growth, classification, etc.).

As he began to focus on his love of ani-

mals and in some sense contradict the

image of a city-raised boy, some of his

classmates saw him as a “nerd.” Now we

all know that this is not an accurate la-

bel; nevertheless, Bob earned “A’s” in

both classes and his teachers recognized

his potential.

Not surprisingly, Bob’s first job was

at the Bronx Zoo as an assistant animal

keeper. It was here that Bob matured in

his responsibilities and developed a

sense of humor that was strengthened by

his fellow workers. One coworker in par-

ticular, Blake Barnes, was responsible for

teaching Bob a great deal about zoology;

this informal, on-the-job education mo-

tivated Bob to learn and study on his

own.

After high school, Bob pursued fur-

ther education at Suffolk Community

College, where he earned an Associate

Degree in business administration.

A reality check brought Bob out of the employment that he loved and he

began working at jobs that were not con-

nected to his love of animals. He was a

mail clerk/invoice coordinator, a dry

cleaning assistant, a factory worker, a

QA-QC (Quality Assurance and Quality

Control) inspector, and a machine opera-

tor.

Presently, he is employed at NBTY, a

company that makes nutritional supple-

ments and vitamins for Nature’s Bounty,

Vitamin World, and Puritan Pride (ju

to name a few).Internet dating has become qui

revolutionary and a fairly common o

currence now in the 21st century. Yea

ago, before the personal computer, t

only resources available for dating in

similar way were personal ads in eith

newspapers or magazines. For Bob, th

was a valid option. So he took out a pe

sonal ad; the outcome of Bob’s ad was

successful one in that he found his wif

Marlene. After a few months of lett

writing, some train rides out from t

city to meet her on weekends, and

months of dating, Bob and Marlene ma

ried on May 26, 1979.

When Bob was a young teenager,

bought two False Map turtles, a m

and a female, in response to his love

animals, especially reptiles. He nam

them Stills and Nash. It was a go

memory for Bob which commenc

when he was a freshman in high scho

Not too many sta-

tistics are known

concerning FalseMap turtles; how-

ever, if one reaches

35 years of age in

captivity it is considered a remarkab

accomplishment. Bob’s female lived

be 20, but the male easily lived to be

years old ⎯ a credit to Bob and his car

taking abilities.

As for his spiritual life, he was rais

Catholic and took religious instructio

on Sunday mornings and Wednesd

afternoons. It was not until 1976 that

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gave himself to the Lord after reading

Dr. Peale’s book, “The Power of Positive

Thinking.” Bob and his wife began to

attend WRBC in 2006 when the escalat-

ing gas prices forced them to find a

church closer to home. But they contin-

ued to attend because of the Biblical

truths being preached.

Bob’s life has not always been easy

and now in these poor economic times,

he struggles with health issues and work

issues. Despite challenging circum-

stances, he continually returns to Psalm

34:4, his favorite Scripture verse: “I

sought the Lord and He heard me, and

delivered me from all my fears.” This

might explain how Bob is able to remain

calm and cool throughout his trials.

Bob’s heart is full of love for ani-

mals ⎯ a quality he never lost as he aged.

He is like a child when it comes to feed-

ing the neighbor’s cat, or taking nature

walks in hope of seeing the animals he so

admires. Bob’s interests and hobbies are

inclined to bring him closer to nature in

one way or another. Bob loves photo-

graphing animals; the walls of his home

are decorated with numerous photo-

graphs of God’s exquisite creatures.

To relax, Bob likes to listen to a var

ety of old music or to read a good sc

ence-fiction novel. Occasionally, B

will be the one in the kitchen cookin

you may also find him dabbling in som

gardening ⎯ raising tropical plants, f

example. In putting aside the person

hardships he has had to deal with as h

continues with cancer treatments, Bo

remains steadfast in his caring way

demonstrating a perseverance that h

wife, Marlene, can attest to.

