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THE BLOOD OF JESUS

RaJean Vawter

To understand the necessity for and the power of the Blood of Jesus, we must first understand the nature of a covenant because the reason that the Blood of Jesus has so much power is because it fulfills a legal requirement in the courtroom of heaven.

There are three types of covenants:

  1. Two-sided: Examples are the marriage covenant or a political agreement. God never enters into such an equality arrangement with man.
    1. Psalm 2:7, 8 I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.
    2. Psalm 4:6-8 There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us. You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the season that their grain and wine increased. I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

God the Father and God the Son agree together to undertake man’s salvation.

  1. One-sided: Given by a superior party such as a covenant of works.
    1. Hosea 6:7 But like men they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with Me.
    2. Adam got life if he was faithful. Genesis 2:17 – But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
    3.  He failed but Christ, the last Adam, fulfilled all righteousness and earned restoration for all who are His. Matthew 3:15 – But Jesus answered and said to Him (John), “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. 
    4. Galatians 4:4 – But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law.  1 Corinthians 15:45 – And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  2. A self-imposed obligation on self: God’s agreement with Himself for the reconciliation of sinners.
    1. Deuteronomy 7:6-9 – And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
    2.  Psalm 89:3-4 – I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: your seed I will establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah
    3. Genesis 17:7, 8 – And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Aspects of the covenant arrangements:

  1. The testator – God the Son, “the mediator.” Death is required.
    1. Hebrews 9:15, 16 – And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
  2. The heirs – “the called” ones.
    1. Hebrews 9:15 – for those who are called. . .
  3. The objective method of effectuation, a gracious bequest – one worker (God) giving pure grace.
    1. Hebrews 9:16 – there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
  4. The subjective conditions by which the heir qualifies for the gift, the commitment.
    1. Faith –

               i.     Genesis 15:6 – And he (Abram) believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

                ii.     Deuteronomy 6:5 – You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

                iii.     Hebrews 11:6 – But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

    1. Obedience

                   i.     James 2:14-20 – What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

                      ii.     Matthew 7:24 – Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

                     iii.     Acts 22:16 – And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

                    iv.     Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

                     v.     1 Corinthians 11:24 – And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

  1. The inheritance
    1. Reconciliation, eternal salvation

                                                    i.     Hebrews 9:15, 28 – that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. . . so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

    1. The eternity of the inheritance

                                                    i.     Genesis 17:7 – And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

    1. The salt (eternal preservation of the testament of God

                                                    i.     Leviticus 2:13 – And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

  1. A confirmatory sign:
    1. Noah – the rainbow

                                                    i.     Genesis 9:12-13 – And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations; I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

    1. Moses – the exodus

                                                    i.     Exodus 20:2 – I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

    1. Christ: the resurrection

                                                    i.     Romans 1:3, 4 – Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Other aspects of a covenant:

·       Blood is required: Jesus’ blood

·       A seal: the Holy Spirit was given

·       A meal: The Lord’s supper

·       Exchange of garments: We are given a robe of righteousness.

·       Giving of a staff or sword: The Word of God (Jonathan and David)

·       It is binding on the heirs to keep the covenant.

The progression of God’s covenants.

  1. Edenic – the promise of redemption at the cost of bruising the heel of the seed of woman.
    1. Genesis 3:15 – And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise His heal.
  2. Noahian –For preservation of the seed.
    1. Genesis 9:8-9 – Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
  3. Abrahamic – blessing through Abraham’s family
    1. Genesis 15:18 – On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates.
  4. Sinaitic – Designation of Israel as God’s chosen people.
    1. Exodus 19:5-6 – Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
  5. Levitical – Making reconciliation through priestly atonement
    1. Numbers 25:12-13 – Therefore say, “Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
  6. Davidic – Salvation promised by Messiah through David’s lineage
    1. 2 Samuel 23:5 – Although my house is not so with God, yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For this is all my salvation and all my desire; will He not make it increase?
  7. Christ’s – Faith manifested by a distinct form of obedience within a dispensation has two stages.
    1. The Lord’s supper is only until He comes again.

