Blood of Life
In
the Bible, we learn about the importance of blood for life of all kinds of
creatures and humans, We see that in the Old Testament
and the new Blood of Jesus in the New Testament.
In
the Old Testament, blood was used for sacrifices and protection, that’s what
they were taught, that’s all they had.
We
are warned in the Old Testament not to eat blood, even today, hunters drain the
blood from the animals they kill.
In
the New Testament, we are taught about Jesus' blood and the importance of how He
shed His blood for us.
In
addition, how we respect His Blood and Body when we take communion.
Blood
is of life.
The
life of all flesh is its blood.
Leviticus
17;11
for
the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned
it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood
makes atonement by means of the life.
Genesis
4;10
But
the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is
crying out to me from the ground!
Genesis
9;6
“Whoever
sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in
God’s image God has made humankind.
Genesis
37;26
Then
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and
cover up his blood?
Genesis
37;31
So
they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
Exodus
7;17
This
is what the Lord has said: “By this you will know that I am the Lord: I am
going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it
will be turned into blood.
Exodus
7;20-21
Moses
and Aaron did so, just as the Lord had commanded. He raised the staff and
struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his
servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. 21 When
the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the
Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood
everywhere in the land of Egypt!
Exodus
12;13
The blood
will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood
I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when
I attack the land of Egypt.
Exodus
12;22
Take
a branch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply
to the top of the door frame and the two side posts some of the blood
that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out the door of his house until
morning.
Exodus
12;23
For
the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood
on the top of the door frame and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass
over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to
strike you.
Exodus
24;6
Moses
took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood
he splashed on the altar.
Exodus
24;8
So
Moses took the blood and splashed it on the people and said, “This is
the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance
with all these words.”
Leviticus
7;26
And
you must not eat any blood of the birds or of the domesticated land
animals in any of the places where you live.
Leviticus
7;27
Any
person who eats any blood—that person will be cut off from his people.’”
Leviticus
17;10
[ Prohibition
against Eating Blood ] “‘Any man from the house of Israel or from
the resident foreigners who live in their midst who eats any blood, I
will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut
him off from the midst of his people.
Leviticus
17;11
for
the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have
assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood
makes atonement by means of the life.
Leviticus
17;12
Therefore,
I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and
no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood.
Leviticus
17;13
“‘Any
man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst
who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood
and cover it with soil.
Leviticus
17;14
for
the life of all flesh is its blood. So I have said to the Israelites:
You must not eat the blood of any living thing because the life of every
living thing is its blood—all who eat it will be cut off.