⎯ Joan Tysk

A Month in Review

It has been another month of continued

blessings which has brought us one

month closer to our Lord’s return. So as

we review and count our blessings, may

we reflect on those on the other side of the world that have suffered beyond our

comprehension? The images remain

embedded deeply within our minds of

the massive earthquake and the tsunami

that ravenously destroyed towns, vil-

lages, and farmlands in Japan. May we

not forget the 80 Conservative Baptist

(CB) churches, the majority of which are

located in the Northeast region of Japan,

where the disaster happened. They need

both our prayer and our financial assis-

tance; the latter can be addressed to: CB

America; 3686 Stagecoach Road – UnitF; Longmont, CO 80504.

A new weekly Bible study of Ephe-

sians began on February 27 th, with

Chris Hallstrom as the study leader. The

small group will be meeting every Sun-

day evening between 6:00 PM and 8:00

PM at the Hallstroms’ home (with occa-

sional cancellations due to other priori-

ties, namely the musical program during

the month of April). At least a dozen

individuals gathered around the fireplace

for the first meeting. A brief snack time

was made available by the host; in addi-tion, Marge Kurthy surprised everyone

with a tray of tea sandwiches and per-

haps established a precedent for future

Bible studies. Since the first meeting,

the attendance has grown and the fel-

lowship has strengthened; the group has

shared profitable times of Bible study

along with challenging discussions af-

terwards over a cup of coffee and some

snacks. The study will resume on May 1.

The WRBC Moving Van Volunteers

came together once again on Thursday,

March 3rd, to move Cheryl Sunderland

from her basement apartment in Matti-

tuck to the home of Joe and Martie Bestin Manorville. Joe and Martie most re-

cently moved into their new home and

were not completely unpacked them-

selves when they made the offer to

Cheryl to move into a beautiful

room ⎯ freshly painted and deco-

rated ⎯ within their new home.

The Sound of Music is ever so strong

at the WRBC as the worship in music

grows to new and greater levels. The

WRBC Choral Ensemble (led by George

Ehmann) will be teaming up with the

Lynbrook Baptist Church for a combinedchoral presentation of the cantata “I Am”

at WRBC on the Lord’s Day evening,

April 10th, at 6:00 PM. Then the follow-

ing Lord’s Day, April 17th (Palm Sunday),

they will sing the same program at Lyn-

brook. The Beacon is giving you advance

notice so that you can plan to attend and

also invite your friends, family members,

coworkers, and neighbors to be our

guests for this special concert of worship.

WRBC now has a small group of

skilled volunteers that have combined

their talents to do some redecorating and

refurbishing in areas of the church in

need of it. The WRBC Interior Decora-

tors tackled the task of updating Pastor’s

study and

turning the

small room

at the front

of the

church into

a confer-

ence room

(complete with a conference table). Pa

tor Glass together with Sarah and Ca

Chapman and Reeva and Vic Bella

have done an outstanding job in pain

ing, repairing, sewing, and selecting juthe right rug pattern and items of furn

ture. It has been on the “to do” list f

quite a while. We thank you, voluntee

for a job well done.

Following a short winter brea

AWANA resumed meeting on Fri

nights for Scripture memorization, t

teaching of God’s Word, and games th

promote teamwork. Most unique w

the Backwards Night on

March 18th when the

boys and girls wore their

clothes backwards just toshare in some comical

moments. Most impressive was Ca

Chapman, one of the leaders, turning h

shirt around to be “one of the guys.” T

particip

tion an

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of sever

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were rec

nized wi

awards.

“Guiding Light” was the theme the Senior Saints luncheon held Marc

19th; at least two dozen seniors were pr

sent in the Fellowship Hall. Althou

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lighthouses dominated the decorations,

there was a slight undertone of St. Pat-

rick’s Day with the serving of the tradi-

tional corned beef and cabbage on tables

clad in green. And what a joy it is to

have Diane Pandolfini back in the midst,

keeping us smiling with comical outfits

corresponding to the theme. Helen

Bryan and Ruth Kerr were recognized for

the wearing of the most green. Also

keeping with the theme was Pastor

Glass, who led devotions through which

he shared his wise perspective on the

Biblical truths concerning light. As al-

ways, the food was plentiful, the fellow-

ship relaxing, and the spiritual leader-

ship quite inspiring.