                                                    i.     1 Corinthians 11:26 – For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

    1. A future covenant of peace when our eternal salvation will reach out to embrace an external nature when direct spiritual communion will become “face to face.”

                                                    i.     Ezekiel 34:25 – I will make a covenant of peace with thee, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

                                                  ii.     When divine forgiveness will achieve the goal of peace among all nations. Ezekiel 34:28 – And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them, but they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid.

 

Christ’s Covenant is

INTERNAL – in our hearts

RECONCILING – I will be their God

DIRECT – They shall all know Me

FINISHED - atonement

When God was going to bring the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage, He told them to put the blood of a lamb on the doorposts and lintels of their homes for protection from the avenging angel. “It was not mere interest in the blood, nor belief in its power, nor appreciation of its worth that availed. It was the applied blood that counted. Truth was translated into action. So it is with the blood of the Lord Jesus.”  “Honor the Blood” by W.B.Y., Osterhus Pub. House, 4500 W. Broadway Minneapolis, MN 55422

Revelation 12:11 – And they overcame him by he blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

This verse gives us three general guidelines:

  1. The Blood of Jesus is the basis of our power and authority over the enemy.
  2. The word of our testimony is the practical application of our belief in the blood of the Lamb and what it has accomplished for us in the courtroom of heaven.
  3. We’ve given all aspects of our self-life to death and live only for the Lord.

This is because the life – our life, is in the Blood of Jesus.

    • Leviticus 17:11 – For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
    • John 6:53 – Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

We are to receive the Blood of Jesus inwardly, to drink in a spiritual way as well as in communion as an appropriation of the applied blood to bring life to our inner and outer life.

“The blood of Jesus is not a dead substance. It did not dry up on the cross of Calvary. It is enlivened, activated, and potent through the Holy Spirit. It was the “Eternal Spirit” (Hebrews 9:14) who enabled Jesus to shed His blood and present it in Heaven. The same “Eternal Spirit” brings the living reality of the blood of Jesus to the saints on earth.” “Honor the Blood” by W.B.Y., Osterhus Pub. House, 4500 W. Broadway Minneapolis, MN 55422

1 John 5:8 – And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 

When Jesus was crucified and the soldier pierced His side, John 19:34 lets us know that blood and water flowed out. A medical doctor has written that this is a physical indication that His heart was broken. Be that as it may be, there was a mingling of the blood of the Lord Jesus and water which represents the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is omnipresent. Therefore, He is able to bring the reality of the blood of Jesus right into a present need. He is able to “sprinkle” it on you and your circumstance in much the same way as the Old Testament priests sprinkled the blood of bulls and goats. This is how the Blood of Jesus affects our everyday lives.

Peter described some believers as “elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 1:2  

Here again, we see the intermingling of obedience – which is our responsibility – and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus – what God does for us in giving us cleansing, healing, safety and deliverance.

Do you have a problem? Apply the Blood of Jesus. God told Moses to apply the blood in the consecration of the priests who were to minister to the people of God. Moses took the blood of “the ram of consecration” and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.  (Leviticus 8:22-23) This was also done to all the priests and it is exactly what we need to do too. Our “ram of consecration” is the Lord Jesus. A blood-covered ear is needed to hear the Lord clearly. A blood-covered thumb is what we need to carry out our God-given assignments here on earth. A blood-covered foot is what we’ve got to have if we’re going to truly and consistently walk in the Spirit and in the footsteps of Jesus. We need all of us covered with the Blood of Jesus.

Hebrews 9:13-14 – For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?  

The ear, the thumb and the toe are the three main avenues Satan uses get us off track. To

  • The ear is how he is able to inflate our ego.
  • The thumb is what we use to satisfy the flesh by what we do or don’t do.
  • Our feet take us into the world where we can be tempted to live as the world.

We need the Blood of Jesus. It literally saves our lives, both now and for eternity. In the courtroom of heaven, it is the Blood of Jesus that is the payment for our sins. As Jesus said as He hung on the cross, “Titelisti!” While this word is usually translated, “It is finished,” the Greek meaning is an accounting term that means, “Paid in full.”

 

 

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