March 20th was one more chance

to get together to eat and fellowship at a

coffee hour following the Sunday wor-

ship service. It provided a format for WRBC to thank Bonnie Heuzey for a job

well done as she leaves the position of

chairperson of the Deaconess Commit-

tee. It also allows everyone to get to

know each other better, and what better

place than over a cup of coffee. With this

in mind, new visitors Bill and Barbara

Hutter were welcomed into the fellow-

ship as they begin their journey with the

WRBC. Although Rob and Sarah

Shanley and

their two chil-

dren, Zachary

and Breanna,

have been

attending a

bit longer,

they were also surrounded with the bin

ing love of the WRBC; prayers were e

tended in the

behalf in light

Sarah’s surge

scheduled on t

following day.

It truly h

been another month of blessings as w

continue to serve and wait on the Lord.

⎯ Joan Tysk

The Blood in the Old Testament

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement” (Leviticus 17:11).

In the cover article of this month’s edition

of The Beacon, Pastor Glass unfolds the

New Testament teaching concerning the

blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. As Pastor

Glass pointed out in the introduction of his

article, the doctrine of the blood is the

“scarlet thread” that spans the entirety of

God’s written revelation to mankind. In

the Old Testament, the word “blood” (dam

in the Hebrew language) first appears in

the fourth chapter of Genesis: “He [God]

said, ‘What have you [Cain] done? The

voice of your brother’s [Abel’s] blood is

crying to Me from the ground’” (Gen 4:10).

In fact, the concept of sacrificial blood

emerged in the previous chapter when “the

LORD God made garments of skin for Adam

and his wife, and clothed them” after they

had sinned (Gen 3:21). The shedding of

the blood of an animal is also suggested by

the nature of Abel’s offering: “Abel, on his

part also brought the firstlings of his flock

and of their fat portions. And the LORD had

regard for Abel and for his offering” (Gen

4:4). In the New Testament, the final oc-currence of the word “blood” (haima in the

Greek language) is in the nineteenth chap-

ter of Revelation: “He is clothed with a

robe dipped in blood, and His name is

called The Word of God” (Rev 19:13).

In Hebrews 9:13-14, we encounter a

comparison between the blood of the ani-

mals sacrificed by the Levitical priests and

the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ: “For if

the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes

of a heifer sprinkling those who have been

defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the

flesh, how much more will the blood of

Christ, who through the eternal Spirit of-

fered Himself without blemish to God,

cleanse your conscience from dead works

to serve the living God?” In verse 14,

Christ’s blood is set forth as better because

it has the power to effect a spiritual clean-

sing; on the other hand, the sacrificial

blood of “goats and bulls” sufficed only for

a ceremonial purification.

The Word of God declares the inferior-

ity of the blood of the Old Testament sacri-

fices to that of the Lord Jesus: “But in

those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins

year by year. For it is impossible for the

blood of bulls and goats to take away sins”

(Heb 10:3-4). The writer of Hebrews goes

on to explain that “every priest stands daily

ministering and offering time after time the

same sacrifices, which can never take away

sins; but He [Christ], having offered one

sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT

THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD” (Heb 10:11-12).

Nevertheless, we must not neglect the dili-

gent study of the “shadow of the goodthings to come” (Heb 10:1); in this case, the

doctrine of the sacrificial blood in the Old

Testament. With the aim of unfolding this

significant doctrine, I would submit to you

the following seven truths.

1. The blood of Abel was the grounds

on which Cain was cursed and dismissed

from the presence of the LORD. After Cain,

the religious, murderous, and unrepentant

apostate, responded defiantly to God when

questioned about the location of his

younger brother, Abel (Gen 4:9), God re-

sponded: “What have you done? The voi

of your brother’s blood is crying to M

from the ground. Now you are cursed fro

the ground, which has opened its mouth

receive your brother’s blood from yo

hand. When you cultivate the ground,

will no longer yield its strength to you; y

will be a vagrant and a wanderer on t

earth” (Gen 4:10-12). The Lord Jesus im

puted to the scribes and Pharisees of H

own day “the guilt of all the righteo

blood shed on earth, from the blood

righteous Abel to the blood of Zecharia

(Mt 23:35). God Himself heard Abe

righteous blood (Gen 4:10); in Hebrew

11:4 we are told that Abel is not silent ev

to this very day: “By faith Abel offered

God a better sacrifice than Cain, throu

which he obtained the testimony that

was righteous, God testifying about

gifts, and through faith, though he is dea

he still speaks.” In the next chapter of H

brews, we learn of the more favorable t

timony of the blood of the Lord Jesus: “an

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenanand to the sprinkled blood, which spea

better than the blood of Abel” (Heb 12:24

Abel’s blood served to exclude man fro

God’s presence (Gen 4:12, 14, 16); Chris

blood serves to invite the saved sinner ba

into that very presence: “We have con

dence to enter the holy place by the blo

of Jesus, by a new and living way which H

inaugurated for us through the veil, that

His flesh” (Heb 10:19-20). It was “n

through the blood of goats and calves, b

through His own blood, [that] He enter

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the holy place once for all, having obtained

eternal redemption” (Heb 9:12); by virtue

of the believer’s identification with Christ,

we dwell in the Holy of Holies with Him.

2. The blood of a man or an animal is

intimately associated with its life. After

Noah offered clean animals on the altar as

burnt offerings unto the LORD upon his exit

from the ark (Gen 8:20) and was told that

he could now eat animals for food (Gen

9:3), God revealed to him this prohibition:“Only you shall not eat flesh with its life,

that is, its blood” (Gen 9:4). The word

translated “life” is nephesh, which is more

commonly rendered as “soul” in our NASB

translation. A different Hebrew word for

life is chayyim; both are used in the ac-

count of Adam’s creation: “Then the LORD

God formed man of dust from the ground,

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of

life (chayyim), and man became a living

being (nephesh)” (Gen 2:7). The prohibi-

tion against eating blood ⎯ and the equa-

tion of blood with life ⎯ is also found in

Deuteronomy: “Only be sure not to eat the

blood, for the blood is the life, and you

shall not eat the life with the flesh” (Dt

12:23; cf. Lev 7:26-27; 17:10, 12-14; 19:26;

Dt 12:16; 15:23). Saul’s army, in their wea-

riness and hunger, “[sinned] against the

LORD by eating with the blood” (1 Sam

14:33). Moreover, the Jerusalem Council

which convened in the early years of the

Church Age forbad Gentile believers from

eating blood (Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25).

3. The blood of an unblemished male

lamb that was slain served to deliver

Israel from the tenth plague upon Egypt (the death of the firstborn). As recorded in

Exodus 12, Moses and Aaron were given

specific directions from God as to how the

Passover was to be observed. Included in

these instructions were the kind of animal

that was to be sacrificed, and what was to

be done with its shed blood: “Your lamb

shall be an unblemished male a year old;

you may take it from the sheep or from the

goats. You shall keep it until the four-

teenth day of the same month, then the

whole assembly of the congregation of Is-

rael is to kill it at twilight. Moreover, they

shall take some of the blood and put it onthe two doorposts and on the lintel of the

houses in which they eat it” (Ex 12:5-7).

Later in that same chapter, we learn that

full compliance was essential in order to be

spared from the destruction of the tenth

plague; we discover why the lamb had to be

slain and then its blood correctly applied:

“The blood shall be a sign for you on the

houses where you live; and when I see the

blood I will pass over you, and no plague

will befall you to destroy you when I strike

the land of Egypt” (Ex 12:13). In the New

Testament, we are told that Moses’ adher-

ence to the Passover ritual as prescribed by

God was an act of faith: “By faith he kept

the Passover and the sprinkling of the

blood, so that he who destroyed the first-

born would not touch them” (Heb 11:28).

4. The blood of sacrificial animals was

required to inaugurate the Old (Mosaic)

Covenant . At the foot of Mount Sinai, the

delivered Israelites promised that they

would be obedient to the Law that God hadrevealed to Moses: “Then Moses came and

recounted to the people all the words of the

LORD and all the ordinances; and all the

people answered with one voice and said,

‘All the words which the LORD has spoken

we will do!’” (Ex 24:3-4). Moses “sacrificed

young bulls” (v. 5) and “took half of the

blood and put it in basins, and the other

half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar”

(v. 6). Moses then read the Law which he

had written down to the people, and the

nation of Israel once again declared its

allegiance (v. 7). With the blood that he

had reserved in basins, “Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and

said, ‘Behold the blood of the covenant,

which the LORD has made with you in ac-

cordance with all these words’” (v. 8). In

the ninth chapter of Hebrews, we find a

divine commentary on the formal begin-

ning of the Mosaic covenant as recorded in

Exodus 24: “Therefore even the first cove-

nant was not inaugurated without blood.

For when every commandment had been

spoken by Moses to all the people accord-

ing to the Law, he took the blood of the

calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the

book itself and all the people, saying, ‘THIS

IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD

COMMANDED YOU’” (Heb 9:18-20).

5. The blood of sacrificial animals

played an essential part in the Levitical

burnt, peace, sin, and guilt offerings. If

the burnt offering was a bull (“from the

herd,” Lev 1:3), the Israelite man was re-

quired to first “slay the young bull before

the LORD; and Aaron’s sons the priests

shall offer up the blood and sprinkle the

blood around on the altar that is at the

doorway of the tent of meeting” (v. 5). If instead the burnt offering came “from the

flock, of the sheep or of the goats” (v. 10),

its blood was also to be sprinkled around

on the altar (v. 11). The sprinkling of sacri-

ficial blood was also a component of peace

offerings (Lev 3:2, 8, 13) and guilt offerings

(Lev 5:9). Instructions concerning blood

were also followed when atonement needed

to be made by means of a sin offering in

behalf of an anointed priest (Lev 4:5-7), the

whole congregation (vv. 16-18), a leader (v.

25), or a common Israelite (vv. 30, 34).

6. The blood of sacrificial animals w

applied to the bodies of Aaron and his so

to consecrate them for their priestly min

try. The blood of the ram of ordinati

was applied to three locations on the bod

the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of t

right hand, and the big toe of the right fo

(Lev 8:23-24). The Aaronic priesthood w

to be “Holy to the LORD” (Ex 28:36-38)

priest was to be reverent in his convers

tion, in the work he performed with hhands, and in his walk (manner of life).

7. The blood of sacrificial animals

what atoned for (covered) the sins of t

nation of Israel . The relationship betwe

the blood of a sacrificial animal and t

atonement for the sins of guilty hum

beings is explained in the seventee

chapter of Leviticus: “For the life of th

flesh is in the blood, and I have given it

you on the altar to make atonement

your souls; for it is the blood by reason

the life that makes atonement” (Lev 17:1

The Day of Atonement for the nation

Israel was “in the seventh month, on ttenth day of the month” (Lev 16:29). On

on this day could Aaron, the high prie

enter the Holy of Holies: “The Lord said

Moses: ‘Tell your brother Aaron that

shall not enter any time into the holy pla

inside the veil, before the mercy seat whi

is on the ark, or he will die; for I will a

pear in the cloud over the mercy seat’” (L

16:2). On the Day of Atonement, Aar

would sprinkle the blood of sacrificial a

mals on the mercy seat over the ark of t

covenant to cover the sins of himself, h

own household, and the people of Isra(Lev 16:14-16). In Hebrews 9, we have

inspired commentary on the Day

Atonement: “The priests are continua

entering the outer tabernacle performi

the divine worship, but into the secon

only the high priest enters once a year, n

without taking blood, which he offers

himself and for the sins of the peop

committed in ignorance” (Heb 9:6-7). O

Great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Chri

who has “put away sin by the sacrifice

Himself” (Heb 9:26), does not need to pe

form this annual ritual: “nor was it that H

would offer Himself often, as the hpriest enters the holy place year by ye

with blood that is not his own” (Heb 9:25

Not all the blood of beasts,On Jewish altars slain,Could give the guilty conscience peace,Or wash away its stain.

But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood than they.

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4) Which of the twelve tribes of Israel did the Apostle Paul belong to?

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1) Baal-zebub, the Philistine god worshiped in the

city of Ekron (2 Kings 1:2).

2) Ezekiel (Ezekiel 4:4-5).

3) Jeremiah 31:31-34.

4) Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12.

5) True (Romans 16:7).

Bonus: Psalm 136.

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